Search results for

From Killeen, Texas, where Fort Hood is based, Melissa Block talks to soldiers who were on base during the shooting, as well as with Killeen's mayor. The mayor explains how the town is trying to cope.

The Institute for Sexual Research, founded in 1919, pioneered modern gender-affirming health care. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with medical historian Brandy Schillace on this piece of queer history.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Democratic New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman about the effort to reintroduce H.R. 40, a bill that would create a task force to study reparations for Black Americans.

Last month, tech companies laid off about 50,000 workers, many of them immigrants on work visas. Now they have to find a job soon or leave the country.

This was supposed to be Kevin McCarthy's moment, one he had contorted himself into political knots to get to.

As we count down to the new year, we asked our readers what they thought were the top political stories of 2021. Here's what they picked.

Millions of American households will see a sharp cut in SNAP benefits as the government winds down its pandemic assistance. Some experts say the country is about to fall off a "hunger cliff."

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Amos Hochstein, who advises President Biden about energy security, about the administration's goal to have the U.S. be a bigger player in making electric car batteries.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, the supply of abortion pills dwindled. NPR reporters follow a secret effort to resupply doctors and help women with pregnancies made complicated by war.

The Biden administration has announced a new legal pathway to discourage Venezuelan migrants from crossing the border illegally. But many may not qualify because they lack financial sponsors.