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With the summer recess over, Capitol Hill lawmakers turn to the spending bill. Democrats have limited time to work out details on policies like expanded health care and universal pre-K.

NPR's Noel King speaks with Colson Whitehead about his new novel Harlem Shuffle. His last two books — The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys — won Pulitzer Prizes.

New York City public school students are going back to school Monday, but parents and educators are bracing themselves as COVID-19 infections continue to rise among children.

The current divisions in the Democratic Party and its ideological shift can be explained, in part, by tracking how the word "progressive" became the chosen label for so many on the left.

Should you quarantine? Get tested? Mask up? Insist on masks for others? There are many tricky situations to navigate in our delta variant, semi-vaccinated world. Here's advice from experts.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff about 50 years of Philadelphia International Records and the founding of the Philly sound.

According to FBI data, the number of reported hate crimes rose in 2020. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Taylor Dumpson of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights about her experience being targeted.

The pandemic forced many people to work from home. Now, a lot of workers want to keep that setup, at least some of the time.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge about the expiration of the federal eviction moratorium and President Biden's plan to address affordable housing.

Leaf through the most recent Arizona budget and you'll find everything from a mask mandate ban to voting restrictions. A new lawsuit say those aren't budget items, they are political horse trading.