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It's hard tracking down data to see what progress is being made on the Sustainable Development Goals. Now there's a shiny new tool that does it for you.

A billion people worldwide live in slums, largely invisible to city services and governments — but not to satellites. A global movement is putting mapping technology in the hands of slum dwellers to persuade governments and the residents themselves to see these shadow cities in a whole new light. NPR's Gregory Warner visits one slum in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

The alleged fraud scheme at the former U.S. Cellular Coliseum took advantage of a known blind spot in the City of Bloomington’s oversight of arena…

Jesse Jean grew up without parents in inner-city Washington, D.C., and seemed destined to slip through the cracks. But then Jean met two mentors who put him on a very different path -- an elite boarding school in Connecticut. Independent radio producer Katie Davis first profiled Jean in May 2002, and has a follow-up.

Candidates competing for three open seats on the Normal Town Council sparred Thursday over how best to handle town finances and infrastructure, future…

Texas has no state-mandated minimum wage and forbids cities or counties to pass their own. But a group of religious activists in San Antonio is making headway on a living wage for city employees.

Both the Biden and Trump camps set their eyes on Pennsylvania in the final days of the election season, and for good reason.

Former police captain Mark Anthony Aguirre was paid $266,400 by the right-wing Liberty Center for God and Country to investigate an alleged ballot fraud scheme in Harris County, Texas.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to ABC reporter Maggie Kent in Philadelphia about themanhunt for convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante, who escaped from Chester County Prison last week.

LA Mayor Karen Bass says her city is recovering faster than after any other wildfire in modern California history. But experts caution against cleaning up too fast given the risks of toxic debris.