A U.S. Olympian is speaking out after President Donald Trump publicly criticized him over comments about representing the ...

Lawmakers need to acknowledge these realities about immigration if they want to implement policy that is both popular and in the nation’s best interest.

This melancholic waltz - one of the earliest examples of Bluegrass music - has become a classic since it was penned by Bill Monroe in 1945. The official state song of Kentucky, it was the first single ...

2. "As a Canadian, I am genuinely disgusted that not only millions voted for Trump, but that enough voted for him to win. I boycott as many US-made items as possible. I talked my boss out of sending ...

What would the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. have to say about his country’s contentious racial landscape on this, his 97th birthday? America is a far different place from the nation that saw King ...

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to ...

With the nation's big 2-5-0 coming up next year, NPR staff and critics recommended a lot of U.S.-focused titles for Books We Love, our annual year-end reading guide. Below you'll find 10 favorites — ...

Explore 25 Weird Facts About America in this intriguing video that unveils surprising tidbits, from Apple's colossal wealth to the absence of an official language.