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The Mississippian American Indian culture rose to power after A.D. 900 by farming corn. Now, new evidence suggests a dramatic change in climate might have led to the culture's collapse in the 1300s.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Tabitha Brown, who is popular for her videos on TikTok and other platforms that combine vegan cooking tips with warm affirmations.

A parade of policy disagreements between the U.S. and its European allies — and a stalled climate bill in Congress — could make President Biden's trip to Europe this week a bumpy one.

NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with climate reporter Geoff Dembicki about the launch of the Fox Weather streaming service and concerns over how Fox News covers climate change.

The Kingston Trio made the song a hit in 1958, but it's an old folk song about a murder that happened in 1866.

Some GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin want to strip the state's bipartisan elections agency of its power and give it to the Republican-controlled Legislature. The idea is backed by GOP Sen. Ron Johnson.

Burnout and thinning substitute teacher rolls plus the fallout of the omicron surge is pushing school leaders to the brink of desperation. Lawmakers are responding by rewriting hiring rules.

For years, Miriam Colvin's grandfather told the story of a boxing match between a young Indiana farm boy and a 14-year-old kid from Kentucky — named Cassius Clay. But was the story true?

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., about Thursday's testimony before the House Intelligence Committee by acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Keri Blakinger, author of the new memoir Corrections In Ink, which is about her path from Olympic figure skating dreams, to drug addiction, and then to prison.

The strikes on Friday came as new satellite photos appeared to show a massive convoy outside the Ukrainian capital had fanned out into towns and forests near Kyiv.

Higher mortgage rates and home prices have pushed the monthly payment to buy the median-priced home in the U.S. up more than 50% since the start of last year. Many first-time buyers can't afford it.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Maine Sen. Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, on where bipartisan negotiations over legislation on gun safety stand in the Senate.

GOP candidates with military experience are competing in swing districts. After seeing Democrats pick up seats with a similar strategy in 2018 and fielding veterans in 2020, the party sees an opening.

When it mattered most, Nixon and his crew found that people who might have been political allies in the past were not especially sympathetic to his case.

While Estefania broke with her family's Mexican folklórico tradition of dance, she says her mother and uncles did manage to instill discipline and a love for dance and art in her soul.

To make up some ground in the Georgia race for governor, Stacey Abrams is hoping to harness any energy around abortion rights by pointing to success on the issue in Kansas and appealing to emotions.

The CIA rarely seeks publicity, but has opened up a bit as it marks its anniversary. Director William Burns told the inaugural podcast that he wanted to "demystify" some of the agency's work.

Part of a new scene called 'queernejo,' the Latin Grammy-nominated Gabeu is reworking the conservative, macho stylings of sertanejo.

For many baseball fans, the excitement over Aaron Judge, Albert Pujols and the milestones they've been chasing has evoked bittersweet memories of the home run chases of baseball's "steroid era."