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For decades, economists gave short shrift to the idea of monopsony — a power employers can have to suppress wages. Now a wave of research suggests it's everywhere, and a new book argues it's key to understanding today's inequality.

Canton City Council recently passed an ordinance tying water and sewer service for properties that border the city to annexation. Township residents, officials and groups are fighting back.

Translucent host Lee Wade talks with a physician about what happens when gender-affirming care is interrupted or denied, and why starting and stopping treatment can do real harm.

Taken together, these four features can create a trancelike state that can keep us stuck on social media apps or video games for hours. Children are particularly vulnerable.

The Pulitzer-winning composer, whose unconventional music reflects the rugged landscapes he lives in, talks about his relationship to nature and his new piece Horizon.

Billie Little had worked for Thomson Reuters for about two decades. She was fired after questioning whether federal immigration agents unlawfully used their products.

The Netflix hit "Beef," has returned for a second season, this time, with a whole new cast of characters who don't know when to give up the fight. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with creator Lee Sung Jin.

It was a series of records and repeats at the prestigious Boston Marathon. The men's and women's winners from last year won again this year.

The gunman who killed a Canadian tourist and left at least 13 people injured at Mexico's iconic Teotihuacan pyramids carried materials that were apparently related to the deadly 1999 high school shooting, authorities said Tuesday.

Cuba's government confirmed that it had recently met with U.S. officials on the island as tensions between the two sides remain high over the U.S. energy blockade of the Caribbean country.