Politically motivated assassinations, aggressive immigration raids and a second Trump presidency reshaped the role of federal ...

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Soaring demand and extreme weather worsened by climate change have wiped out harvests of the popular purple yam.

Learn how the beaver helped build Oregon from territorial days to statehood and became its official state mammal.

This winter will be my 42nd consecutive winter in Calgary. Over all these years, I have worked on what I call the “Tree ...

Featured images by the Wisconsin State Journal's photo team of Amber Arnold, John Hart and Owen Ziliak.

When a soul crosses the river, a granddaughter’s journey through the Vedic art of saying goodbye.To everyone who loves quietly and loses suddenly. In the quiet, early hours of 4 November, before the ...

These secret corners of the urban wasteland are full of raggedy RVs and the people who live in them. Some of those people are regular citizens—they’re employed, sometimes at multiple jobs, they come ...

The heart of Christmas isn’t found under the tree—it’s at the table, where generations gather to share the dishes that feel ...

Photographs help us look back on the moments that defined the year. Taken by NPR photojournalists nationwide, this collection ...

Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also read Drew ...