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Cinco de Mayo has come to stand for a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage. On May 5, 1862, an epic battle was fought and won by Mexicans, which helped shape the future of Mexico and the U.S.

Kendrick Lamar's performance at the Super Bowl is paying dividends, as three of his albums find themselves in this week's top 10.

Gavin MacLeod, the veteran supporting actor who rose to fame on The Mary Tyler Moore Show before going on to even more success on The Love Boat, has died at age 90.

Those green highway signs on interstates increasingly have problems. Older signs are almost invisible at night and it's creating issues for drivers and headaches for state transportation managers.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Martha Jones, author and professor of history at John Hopkins University, about her role in writing a letter of solidarity in The Root for Nikole Hannah-Jones.

President Obama issued a proclamation making April 12 "Equal Pay Day." NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Harvard economics professor Claudia Goldin about what's behind the pay gap between men and women.

A recurring debate in the presidential contest is who's responsible when a business succeeds. The candidates' arguments have stirred a debate within the business community itself.

A survey by the Interactive Autism Network found that nearly two-thirds of children with autism spectrum disorders have been bullied at some point. And it found that these kids are three times as likely as typical kids to have been bullied in the past month.

Chicago's female lifeguards had hoped their #MeToo moment had come, after decades of alleged sexual misconduct by supervisors at the city's beaches and pools. But an internal investigation stalled.

As Lebanon marks a year since a huge blast at the Beirut port, the sister of one of the victims is still working to pick up the pieces of her life and continue her search for justice.