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Champion chess player and Soviet dissident Garry Kasparov has a few thoughts about how well democracy in the U.S. is doing. He tells NPR's Scott Simon that it's not America first - it's America alone.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Mike Scott of the Scottish band, The Waterboys, about their new album, "Life, Death & Dennis Hopper."

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Jo Harkin about her book, "The Pretender."

A Michigan ballot campaign that would require residents to show proof of citizenship while registering to vote could start collecting signatures soon.

Every day it seems new conflicts arise between President Trump and the courts. Prompting another round of the question: Are we in a constitutional crisis?

Amtrak will be taking over renovations at New York's Penn Station, according to a letter sent by the Federal Railroad Administration.

In the news, Sudan is often discussed a place devastated by a civil war and home to the world's largest humanitarian crisis. But a podcast sharing Sudanese folklore shows more about the culture.

A big focus of the Trump administration is to shore up U.S. dominance in cutting edge technology like semiconductor chips and AI. But it's slashing employees at the agency that works on these issues.

12th century French monks used animal skins to bind and cover their books. One group of books covers didn't look at all like the others. Protein fingerprint and DNA analysis revealed them to be not local cows or sheep, but seals from as far away as Greenland. The find highlights the extent of medieval trade.

Each year the State Department releases its Country Reports on Human Rights. NPR has obtained internal State department documents that show major changes coming this year