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Coal mining has been a big part of the Navajo Nation's economy for decades. As mines and power plants have been closing, the tribe is trying to expand one of its largest mines.

The $40 trillion national debt isn't just a number in Washington. It can make borrowing more expensive for everyday Americans, and every realistic plan to bring it down involves tradeoffs.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Joel Anderson, a host of the podcast Slow Burn, about the Tupac Shakur murder trial and the cultural moment around his murder.

We're entering another contested election cycle with arguments over who can vote and how. But a community in Delaware is at the center of a more fundamental question: do you have to be human to vote?

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Henry Rollins about Gravest Gravy. It's an album the Cramps recorded in 1977, finally being released after a team effort in coordination with co-founder Poison Ivy.

From state and local food-safety response to the federal health agencies that fund that work, a record-breaking year for cyclosporiasis cases runs up against the Trump administration's cuts last year.

Janet Dexter sketched celebrities for the New York Times and other newspapers in the 1920s and 1930s. But she left her successful career to commit to a life of poverty in the Maine woods.

In some tight midterm races, how farmers frustrated with the war and rising costs vote could make a difference.

Rapid melting can be difficult for water managers to plan around because reservoirs are built for a gradual influx of snow. That can lead to more flooding without more long-term water supply.

When we think about cancer, we tend to think about what doctors can do. But what about what patients can do? How much of that is hope? How much of it is science?