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Lilly Ledbetter, the activist who inspired fair pay act, dies at 86
Lilly Ledbetter, a supervisor at a Goodyear tire plant in Alabama, discovered she was receiving less pay than men who worked ...
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Top Kansas election official suggests ballot drop boxes, not the USPS, for advance voting
Kansas law requires all ballots to arrive by three days after Election Day, with a postmark on or before Election Day. But to ...
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Direct Admissions tool aims to ease Texas college application process
It provides students with a list of participating state institutions where they can qualify for automatic acceptance before ...
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How Texas pollsters get their job done when everyone is screening their calls
People aren’t answering calls for political polls as often as they used to before caller ID. But pollsters are still ...
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Judge strikes down strict voter assistance rules in Texas’ 2021 rewrite of election laws
Texas Republicans passed the legislation known as Senate Bill 1 after former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election ...
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In Chile a language on the verge of extinction, stirs into life
Ckunsa, an indigenous language in Chile, was declared dead 70 years ago. But groups in northern Chile are successfuly ...
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In an election race this close, Asian American voters have become a force
Asian Americans are the fastest growing-voting group in the country. That means parties are courting them in tight races in ...
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Nobel Prize goes to 3 economists who study the wealth and poverty of nations
The award is shared by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of MIT and James Robinson of the University of Chicago for their ...
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60 years ago, a jet-powered tricycle shattered the land speed record
Craig Breedlove became the first person to drive faster than 500 miles per hour. But his record-breaking run almost ended in ...
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Two tribal nations in Oklahoma take stand against media portrayals of their people
The Comanche and Quapaw Nations are condemning inaccurate depictions of their tribes in a well-known book and television ...
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Native Voters could swing Arizona. Both parties want their votes.
Both Republicans and Democrats are trying to marshal Native American voters in Arizona, which could prove decisive to winning the key state.
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Bob Woodward takes NPR behind the headline-grabbing moments in his new book
Bob Woodward speaks to NPR about the revelations in his new book, and recounts how key moments and meetings in recent years ...