Both Republicans and Democrats are trying to marshal Native American voters in Arizona, which could prove decisive to winning ...

Lilly Ledbetter, a supervisor at a Goodyear tire plant in Alabama, discovered she was receiving less pay than men who worked ...

Before this summer, Miguel González, an apprentice electrician who grew up in the Colorado River Valley, only knew ...

Ancient rainstorms may have sculpted the red planet, similar to the monsoon rains that helped shape the Southwest’s landscape ...

The award is shared by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of MIT and James Robinson of the University of Chicago for their ...

With only weeks to a divisive election it can be hard to talk politics. Polarization can damage our relationships and our ...

Eden Alonso-Rivera of Grandville, Mich. is the high school winner of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. Her winning entry, "A ...

Over 4,500 square miles of ocean will be protected off the California coast. It will also be managed in partnership with the ...

Luz Galaviz, a third grade teacher in Rifle, normally can’t travel abroad due to her immigration status. But after securing ...

In the small town of Ridgway, tucked into the rugged San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado, a community effort is underway ...

Asian Americans are the fastest growing-voting group in the country. That means parties are courting them in tight races in states like Pennsylvania.

Latinas are about 16% of the workforce, a crucial pillar of the U.S. economy. Yet, they feel they don’t reap the same benefits other workers enjoy, nor get the recognition they deserve. In Michigan, ...