Two state lawmakers are sparring over how to enshrine protections in state law for women who have miscarriages or other ...

A conversation with Alyssa Battistoni about the essential and contradictory nature of capitalism to the environment and her new book Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature.

A retelling of James Garfield's assassination and other recent TV programs about history show an interest in saying 'who we were, who we are and who we're going to be,' explains presidential historian ...

Loved and loathed in equal measure, former DP's tongue may yet prove to be opposition's greatest weapon or its undoing.

The tournament played a role in early 20th century nation building, Jonathan Wilson says in a new book, and it is still ...

But transgender rights has become an exception, a place where the culture war burns hot as public opinion shifts rightward — ...

In her 1970 essay “On the Morning After the Sixties,” Joan Didion described her disillusionment with the idea that political protest could “affect man’s fate in the slightest.” It’s an opinion James ...

Republicans and Democrats are reacting to news of former Vice President Dick Cheney's death at the age of 84. Political strategists Joel Payne and Terry Sullivan join CBS News with more on Dick Cheney ...

With control of the Virginia governor’s office and legislature at stake, longtime political analyst Chuck Todd says the state’s next big political battle could come sooner than expected — and it won’t ...

We look at where the willingness among Democrats and Republicans is to end the government shutdown, as well as U.S. strikes on alleged cartel boats in the Caribbean. We're joined now by NPR senior ...

A new Alabama law on human smuggling, one of several bills on illegal immigration proposed by Republican legislators this year, takes effect Wednesday. The bill by Sen. Wes Kitchens, R-Arab, makes it ...