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The Affordable Care Act requires most insurers to cover a comprehensive list of FDA-approved birth control methods at no cost. But insurers often make it hard for women to get the products they want.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with University of Washington professor Kristie Ebi about the mounting death toll from recent heat waves across the Pacific Northwest.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Paul Black, CEO of Winston Medical Center in Louisville, Miss., about the challenges the hospital faces with the influx of COVID-19 patients.

The new young adult novel centers around Echo, a Black woman from Cleveland who becomes the first in her family to attend college.

Galesburg has been a two-hospital town for more than a century.

Special correspondent Susan Stamberg talks to students of her high school alma mater -- New York City's La Guardia High in Manhattan -- about their momentous first day of high school, Sept. 11, 2001. These teenagers graduate in June, ending a high school career overshadowed by one of the darkest days in their country's history.

The U.S. nuclear posture, and to a degree the Russian as well, has not moved far since the end of the Cold War. Thousands of nuclear weapons continue to put potential adversaries at great risk. Many experts say it's time to take missiles off alert, as the Chinese have, and build a smaller arsenal made of bombs with smaller yields.

The plan, if approved in full by state regulators, would add between $2.50 and $3 to the average customer’s monthly bill. Regulators have 11 months to review it.

Author Nicole Glover's new book 'The Starseekers' focuses on a space-race themed magical murder mystery, with a Black woman at the center.

The book centers around three generations of women connected to a family-owned supper club in upper Minnesota.