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For author Laura Wright, being a vegan is a choice in diet and identity. It shapes what she eats and wears, as well as how she is perceived in a culinary…

Last May, a 13-year-old boy won the Scripps National Spelling Bee with the word “knaidel.” The Yiddish word, which means dumpling, was a controversial…

In the late 1960s, North Carolina had the largest and most active Klu Klux Klan organization in the country. That was largely because of a charismatic man…

Jane Kim was only 33 years old when she became the nation’s first Korean-American district supervisor, representing San Francisco’s 6th District on the…

In two new books, writer and professor Alan Shapiro explores themes of convention, pain and self-expression. “Life Pig” (University of Chicago Press/2016)…

Sarah Gaither is interested in how growing up with multiple racial identities shapes one’s social perceptions and behaviors. Gaither is an assistant…

Nearly 2,000 new top-level Internet domains are becoming available. Which are the most popular so far? And what will become of .com?

American music can be traced back to the blues, jazz, and many more roots music. The legacy of these roots comes alive this Thursday, June 13, with a…

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Neil Potts, Facebook vice president for trust and security, about internal documents leaked by a company whistleblower.

A Los Angeles artists built a wall around Donald Trump's Hollywood star — it's topped with razor wire. And in Philadelphia, a museum has put the hair of some early presidents on display.