Poverty and child welfare activist David Ambroz shares his experience of homelessness, abuse and foster care in his new memoir, “ A Place Called Home .” The book explores his concerns about the ...

A public library in Ohio is celebrating the life of one of its most loyal patrons, a retired social worker named Dan Pelzer.

On a reporting trip, Here & Now's Chris Bentley and Peter O'Dowd traversed the Blues Trail in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

Bandleader and pianist Eddie Palmieri has died. One of the leading Latin musicians of his generation, Palmieri founded a number of seminal bands. NPR’s Luis Trelles shares a remembrance. This article ...

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Thousands of people die in custody each year, usually during an arrest or while incarcerated. Exactly how many is impossible to say, because the data collection is so haphazard. That’s in spite of a ...

When we experience a difficult emotion, such as anger, sadness or anxiety, many of us try to push those feelings down instead ...

All of Harvard University's recent legal cases have started on the desk of federal Judge Allison Burroughs of Massachusetts.

A long-term study of mountain gorillas finds that when female gorillas move into a new group, they pick one that contains buddies they've lived with before.

In July, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs unveiled a new alert system for missing people in the state. It’s called a Turquoise Alert and is similar to an Amber or Silver Alert. It was initially intended to ...

That’s according to a new federal report, which says consuming a lot of these types of foods can cause serious health problems.

Arizona's voucher program spends taxpayer funds to send students to schools that are not in the public system.