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A section of Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, N.Y. was renamed Hip Hop Boulevard in 2016, in recognition of the apartment building where the music is said to have been born.

50 years ago, teenagers partied in the Bronx — and gave rise to hip-hop

In August 1973, an 18-year-old DJ Kool Herc played his sister's back-to-school fundraiser in the rec room of their apartment building. But he and his friends sparked something much bigger.

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan, pictured at her April 2021 confirmation hearing, spoke to <em>Morning Edition</em> on Thursday about the new "Click to Cancel" proposal.

Still trying to quit that gym membership? The FTC is proposing a rule that could help

The Federal Trade Commission gets thousands of complaints a year from customers trapped in memberships they don't want. Its "Click to Cancel" proposal aims to change that, Chair Lina Khan tells NPR.

Tiffany Dufu attends #BossLadyBrunch on July 29, 2017 in Sag Harbor, New York.

How the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank affected one startup

Tiffany Dufu, CEO of tech startup The Cru, responds to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

From the outside, <em>The Source</em> in the 1990s was the gold standard in hip-hop. But from the inside, Kim Osorio discovered it was something more grimy: an entrenched boys' club that normalized sexism.

'Is this what it had to be?'

In 2005, Kim Osorio sued The Source for gender discrimination, sexual harassment and hostile work environment, retaliation, defamation. Responses to the case reinforced hip-hop's culture of silence.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch (left) stands next to Chief Justice John Roberts outside the court in 2017.

How a Supreme Court justice's paragraph put the Voting Rights Act in more danger

Justice Neil Gorsuch tacked on a handful of sentences to a 2021 Supreme Court ruling, planting the seeds of a legal fight that could further weaken Voting Rights Act protections for people of color.

The skyline of San Francisco as seen from Bernal Heights Hill on March 16, 2020.

California is losing population and building new houses. When will home prices come down?

The state is losing population as it builds homes at its fastest clip in more than a decade.

FILE - San Diego State head coach Brian Dutcher calls out instructions during the first half of a first-round college basketball game against Charleston in the NCAA Tournament on March 16, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. The number of San Diego State teams that have won an NCAA championship can be counted on one finger. Dutcher, who has been on campus for 24 years, not only knows about that championship but would love to match it when he coaches the Aztecs in their first Final Four.

Final Four a chance for SDSU to double its championships

The number of San Diego State teams that have won an NCAA Division I championship can be counted on one finger.

MacKenzie Scott, billionaire philanthropist. Last month she announced that her donations since 2019 have totaled more than $14 billion and helped fund around 1,600 nonprofits. But as much as the scale, it is her untraditional style of giving that is causing a stir.

MacKenzie Scott is shaking up philanthropy's traditions. Is that a good thing?

Donations often come with rigorous applications and reporting requirements. Billionaire MacKenzie Scott, who divorced Jeff Bezos in 2019 and vowed to give away most of her fortune, does it her way.

Ayyā Somā (left) and Bhante Suddhāso (right), the co-founders of Empty Cloud Monastery.

These Buddhist monks want their faith to be known for more than just mindfulness

In a world full of mindfulness as a buzzword, what does life look like for those who follow the theology that birthed it?

Max Arias, Executive Director of the SEIU Local 99 union speaks to members of the press and community at a demonstration outside of Robert F. Kennedy Community School in Koreatown. Behind him is Cecily Myart-Cruz, the president of the UTLA teachers union, and U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA).

Demonstrations, protests mark first day of LA school strike

Support staff in the nation's second-largest school district walked out over stalled contract negotiations. Teachers joined them in support.

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