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The award-winning playwright talks about his provocative Slave Play, which earned 12 Tony nominations. A new HBO documentary chronicles the making of the production. Originally broadcast June 2023.

Social Security's SSI program for people with disabilities requires couples to have no more than $3,000 in assets.

There are concerns that a new election data system that's being pushed by conservative activists and is fueling many mass challenges of registrations could kick legitimate voters off the rolls.

The Last Picture House in Davenport is bringing Hollywood director Michael Sarnoski to the independent cinema for a special screening of "A Quiet Place: Day One" on Saturday, June 29.

The National Weather Service had issued heat advisories for parts of at least 15 states, including in several major cities such as Philadelphia, Columbus and Boston.

NPR's Tiny Desk is honoring Black Music Month with concerts lead by women, including Meshell Ndegeocello. NPR's Ari Shapiro spoke with her about her album “No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin."

For two years, Amazon has refused to recognize its single unionized warehouse, organized by the upstart Amazon Labor Union. Now the hefty Teamsters is lending its muscle to the union effort.

Women's strike organizers are calling for women to not spend money or go to work on the strike date.

Machine translation of foreign languages has been good for a while. And yet human translators are still in demand. Why isn’t AI killing these jobs? And even if it isn’t, how is it reshaping them?

Many NPR listeners responded to a story explaining why some woodpeckers hammer on metal, including a man who said it solved a 35-year mystery for him.