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Strikes and organizing efforts at high-profile companies have generated new enthusiasm for organized labor. But numbers tell a different story. Union membership is tied for the lowest level on record.

Scott Simon notes the 30 percent increase of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. during the first year of the pandemic.

Some scholars say conservative activists are misleading the public about the true meaning of critical race theory as they try to keep ethnic studies from being taught in K-12 schools.

As the occurrence hate crimes against Asian-American and Pacific Islanders becoming more apparent throughout the pandemic, the LA County Human Relations Commission created a new system for victims to report hate crimes and get help.

NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro speaks with Conor Dougherty, an economics reporter at The New York Times, about what a series of new measures mean for California's housing crisis.

Scholars dismiss the Russian leader's claims as a "mythical use of history." For one: Ukraine overwhelmingly elected a Jewish president, and has a relatively small right-wing movement.

Advocates for abortion rights used to commonly assert that the procedure should be "safe, legal and rare," but that motto has become deeply controversial as the movement tries to remove stigma.

According to the 2020 Census, more Latinos identified as multiracial or "some other race" than in 2010, a change that reflects shifting understandings of race and the limits of the U.S. Census' categories.

On Monday, a special program on KPBS Midday Edition explores disturbing links between violent extremism and America's Veterans.

A Japanese TV show now on Netflix, 'Old Enough!,' has sparked much debate about the wisdom of allowing very young kids to be very independent. Risky? Beneficial? Child development experts weigh in.