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"Aunty Edith," as she was known, helped revive the Hawaiian language, hula and chant.

Are parents, teachers and the public feeling as divided as the headlines make it seem? A pair of new NPR/Ipsos polls reveals division, to be sure, but also surprising consensus.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Thursday that puts new limits on public assistance programs that help low-income Iowans access food and health care.

The state of Arizona today said it will no longer issue new development approvals based on groundwater alone.

Federal pipeline regulators held meetings in Des Moines to hear safety concerns from industry experts and opponents of proposed carbon sequestration pipelines.

Short Wave hosts Emily Kwong and Regina Barber talk about a paralyzed man that walked again, a sticker vaccine and the science behind a crop of new RSV vaccines.

The departure of the churches in Kansas and Nebraska comes as UMC congregations around the country are debating the UMC position “that all people are of sacred worth and are equally valuable in the sight of God.”

"I'm not a grown man — I'm a growing man," Alexander says. His new memoir started as a book of love poems, but ended up being a collection of essays and poems about love, divorce and raising children.

Debt ceiling dramas have been going on a long time. The first one happened exactly 70 years ago. President Eisenhower asked Congress for an extra $15 billion and the Senate said, "No dice."

Grandma Joy Ryan, the 93-year-old behind @grandmajoysroadtrip on Instagram, says she's the "oldest old lady to ever visit every national park."