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Here's why Republicans are facing an uphill battle, particularly for retaining control of the House.

Kevin Jones and Suzanne Montoya wrote about a collaboration with Rev. Brigitte Black and the Bloomington chapter of Not in Our Town implementing listening circles in 2020. Their chapter is part of an anthology edited by a former Ford County probation director.

Gov. Pritzker announced that global biotherapeutics firm CSL will invest nearly $1.5 billion to construct a new manufacturing facility in Kankakee, marking one of the largest life sciences investments in Illinois history.

Iran selected Mojtaba Khamenei as the new supreme leader. He is the son of the previous supreme leader. Also on Sunday, the U.S. announced the death of a seventh service member in the war.

Redbird Flight works to arm students with financial skills to ease their anxiety about money. From ramen to retirement, students learn about the financial matters that matter to them the most.

The City of Bloomington is stepping into what promises to be a thorny issue: rules about signs. City Manager Jeff Jurgens said the city hasn't revised the sign code since the 1970s.

One hundred years ago this week, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole with a small crew of men. They all perished on the return trip. In 2008 on Weekend Edition, NPR's Daniel Zwerdling reported from the South Pole on Scott's tragic journey. To mark the 100th anniversary, we reprise that story.

At this Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, Entertainment Weekly's Anthony Breznican will be watching from an enviable location: behind the scenes with the stars. He joins NPR's Jacki Lyden to share his winner predictions and favorite backstage moments.

Police have closed down dozens of toy shops for selling Barbie dolls in Iran, part of a decades-long crackdown against "manifestations of Western culture." Host Scott Simon looks at what's being called a "cultural Trojan horse."

The Richmond, Va., neighborhood of Fulton was once home to a large number of the city's middle class African-American families. But by the 1960s, it had fallen on hard times. A new album by bluesman Corey Harris pays tribute to the Southern neighborhood with a haunted past.