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Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-Conn., vowed to do better following reports she allowed her chief of staff to keep his position for months after being informed he had abused another staffer.

What began as a bill about sewage services quickly became a significant change to state employee benefits Thursday. Now, it is one signature from becoming law — and classrooms are closing in protest.

The BARR model, for "Building Assets, Reducing Risks," has serious evidence backing it up as a solution for real improvements in student success.

Larry Krasner wants prosecutors to announce in open court the taxpayer expense of incarceration before asking for it. His new policy is drawing backlash and discussion.

Neuroscientist Barbara Lipska describes in a new memoir surviving 20 brain tumors, and what the eight-week nightmare of psychological symptoms taught her about mental illnesses she's long studied.

A year into teaching high school, Mario Suarez knew it was time to come out as transgender at his school. His students embraced him and he dedicated his career to them all over again.

When Robert F. Kennedy learned of Martin Luther King's assassination in April of 1968, he gave an impromptu speech in Indiana. Decades later, it's credited with calming the devastated crowd.

Howard Bryant of ESPN talks with NPR's Scott Simon about the biggest sports stories of the week: March Madness and baseball's opening day.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton about the 2020 Census, its effects on his community and on the state of Arizona.

The U.S. acceptance rate of Iranian Christians and other religious minority refugees has gone from nearly 100 percent to zero, leaving many stuck in transit.