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Host Michel Martin talks about first lady Michelle Obama's agenda and challenges for the next four years. She checks in with Maria Teresa Kumar of Voto Latino, and Lonnae O'Neal Parker who recently wrote about feminists' response to Michelle Obama for The Washington Post.

The Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a class size bill, and North Carolina’s redistricting saga are among the issues in the news this week in state politics.…

NPR's Ari Shapiro spent a week in one city in a battleground state, Colorado Springs, where campaign spending has tripled since 2008. He discovered how it's changing, and the campaign strategy behind targeting specific ads for specific markets in hopes of winning over undecided voters.

Plus personnel and regulatory changes from the Education Department in our NPR Ed weekly roundup.

Bannon wants to establish a strong populist presence in European elections with the help of a new foundation, 'The Movement.'

A major political donor convicted of attempting to bribe a North Carolina elected official to secure preferential regulatory treatment for his insurance…

Jenny Durkan described the administration's sending of federal agents to U.S. cities to quell gun violence "a dry run for martial law" and warned the operation risked disenfranchising voters.

Resentment and a loss of dignity has fueled a rise in identity politics and made compromise difficult, political scientist Francis Fukuyama says. He proposes a way out of that impasse in his new book.

Acting Deputy Secretary Claire Grady is the latest to step down from the Department of Homeland Security. The week began with the departure of Kirstjen…

The move is widely seen as bid by President Nicolas Maduro to consolidate his power in the face of a multi-layered crisis.