A Supreme Court ruling eliminated the requirement of sheltering homeless people in some states. Advocates worry the ruling also motivates cities hostile to shelters to get rid of them altogether.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Margie Mason, investigative reporter at the AP, about the alleged exploitation and abuse of the prison labor force in Alabama.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Stuart Eizenstat, a top domestic policy advisor in the Carter White House, about how former President Jimmy Carter put human rights at the center of foreign policy.

The Nobel Peace Prize winner devoted himself to improving the health of people around the world, promoting democracy and ...

Magnus Carlsen, the No. 1 ranked chess player, quit the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York on Friday after refusing ...

This latest incident comes as 2024 is named the deadliest year on record for small boat crossings along the perilous ...

Many of the most-borrowed books in 2024, including 'romantasy' titles and memoirs, also appeared on public library lists in ...

Former President Jimmy Carter is being remembered for many things tonight, but in Georgia, he's being remembered as one of the Peach State's own.

Handing control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. over to the Central American country was one of President Jimmy Carter's ...

Former President Jimmy Carter served as president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, with a focus on human ...

Jimmy Carter was a former one-term governor from Georgia, almost unknown nationally, when he broke through in Iowa and New ...

Former President Jimmy Carter's work on energy efficiency and renewable energy were criticized, but it laid the groundwork ...