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Before 1970, people of Latin American origin were classified as white. Author Cristina Mora tells Latino USA how the Census Bureau, activists and Univision created the Hispanic category.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Day to Day technology contributor Xeni Jardin about new ways people are using blogs in response to the tsunami disaster.

Some people want to be astronauts and space engineers. Others who just love space find a way to make it a part of their lives. Peter Gianoukis volunteers as a NASA Space Camp Ambassador.

Latino USA goes inside the biggest free health clinic in the country, which only serves people without insurance. Also, a new "How I Made It" segment featuring the Uruguayan band No Te Va Gusta.

On March 25, more than 1,000 people in a caravan made their way from southern Mexico toward the U.S. border. We hear from some of them.

Across America, young people are finding recruitment offers from the Armed Forces in their mail. Commentator Sarah Jio wishes her younger brother weren't so interested.

More than 46,000 people attended Pope Benedict XVI's mass at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. Thursday.

In the early 20th century, American eugenicists used forced sterilization to "breed out" traits considered undesirable. Adam Cohen tells the story in Imbeciles. Originally broadcast March 7, 2016.

Author Beth Macy and harm reduction specialist Michelle Mathis talk about grassroots and community efforts to address the opioid crisis. Macy's latest book is Raising Lazarus.

More than 10 people are reported dead at the Shiite mosque in the capital after an attacker detonated an explosive belt after Friday prayers.