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Congratulations to the Friends of the Grand Rapids Area Library - winner of the Evy Nordley Award for innovative ideas. Their pop-up book stores have…

NPR wants to hear from listeners whose lives have changed due to an increase in ICE operations, throughout the country.

Strong wind gusts toppled two large steel electrical towers, and part of a solar power plant burst into flames. The storm also knocked a golfing range's safety net onto nearby houses.

The term forecasters are using to describe the overall weather pattern is "anomalous" — for its unusual cold and warmth. In California, it could be the coldest storm in years.

New reports show a big academic recovery after schools reopened. But not for all students. Stanford professor Sean Reardon tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly how the pandemic worsened education inequality.

NPR got an early look at data showing vastly different opportunities for children of different races across the U.S. living just neighborhoods apart. Albany, N.Y., has some of the greatest inequities.

Chelsey Perkins covers politics and government at the Brainerd Dispatch

Tuesday, there was word of a cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey. It appears to have fallen apart and plans to evacuate residents have stalled. People inside Aleppo describe the situation to NPR.

We asked leaders in global health and development to share their wishes for the new year. Here's what they hope will happen in the year ahead. And readers, we'd like to hear from you.

Wexton spoke on the House floor Wednesday using an "augmentative and alternative communication" program.

Pedro Oviedo is from Paraguay and has studied in the states for years and he came to Grand Rapids last year to help make sure students are getting a great…

Today on Northern Voices, I have the privilege of speaking with a farmer who has her own relationship with the land she works with. Britt Johnson runs her…

Right between East Rapids Elementary School and the local middle school is a plot of land dedicated to Indian Education and many outdoor activities.It is…

Northern Voices is produced and hosted by Leah Lemm and made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and the citizens of Minnesota. This week…

Sounding like yourself on a podcast or during a toast takes practice — and a specific writing style for audio storytelling. NPR Life Kit host Marielle Segarra gives advice on how to sound more human.

Bernie Dalton had a dream to make music, but when he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, he was even more determined.

Paquita la del Barrio < > sang of heartbreak and the pain of infidelity, spitting out insults with relish, and empowering a whole generation of women. She has died at 77.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with New York Times reporter Kim Severson about her story that actress Asia Argento, one of Harvey Weinstein's most vocal critics during the #MeToo movement, has been paying off her own accuser.

The former national security adviser endured ridicule over comments made after the Benghazi embassy attack. Her book allows her tell her own story — and she is also open about foreign policy failures.

A slim book about an everyday woman's life in South Korea became a runaway bestseller (and a movie), tapping into a growing feminism in this punishingly patriarchal country. It's now out in English.