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The Poor People's Campaign will hold bus tours of poverty-stricken areas in more than 20 states to call attention to "what the national emergencies...

Filmmaker Yoruba Richen's documentary, The Green Book: Guide to Freedom, tells the story of the manual that helped African-Americans find safe places to stay, eat, shop and do business on the road.

Research suggests the more of your childhood that is spent surrounded by green spaces, the lower your risk of developing mental illness in adulthood, whether in the city or the country.

The Dogwood Health Trust Board has announced Jackie Godlock of Rutherford County will join the board of directors. This brings the total board to 12…

"The struggle in Venezuela is between dictatorship and democracy," U.S. Vice President Pence said in Colombia. He was there to support Juan Guaidó, who has declared himself Venezuela's interim leader.

Lina Khatib of Chatham House talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about what the coalition of European forces will look like in Syria, with the U.S. planning to withdraw all but 400 troops.

New York City's Commission on Human Rights has passed guidelines that protect people from racial discrimination based on how they wear their hair.

NPR has found that Walmart is changing the job requirements for front-door greeters in a way that appears to disproportionately affect workers with disabilities.

Hosts Mary Louise Kelly and Ari Shapiro tell the story of a rare bat found trapped in the Museum of English Rural Life, and its rehabilitation by a bat-loving museum volunteer.

An animal lover stopped to feed a hungry-looking stray cat outside Everglades National Park in Florida. The cat bit her finger; then treatment for a possible rabies infection bit her pocketbook.