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Last week, high school freshman Jackie Kantor and her younger sister Melissa had an idea: they wanted to give displaced children new backpacks. More than 2,000 backpacks have been collected for kids who lost all their other possessions in Hurricane Katrina.

The decision makes it easier to win approval for highways, bridges, pipelines, wind farms, and other infrastructure projects.

New York Times Washington correspondent Eric Lipton speaks with NPR's Audie Cornish about how two projects in Indonesia could create conflicts of interest for him as he takes office.

NPR critic Bob Mondello narrows down his favorite movies of the year — the ones that made audiences vibrate.

The annual Youth Power Day allows youth to have a seat at the legislative table

Fourteen hours over two days of public hearings ended with Santa Fe County planners giving the go-ahead to a clean energy plan that divided the community.

Earlier today at the Arizona-Mexico border, former President Donald Trump defended himself against a series of attacks Democrats have lobbed at him during the Democratic National Convention.

Artist & Activist Rhodessa Jones talks about The Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women. The Project has earned attention and praise for helping to lift imprisoned women's lives and voices. The actress, teacher and a playwright discusses her portrayals of women as they persevere through major life changes have won acclaim.

All month, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see without a telescope or binoculars — with them, you can see Uranus and Neptune, too.

A dedicated group of fathers in Los Angeles is working to help neighborhood dads do better by their children and their community.