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Hip-hop artists in Senegal have a long history of playing a pivotal role in presidential elections. What was their impact in 2024?

Mariska Hargitay has only the vaguest memories of her mother, Jayne Mansfield, the sex-symbol movie star who died in the 1967 crash. Now, Hargitay examines her family history in a new documentary.

Cuba's power grid collapse has become one of the worst crises in the country's history.

Preservation groups are concerned about the renovations happening at the White House. NPR speaks with architecture professor Priya Jain about the history of construction at The People's House.

Avani Yaltho, this year's high school winner in NPR's Student Podcast Challenge, brought three generations of her family together to talk about their shared history.

A glacier in Europe holds clues about the activities of pre-industrial people, but it's melting fast.

The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans "the gravest crime against humanity" and calling for reparations.

President Trump lavished praise on New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as the two met for the first time in the Oval Office after a history of trading political insults.

Louisiana is experiencing the largest wildfires in the state's history. At least 2 people have died. The state is in a severe drought and continues to experience record heat.

This is the first teachers' strike in the history of Oregon's largest school district. NPR's Michel Martin talks to reporter Lisa Balick of KOIN-TV, about why teachers walked off the job.