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Two days of North Korean missile tests increase tensions. Ethiopia and Tigray agree to a cease fire. And, Biden sounds the alarm on the state of democracy.

Clinton failed to fire up the Obama coalition in a big way, and Democrats have cratered with blue-collar white voters.

The 6-3 majority was solidified in former President Donald Trump's term, but its roots go back to the Bushes and the political circumstances of 1991 and 2005.

What to make of all the student loan news this year? We have three takeaways, and a literary analogy (it's NPR afterall).

A trio of economists just won a Nobel Prize for their insights into how democratic and other inclusive institutions are critical for a nation's prosperity.

Rural communities are scrambling after the Trump administration canceled billions in disaster grants. Many were counting on the funds for infrastructure fixes meant to withstand future disasters.

A majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana spurred a major Supreme Court decision. The district lines trace decades of fights over the landmark Voting Rights Act.

Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau paint a nuanced portrait of the U.S. immigration system — including ICE agents, immigrants, activists and smugglers — in their 6-part Netflix documentary series.

Read President Biden's 2024 State of the Union speech as prepared for delivery — and watch him give his speech on March 7.

Some of the best rock music of 2017 was made by women reckoning with a fundamental destructive truth of the genre: that it promises freedom to young female listeners but withholds actual liberation.