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Many of Virginia’s historic places are gearing up for summer – offering a variety of tours including those that focus on the lives of enslaved people, and a Charlottesville man is offering his new book to help those who want to know more about the Civil Rights Movement. It features hundreds of places with intriguing stories.

When the Simpsons first aired in 1989, the show depicted a typical American middle-class family. NPR's The Indicator from Planet Money investigates whether that remains true in 2022.

NPR's Emily Feng talks with Nina Wang, a policy associate at the Center on Privacy & Technology and a co-author of a recent study that exposes the widening dragnet of ICE's surveillance of Americans.

A judge's decision to throw out Democratic-drawn congressional maps is pitting New York lawmakers against each other in a year already tilting against the party's chances of holding on to the House.

The fallacy is that we are surprised when things that are supposed to vary a lot, come down one way a number of times. We feel the next case must break the pattern. In reality, there is no pattern.

Ukrainian refugees arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border are enjoying expedited admission to the U.S. But children who arrive with family other than their parents are still being separated and detained.

Some Tennessee lawmakers are pushing for those convicted of crimes to serve their full sentences. But critics worry that without incentives for early release, prisoners won't be motivated to change.

Finland and Sweden have long kept a neutral position between the West and Russia. But that changed after Moscow invaded Ukraine. Today, the leaders of the two Nordic nations were at the White House.

Former President Trump is playing a big role on the Republican side — in states like Pennsylvania and North Carolina — endorsing Republican candidates who pledged loyalty to him.

The Oct. 8 earthquake in Pakistan has left more than 3 million people at risk of disease and exposure as the winter intensifies. The earthquake killed more than 73,000 people, but aid officials warn this number will rise unless survivors get adequate shelter.