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After three board trustees posted disapproving comments on Facebook about a library display during Banned Books Week, some current and former employees want to see them dropped from leadership.

The Black Lives Matter social movement has created a sea change in who holds prosecutors accountable and how they publicly handle police excessive force cases.

The beloved pianist was a young lion of his generation until a hand injury forced him to rethink his relationship to music.

The summer is passing without much requirement that teachers in Kansas train for online instruction or the other complications created by the coronavirus pandemic.

NPR's Scott Simon asks veteran firefighter Mary Beth Michos about how sexism in the firehouse has escalated with the rise of cyberbullying.

In the latest installment of our "Looking Ahead" series, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former New York Times Middle East bureau chief Chris Hedges talks about the decisions that led him on his career path, and where he sees the country going in the next decade.

In December, Ethiopian troops seized the city of Beledweyne, in Western Somalia, from terrorist group al-Shabab. The African Union also plans to send thousands more troops into the country. Some analysts are concerned about the effect the international intervention will have on the region.

Recent news of concussions, brain disease and suicides of former pro players have youth coaches rethinking the game of football. Host Michel Martin discusses new questions about safety with youth football coach Kim Deane and high school football coach Jamey Dubose.

He resigned the governor’s office in 2018 to avoid impeachment and settle a felony charge. He’s being inundated with attack ads highlighting allegations of child abuse. Yet Eric Greitens is still considered among the frontrunners in the Aug. 2 GOP Senate primary.

A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arrest.