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Amber Mark's <em>Three Dimensions Deep </em>is one of NPR Music's top 20 R&B albums of 2022.

The 20 Best R&B Albums of 2022

In 2022, R&B rediscovered its place in the club, pushed into the outer reaches of space, found and lost love (as always) and relished the beauty of the Black experience.

Trump bets big on Michigan with rally on GOP debate night as UAW strike continues

Seven Republicans will join the second GOP debate Wednesday but the front-runner, former President Donald Trump won't be one of them. Instead, Trump will head to Michigan to court autoworkers.

Horseshoe crabs are bled alive at a facility in Charleston, S.C., in June 2014.

Vaccines are still tested with horseshoe crab blood. The industry is finally changing

The horseshoe crab bleeding industry is in transition. One biomedical company agreed to more oversight, and a regulatory group is paving the way for drug companies to use animal-free alternatives.

Did you put money down to buy a home that wasn't built yet and now are struggling to afford it because of higher mortgage rates? We want to hear from you.

Have rising interest rates cost you money while waiting for your home to be built?

Many people are getting hurt financially because mortgage rates rose sharply while they were waiting for their new homes to be built. And now it's hard or impossible to buy them. Share your story.

Emissions from burning fossil fuels aren't falling fast enough to stop dangerous levels of warming, a U.N. report warns.

The world is still falling short on limiting climate change, according to U.N. report

The outlook for climate change is better now than a few years ago, but countries have a long way to go to avoid dangerous climate impacts, according to a new report.

This teacher shortage solution has gone viral. But does it work?

State and federal governments have made hundreds of millions of dollars available to pay for Grow Your Own teacher programs. But researchers say it's unclear whether they actually work.

President Biden (center) meets with top congressional leaders from both parties at the White House on Tuesday afternoon to talk about the debt limit.

Biden and congressional leaders met about the debt limit. They'll talk again on Friday

The government could run out of money to pay its bills as soon as June 1. President Biden said talks were "productive" though Speaker Kevin McCarthy said "I didn't see any new movement."

Mezzo-soprano Guadalupe Paz is Frida Kahlo in San Diego Opera's production of "El último sueño de Frida y Diego (The last dream of Friday and Diego)," shown in an Oct. 27, 2022 photo.

San Diego weekend arts events: Frida, dance, puppets and more

This weekend in the arts: San Diego Opera's "El último sueño de Frida y Diego"; "Up Close and Personal" at San Diego Dance Theater; Bread and Puppet Theater comes to North Park; "Portraits from the Anthropocene at WE Gallery"; Roberto Salas at Bonita Museum and the "Welcome tu Las Californias" music festival in Baja.

Joe Armstrong, the owner of WJBE, is shown outside the station. A Federal Communications Commission judge rejected an effort by the agency to strip the license of WJBE 99.7 FM/1040 AM — whose call letters pay tribute to the original WJBE's owner, the Godfather of Soul, James Brown — Knoxville's only Black-owned radio station.

FCC judge rules that Knoxville's only Black-owned radio station can keep its license

Since 2022, WJBE has battled with the FCC over its owner, Joe Armstrong, being able to own a radio station following his conviction in 2016 for making a false statement on his tax return.

Sansón selling flowers (Merced, California)

INDEPENDENT LENS: Sansón and Me

Premieres Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. When authorities deny filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes' request to document a young incarcerated immigrant, Sansón’s story is shared through dramatic reenactments.

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