Agricultural economists contend that today, the U.S. agricultural economy is being affected by high input costs, growing farm debt that is approaching historical highs of nearly $620 billion, and farm ...

This year marks the hundredth anniversary of the legendary Route 66. In 1984, as the last stretch of the highway was being bypassed by the Federal Interstate System, The Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson ...

A new poll shows support for moving the U.S. toward proportional representation, a system that elects multiple representatives in a single district in rough proportion to a party's vote share.

Drought, high temperatures and limited irrigation water are reducing crop yields and increasing production costs as farmers across Southwest Colorado enter harvest season. Federal data support what ...

The Labor Department releases a new report on inflation this week. It's higher than many would like, and with a sluggish job market, most people's paychecks aren't keeping pace with rising prices.

Vann Newkirk has a very serious job at The Atlantic, where he's a senior editor. But he also just really loves butterflies, and we're talking about monarch butterflies to be specific. So much so that ...

Evacuation orders and alerts have been issued in British Columbia as wildfires burn across the province. Officials have declared a state of emergency.

NPR's A Martinez speaks to Holly Dagres, senior fellow at the Washington Institute, about how the Iranian regime's understanding of U.S. politics informs its war strategy.

When Alaska Airlines wanted to optimize its operations, it turned to a small startup called Air Space Intelligence. Now the FAA has hired the company for a major reboot of the entire U.S. airspace.

With the blockbuster critical and financial success of The Odyssey, has Christopher Nolan earned his spot on the list of top tier American filmmakers?

As Iran works toward a final agreement with Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, leaders there have a political incentive to ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with actor Dominic Sessa about "Tony," a new biopic that traces the rough beginnings of the late celebrity chef and author Anthony Bourdain across a life-changing summer.