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Buildings where enslaved people once lived still exist across the US, but are often overlooked or hidden. Joseph McGill Jr. calls attention to these spaces — by spending a night in them.

Swimmer Katie Ledecky and gymnast Simone Biles have had a successful few days at the Olympics in Paris.

P.D. James is considered one of the greatest living writers of detective fiction. Steve Inskeep talks with the British mystery writer about her new book, and how the mystery novel has changed over the years.

Reid's new book, Medgar and Myrlie, tells the stories of the civil rights leader from Mississippi and his wife, who became a civil rights activist after Medgar's 1963 assassination.

With fewer young people joining their local volunteer fire departments, there may not be a fire crew nearby when you need one

Hundreds of migrant children are housed at a South Florida shelter, which is under scrutiny because it's the only one to be run by a for-profit corporation and is not overseen by state regulators.

Voters in five states head to the polls Tuesday. Most notably, progressives are mounting an effort to best establishment Democrats in Kentucky and New York.

An impeachment trial could keep Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and other senators running for president stuck in Washington in the final weeks before the Iowa caucuses.

Following Liz Cheney's primary loss this week in Wyoming, NPR's Michel Martin asks independent Utah Senate candidate, Evan McMullin, what the path forward is for candidates who have criticized Trump.

Farms in the U.S. are increasingly relying on guest workers brought in through a federal visa program. Labor advocates are alarmed by how quickly the program is growing.