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Pakistan's port city of Karachi is 30 times larger now than it was at the end of World War II. In his first book, Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep explores the violence and vitality of a city experiencing explosive population growth.

From the time of slavery, some light-skinned African-Americans escaped racism by passing as white. The new book, A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life, explores what they lost.

The vice president is hitting the road to talk about reproductive freedom, an issue Democrats want to highlight in the 2024 election. Her first stop marks the 51st anniversary of Roe v Wade.

The classic 1962 movie tells the story of a relationship buckling under the weight of addiction. The new Broadway adaptation stars Kelli O'Hara and Brian d'Arcy James.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with the Wilson Center's Robin Wright about the killing of three U.S. service members in a drone strike in Jordan, and the widening conflict in the Middle East.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Adam White about the constitutional arguments against setting term limits for Supreme Court justices.

Ali Truwit's lower leg was amputated after a shark bit her during a post-graduation trip last May. This week, the 24-year-old won two Paralympic medals and set two new American records.

With deportations at a record high under the Obama administration, and with immigration reform stalled in Congress, Dreamer protest groups are trying to keep the issue alive with actions of their own.

Sebastian Junger has embedded with troops in Afghanistan. But his most dangerous moment came in 2020 when an aneurysm almost killed him.

The fungus takes over cicadas’ lower halves and sex drives, fueling them to keep mating and spreading the disease in the process. That's why some scientists call them “flying salt shakers of death.”