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In 1869, Charles Eliot wrote a compelling article entitled “The New Education” in The Atlantic Monthly, calling for American universities to shift away…

President Donald Trump has returned from his five-country tour of Asia. He characterized the trip as a “tremendous success,” but political analysts say…

When Howard Lee was elected as mayor of Chapel Hill in 1969, he made history. Lee was the first African American elected to run a majority white city in…

and opposition have clinched a deal to end the political impasse and violence, but must persuade armed rebels in south to accept it.

Every four years, around the Winter Olympics, the sport of curling finds some new fans. Not surprisingly, it’s a sport played, primarily, in very cold locations. But curling also has a home right here in the Triangle.

A proposed amendment to the state constitution banning gay marriage and civil unions has divided religious communities. For our series examining the…

President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act in 1963 in an effort to abolish wage discrimination based on gender. Half a century later, the Obama administration is pushing Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, designed to make wage differences more transparent.

The four college seniors participating in The Howard Project talk about how they're paying for college, how they make and spend their pocket money and what they expect in their financial futures.

With unemployment dropping, the "misery index" is at its lowest level in more than 50 years. So why aren't Americans feeling cheerful? Economists say meager wages and big debts are still problems.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Guardian reporter Jamiles Lartey about the shutdown's disproportionate effect on African-Americans, who make up more of the federal workforce than the workforce at large.