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The Trump administration plans to gut the Education Department office that measures student success. An education expert says this could hurt American competitiveness in the long run.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author and historian Peter Stark about his second-person narrative "Frozen Alive" in Outside Magazine which deals explicitly with hypothermia's physiological effects.

Jim Clyburn's new book, The First Eight, restores the lives of South Carolina's early Black congressmen and shows how their battles during Reconstruction offer lessons, and warnings, for politics today.

U-S electricity demand is growing and many utilities plan to generate more power from fossil fuels like natural gas. That's testing the Biden administration's signature climate policy.

Florida's Panhandle took the brunt of Hurricane Michael three months ago. Small, beachside communities are just beginning to grapple with the costs and challenges of recovery.

Girls are much less likely to be diagnosed with autism, but that may be because the signs of the disorder are different than in boys. And girls may be missing out on help as a result.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dartmouth College President Sian Beilock about how the school dealt with Gaza protests and other issues.

Spain's economic crisis has helped drive the nation's unemployment rate above 25 percent. Many of the jobless resent the relatively high pay and job security public sector workers enjoy.

Watch Duty, a free app for tracking wildfires, has taken off in the Western U.S. as more of the region experiences destructive wildfires and the overwhelming task of staying informed.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with poetry reviewer, Tess Taylor about Terrance Hayes' new collection American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin. Every poem is a sonnet, and every sonnet is titled: "American Sonnet for my Past and Future Assassin."