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Michael Benjamin Washington and Jacques C. Smith in La Jolla Playhouse’s DNA New Work Series workshop of "Blueprints To Freedom." The DNA series was just awarded grant funding from the National Endowment of the Arts.

La Jolla Playhouse, Museum of Contemporary Art Win NEA Awards

Nine local arts organizations will receive funds from the federal agency for programs in 2016.

Activists hold signs during a news conference in front of the Supreme Court Tuesday.

Supreme Court Hears Arguments Testing 'One Person, One Vote'

Tuesday's case tested whether state legislative districts should count all persons or only eligible voters when district lines are being drawn.

"The Trump campaign, for months now, has had a dustbin of history-like quality to it, from the vacuous sloganeering to the outright lies to even the fake hair, the whole carnival barker routine that we've seen for some time now," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Tuesday.

In Trumpian Style, White House Press Secretary Calls Out Trump's 'Fake Hair'

Call it Combovergate. When Josh Earnest called out Donald Trump's "fake hair," NPR's Mara Liasson wanted to know what that had to do with whether he's running a serious campaign.

While serving in Congress, Jay Dickey sponsored legislation that effectively restricts spending for research on firearms deaths.

Congress Still Limits Health Research On Gun Violence

The wave of mass shootings in the U.S. is renewing a debate over treating gun violence as a public health issue. Congress has stood in the way of federal funding for studying injuries and deaths.

Reginald Dwayne Betts serves as a national spokesman for the Campaign for Youth Justice. He is also the author of <em>A Question of Freedom </em>and<em> Shahid Reads His Own Palm.</em>

In 'Bastards Of The Reagan Era' A Poet Says His Generation Was 'Just Lost'

After being convicted of carjacking as a teenager, Reginald Dwayne Betts spent eight years in an adult prison. Since his release, he has become a poet and a Yale law student.

Qualcomm Faces Antitrust Charges

Trade regulators in Europe accused San Diego-based mobile device chip-maker Qualcomm of illegally paying a major customer for exclusive use of its chipsets.

At a brick kiln in India's rural state of Uttar Pradesh, workers use solar lanterns to illuminate their paths.

To Know the True Meaning Of Solar Energy, Ask A Powerless Rice Farmer

Renewable energy is critical when it comes to climate change. But there's a life-altering benefit for the 1.1 billion who live without electricity.

An old church in Vik, the southernmost village in Iceland. Icelanders pay a "parish tax" to support organized religions.

Icelanders Opposed To Government Support For Religion Form A Religion Of Their Own

Zuists get together now and then to read ancient Sumerian poetry but make no secret of their broader goals.

San Bernardino Shooting Leads To Gun Sales, Peace Vigils

In the aftermath of the San Bernardino shooting that left 14 people dead, San Diegans are taking opposite actions on guns.

A demonstrator wears a box that reads in Spanish, "Salary raise now," during a protest by university professors and students at Venezuela's Central University in Caracas on May 28. A typical professor's salary is now worth the equivalent of $35 a month due to runaway inflation. Leading public universities have been closed due to strikes since September.

Venezuela's University Professors Vote With Their Feet

The collapse of economy, combined with sky-high inflation, has left university professors earning about $35 a month. Droves of professionals have left, seeking opportunities abroad.

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