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Scott Simon speaks with Claire Luchette about their debut novel, "Agatha of Little Neon." It's the story of four young nuns who are reassigned to a half-way house in Rhode Island.

On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader’s legacy continues to loom large through such landmark…

The potential developer of a boutique hotel in downtown Bloomington has a complex legal history with the city. David Bently has extensive holdings in the…

Women rarely received credit for their creative work in Colonial America. But with a new album, one scholar is reviving the works of the women who lived and composed at the Ephrata Cloister.

Franciscan nuns in Wisconsin transferred their land to the Lac du Flambeau tribe, believed to be the first such "land return" by a Catholic group in the U.S.

Business development and revenue generation are big parts of city government. Candidates for Bloomington City Council offer different ideas on how to…

The police killing of George Floyd last May didn't just prompt protests around the world — it opened the eyes of many who had never before embraced racial justice. But will it lead to change?

A group of Black residents in Portland, Ore., is suing the city and a hospital for displacing them more than 50 years ago. They say an urban renewal plan amounted to confiscation of their homes.

A Bloomington city council hopeful wants the Bloomington Public Library to look for other ways to address its space needs.Travis Wilson is running in Ward…

Jackson, Miss., is a city with two identities. There's the part which is more than 80% Black, led by a mayor who wants to make it "the most radical city on the planet." Then there's the state capital.