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Stephanie Williams discovered comics young, drawn early to X-Men, which she saw as an allegory for the persecution of black Americans. An adult now, she co-hosts a podcast about black superheroines.

Many people with intellectual disabilities can't talk or have difficulty speaking — and are unable to report when they've been raped or sexually assaulted.

Indie hip-hop has us asking what artistic freedom really means. The story of a Chicago rapper named Saba offers a few answers.

Consensus wasn't easy to come by in 2017, but the best albums of the year were bolts of clarity, sonic companions for joy, grief and redemption, for battles hard won and for reckonings still to come.

As the year draws to a close and the news cycle continues to reset every day, let's pause and revisit some of the most important news events from 2017.

Benjamine Spencer's case illustrates how difficult it can be for some prisoners in Texas to prove they did not commit a crime without new and unassailable evidence, such as DNA.

Olympic athletes struggle to balance the demands of their sports with college.

The solo composer and LCD Soundsystem's synth genius discusses her relationship to music, shifting gender identity and how each has informed the other in a successful and deeply introspective career.

If Karian Batista had $100, she would buy food. "I don't have enough for the kids," she says. Distributing cash, a growing trend in aid, gives people "dignity and choice," one organization says.

Hundreds of NPR readers recounted their first memory of a news event. These are some of their stories.