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The FDA approved the birth control pill 61 years ago. What's changed since?

This once unthinkable schedule is now the norm for many. Is it here to stay?

After implementing a shorter work week, Iceland has published its findings — which include no change in productivity and less employee burnout.

Two of America's biggest hydroelectric generators, Hoover and Glenn Canyon dams, are in danger of reducing output due to historically low water levels.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with lawyer Debo Adegbile about how the Supreme Court case Shelby County v. Holder, which gutted Section 5 of The Voting Rights Act, lets states pass restrictive voting laws.

Haitian officials have replaced the most senior members of President Jovenel Moïse's security detail as questions continue about their actions the night of the president's assassination.

As part of NPR's 50th anniversary, we've asked listeners to submit the lessons they've learned in a half-century of life. Today, we hear from Sonia Bovio of Phoenix.

First, the city took down statues of confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Then its council voted to remove a statue featuring Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and Sacagawea.

Ahead of Sunday's Euro 2020 final, NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with British writer and comedian David Baddiel, who helped write the English soccer anthem "Three Lions (Football's Coming Home)."

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with Scott Stephens, professor of wildfire science, about the ongoing threat of wildfires as much of the western U.S. continues facing extreme heat.