America is still a work in progress. Many American poets have written hymns and howls, declarations and outcries for this ...

This week, we celebrate Independence Day with a collection of absolute bangers, including interviews with John Cusack, Kali ...

Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after an airstrike killed ...

NPR member station reporters across the U.S. asked people how they are thinking about their country on its semiquincentennial ...

Republicans stripped Planned Parenthood and several other healthcare providers of Medicaid funding for one year, but now ...

Today's Independence Day celebrations may be tamped down by severe heat and, according to a NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, worry ...

To clean animal skeletons used for research and education, scientists are turning to a new type of beetle larva. These "superworms" provide an efficient solution to a difficult challenge.

Severe heat is forcing Independence Day event organizers across the country to change and even cancel festivities.

Adam Weiner of the group Low Cut Connie tells NPR's Scott Simon about the new album, "Livin in the USA." ...

The U.S. is turning 250 this weekend. To mark the anniversary, we discuss the films and TV series that best depict the ...

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Michele Steele discuss the World Cup and speculate about LeBron James.

We say goodbye to longtime NPR arts reporter Elizabeth Blair with this encore of her piece on one of the most American of songs: "This Land is Your Land." ...