Search results for

Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're still fighting stubborn segregation, poverty and gun violence.

For decades, a rare disease crawled across Papua New Guinea. When scientists realized what was behind kuru, it caught everyone by surprise. But similar diseases can still be transmitted through food.

Mario Armstrong is a technology commentator for NPR's Morning Edition, explaining the world of gadgets, gizmos and gigabites through regular conservations with show hosts Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne.

An encampment under a bridge on the US/Mexico border has been cleared of nearly 15 thousand migrants, most of them from Haiti, and the bridge is set to be fully open tomorrow.

It's been 105 days since St. Elizabeth Healthcare offered 96 vaccines the first day they were available. Now, it can provide 1,400 per day. Senator Mitch…

As communities plan for sea level rise, it can be hard to convince residents of the dramatic changes in store. A California scientist is testing one possible answer: virtual reality.

Sen. Mitch McConnell joked this was the first time in a quarter century where he came to Northern Kentucky and it appeared there could be real movement on the Brent Spence Bridge project.

Forty years ago today, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., announced final plans for a march on Washington for his Poor People's Campaign. One of his most ambitious political goals, it was aimed at eliminating poverty, regardless of race. Author David Shipler revisits King's vision.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Ashley Whillans, psychologist at Harvard Business School, about why many people care deeply about climate change but are slow to adopt climate-friendly behaviors.

In this excerpt from a speech to a Senior Center in Sun City, Arizona, President Clinton talked about the importance of education in building a bridge to the 21st century---hooking up every classroom to the Internet and making going to college more accessible and less expensive. He said he wants to make home-ownership easier, and wants to change the law so that people won't have to pay taxes when they sell their homes. "We want to continue the work to balance the budget," the President said...to keep interest rates down and keep the economy moving. He says the GOP budget he vetoed was wrong to end Medicaid and wrong to create a two-tier Medicare system, wrong to make cuts in Medicare, and wrong in lots of ways.