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Forget food aid, cows and job training. An unprecedented 12-year experiment in Kenya tests the power of cash.

New York Times reporter Jason DeParle says a provision in the new COVID relief package has the makings of a policy revolution — and would "roughly cut child poverty in half."

Multi-generations debate and reminisce about the legacy left by the slain Democratic senator from New York. He championed for better treatment of the poor and people of color.

We spoke to teen activists at the Girl Up event in Washington, D.C., this week. They had a lot to say about everything from buzzwords that make them mad to the best ways to de-stress.

As a writer, director and producer of the TV series about the underground ballroom community in 1980s New York, she says the work sometimes makes her tear up.

Ron Howard's new Pavarotti film fails to make us feel much for its subject, and does little to bolster the magical, complicated art called opera.

2020 and 2016 are virtually tied for the hottest year on record. That means more powerful hurricanes, more intense wildfires, less ice and longer heat waves.

Here is a look inside the lives of Iranians from different walks of life — including a fitness trainer, butcher and carpet seller — and how they're coping with an economy battered by U.S. sanctions.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren about the debate over whether witnesses will be called in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump. NPR's Tamara Keith weighs in.

Teachers describe the challenges their students face learning from home. How much has the pandemic set back children's academic progress, and when schools reopen, will students be ready?