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In the 1980s and 1990s, asthma rates in U.S. kids reached epidemic proportions. Though studies indicate the rates are leveling off, rates for African American and Hispanic children and inner-city populations aren't declining. New research suggests poverty, stress and poor mental health may be fueling the problem. Madge Kaplan of member station WGBH reports.

Sen. Barack Obama has addressed the simmering controversy about racially charged remarks made by his longtime pastor. In his speech in Philadelphia Tuesday, Obama denounced the remarks and engaged in a conversation about the broader issues of race in America.

Catch up on the latest news on the Ohio primaries, Roe v. Wade and other big headlines around Greater Cincinnati with Cincinnati Edition's Friday news review

In January, Sen. Sherrod Brown asked the president to include Mauritanians living in the U.S. in the TPS program.

We answer questions about what is now legal and efforts by lawmakers to modify the initiated statute.

The state's school board wants to measure progress in math and reading differently for students based on race and ethnicity. Supporters say the new passing rates take into account students' different starting points. Critics charge the mandates are "backwards-looking."

The ABC show Scandal is ending its seventh and final season. The political thriller is the first Shonda Rhimes show to end on its own accord. We look back at the ground it broke.

If so, the decision would be a small retreat from the Supreme Court's sweeping decision on gun rights last year.

The intent of the centers is to boost different viewpoints at five public universities.

Fifteen billion dollars in the $1 trillion infrastructure bill has been earmarked for replacing lead water service lines. The problem is there are so many that it might take $60 billion dollars to do the job. And most utilities say they are not ready to comply.