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Culture wars and hot-button issues like abortion rights dominate American politics.

The families of four Florida children with special health-care needs have filed a challenge to a new state process that removed them from a program...

What happens if you plan an event to honor women veterans and none of them come? That’s a real concern at the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 97 in...

Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control, tells us about the year's challenges and achievements, as well as what's ahead.

There’s one less Medicaid contract challenge the state Agency for Health Care Administration will have to try to fend off before an administrative law...

Military hearings begin for foreign-born detainees at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The hearings come after a U.S. Supreme Court decision in July that allowed prisoners to challenge their detentions. Hear NPR's Jackie Northam.

The Republican attorney general of Ohio has filed an emergency appeal with a federal appeals court, trying to keep alive a series of challenges to 35,000 new voter registrations in Ohio. Hear reporter Janet Babin of member station WCPN.

Host Maria Hinojosa talks with Rossana Rosado, member of the New York State Council on Community Re-Entry and Reintegration, about how former inmates can succeed when they come home.

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announces he will leave the Bush administration early next year. His successor will face the challenges of securing the nation's borders, transportation systems and airports. The next secretary will also confront a federal bureaucracy still shaken by the Sept. 11 attacks. Hear NPR's Pam Fessler.

Stephen Harrigan explores the worlds of space travel, adultery and motherhood in his new novel, Challenger Park. The Texas-based author was inspired to write the book while visiting the Houston suburb of Clear Lake City, home to NASA's Johnson Space Center.