As red state leaders have embraced cooperating with ICE, immigrants with and without legal status are leaving, fearing for their safety and abandoning strong ties in rural American communities.

Widespread protests in Iran earlier this year were met with a deadly crackdown by the regime. NPR has collected eyewitness accounts which paint an alarming picture of the extent of the killings.

Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin, where he covers the human stories of a vast region reckoning with its past while it tries to guide the world toward a brighter future.

Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin, where he covers the human stories of a vast region reckoning with its past while it tries to guide the world toward a brighter future.

Ballistic missiles tore into five districts of the Ukrainian capital before dawn Saturday. President Trump is now walking back a promised boost to Ukraine's missile defense systems.

A 7-year-old aspiring scientist in Philadelphia interviews an adult who shares his idea of a dream job about his career in conservation science and birding.

Margo Howard had a lot of life experience and used it to offer advice for years as "Dear Prudence" for Slate. She died this ...

Why is a Zulu-language drama taking the world by storm? "The Polygamist" mixes scandal with a sharp portrait of modern South Africa.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Peter Scott who after the pub closed in his leafy London suburb, clubbed together with other locals to reopen it.

Under a new federal plan out today to manage the Colorado river, Arizona, California and Nevada would share steep water cuts over the next decade. The plan by will deeply impact communities and farms ...

NPR's Scptt Simon speaks to Ray Takeyh, senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, about the state of Iranian-backed militias and proxies in the region.

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from ...