The Women's Health Initiative, begun in the 1990s, has made many important discoveries. Now funding to collect more research ...

Actor and comedian Jeremy Piven joined SPR's Owen Henderson to talk about his stand-up tour, being mistaken for his ...

House Bill 1163 would require gun buyers to apply for a five-year permit from the Washington State Patrol. To qualify, ...

Federal funding freezes continue to hit community organizations, Ferguson signs more bills as legislative session nears its ...

Laila Lalami's dystopian novel centers on a woman who's been incarcerated because an algorithm flagged her as a crime risk.

With the U.S. now reporting more than 800 measles cases, a new poll from health policy research group KFF finds that many ...

The film “Warfare” inserts us in an intense combat situation, even as it ignores the larger political implications, Dan ...

On Wild Card, famous guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Brett Goldstein of Ted Lassotells us how empathy has filtered into his work with age.

A look at this spring in Georgia's Legislature show how Republicans continue filing bills to put limits on transgender people and how Democrats have tried to respond.

Mexican singer and songwriter Natalia Lafourcade has a new album out this week called Cancionera. In it, she draws from folk influences and embraces her mystical side.

A little over a week ago Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University student, showed up for a immigration appointment in Vermont. He instead was arrested, detained and placed in deportation proceedings.

A Colorado judge has made the first known use of a state law designed to make courts safe from immigration raids.