Search results for

If there's one current issue that likely will make the history books, it may be this: Is the pledge of America as the land of liberty, with freedom and justice for all, surviving our current and wide political divide? Can we keep a republic, as Benjamin Franklin once put it?

Many in Memphis acknowledge that crime in the city is a real problem. And while President Trump's federal intervention might not be their ideal way to handle it, they're hoping it can provide some much-needed relief.

It's been 60 years since Japan's bullet train first entered service. Could the technology be coming to Texas?

A new exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum is a reminder that voting by mail with absentee ballots in the U.S. goes back more than 160 years before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Autoworkers at Volkswagen's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., will vote in mid-April on whether to join the United Auto Workers union. Mercedes workers in Tuscaloosa County, Ala., will soon follow.

For months ahead of the World Cup, states and cities have been preparing to protect travelers and local communities from potential threats including foodborne illness and infectious diseases.

Phillips, 28, never expected to go into politics. But after she got devastating news about her pregnancy, everything changed.

Last year ICE got $45 billion from Congress over four years to expand its detention footprint. Many towns and cities are pushing back.

In South Florida, top considerations for choosing a new home have shifted, thanks to climate change.

An NPR investigation shows that black and Latino neighborhoods in four large Texas cities have fewer coronavirus testing sites, leaving communities blind to potential COVID-19 outbreaks.