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A blockbuster new study reveals a key factor explaining rates of upward mobility.

A new study shows the simple math of why — absent radical measures — America's racial wealth gap won't be closing anytime soon.

Norma McCorvey is the real name of the woman many Americans now know as the Roe in Roe v. Wade. Her story shows the ways class, religion and money shape abortion politics in the United States.

A Unified School District and the teachers' union reach a tentative deal. Competing bills to end the shutdown head to the Senate floor. The FBI Agents Association warns shutdown hampers operations.

Ukraine and Russia trade blame for breach in a major dam. Former VP Mike Pence is in Iowa to announce his presidential bid. The two biggest organizations in golf announced a ground-shifting merger.

The world's longest-running radio drama turns 75 in January. 'The Archers' chronicles a fictional farming family in England, navigating climate change, mental health and romance.

Advocates and researchers say that housing vouchers give people the "illusion of choice."

NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro visits the ward at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC where young patients are suffering from multisystem inflammatory syndrome linked to Covid-19.

Alex Murdaugh — the disgraced former lawyer serving a life term for the murders of his wife and son — will get a new trial in South Carolina, the state Supreme Court said on Wednesday.

Read President Biden's State of the Union speech delivered on Feb. 7, 2023, as prepared for delivery.