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A study finds that in 2002, only 52 percent of America's young adults read a book voluntarily.

Georgetown University is moving Let Freedom Ring, its annual event celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr., to the historical Howard Theatre in order to save money, the university said.

NPR speaks with Ahilan Kadirgamar, a political economist at the University of Jaffna, about political turmoil in Sri Lanka.

In his book, This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible, former activist Charles Cobb Jr. says weapons kept people and communities safe during that era.

As DOJ's investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. election heats up, Rachel Martin speaks with Rep. Adam Schiff, ranking Democrat on the House committee that's leading its own investigation.

The morning after the deadly attack on a protest over recent police shootings of black men around the U.S., the mood in Dallas is incredulous.

Various music styles, from singer-songwriters to dance music to hip-hop, emerged over the many years of Fidel Castro's rule in Cuba.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Henderson Hill, senior counsel at the ACLU, about his motion against the use of "death qualification" to disqualify opponents of capital punishment.

Prominent Republicans are calling for Donald Trump to withdraw from the race after a leaked video features Trump speaking about groping and kissing women.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to marketing expert Professor Marcus Collins about how organizations decide whether to speak out on prominent social issues.