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What actually happens when schools take away students' phones?

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Stanford education economist Thomas Dee about the latest study on schools banning cellphones.

Research shows that an anti-poverty program can even work in incredibly difficult circumstances, like in the Somali city of Baidoa, where half of the city's 1.2 million population are internally displaced people.

Anti-poverty program is effective even in one of the world's toughest settings

Researchers looked at whether a tried-and-true poverty alleviation effort that gives cash and coaching to households, and is typically implemented in rural areas, could work in an urban setting.

Two children sitting in chairs facing each other

Robin Pizzo: Youth and mental health wellness

WKAR brings together local experts, resources, and community to support children and families during Mental Health Awareness Month in May.

A woman dressed as a mifepristone pill is at rally outside the US Supreme Court on April 2, 2025.

Supreme Court gives abortion pill mifepristone a 1-week reprieve from a major change

The Supreme Court says rules that allow patients to get the abortion pill mifepristone through the mail can stay the same for at least a week.

In 'John of John,' father and son are gay -- and they're keeping it from each other

Like a number of his characters, Booker Prize-winning novelist Douglas Stuart grew up working class and queer in Glasgow. He went on to have a career in fashion, which plays into his latest novel.

Louisiana lawmakers working to pass map that could eliminate majority Black districts

Primary elections have started in Louisiana, but votes cast in congressional races may not count as the Republican legislature is redrawing district lines to get one more Republican seat.

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who serves as the chairman of the the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, says the NDRC's numbers show that 12 to 19 seats in the South's majority-minority opportunity zones are at risk due to the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that reinterprets longstanding protections under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

How the SCOTUS voting rights ruling could affect Congress, according to Eric Holder

Eric Holder, chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, talks with NPR's Michel Martin about a Supreme Court ruling that could pave the way for a drop in Black representation in Congress.

Setting low-grade fires, known as prescribed burns, can help clear out overgrown brush and dead material that fuels more extreme wildfires. In 2025, controlled burning fell by almost half under the Trump administration.

Trump administration falls behind on wildfire prevention with risky fire season ahead

Many of the nation's overgrown forests are at high risk of burning. Under the Trump administration, work to reduce flammable vegetation fell by more than a million acres compared to previous years.

Bill aims to stop 'claim sharks' from targeting disabled vets after NPR investigation

The bipartisan bill would block companies from using auto-dialers to harvest private information about disabled veterans. The firms charge veterans for a service lawmakers say is supposed to be free.

Outside a polling place in West Lafayette, Ind., Republican state Sen. Spencer Deery greets voters arriving for early voting on April 28. Deery is a Republican incumbent President Trump has targeted after he opposed the president's redistricting push in Indiana.

Trump's power of political retribution will be tested this week in Indiana primary

President Trump has thrown his support behind challengers to Republican state senators who opposed his redistricting push.

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