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In "After The Apocalypse," author Andrew Bacevich argues that the most important threats the U.S. faces are in North America, not on battlefields in the Middle East.

The departure of American forces from Afghanistan was forecast to renew violence there, but few expected the Afghan government to fall so quickly. Now the blame game has begun in Washington.

Half of Americans say they've had a major stressful event in the past year, according to a poll by NPR, the Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Here's how it hurts.

Israel takes pride in its high-tech industry — and it brings in big bucks. But one of its star cybersecurity firms, NSO Group, is at the center of a spying scandal, and the government plays a role.

The white population is still the largest racial group in the U.S. Whether it is declining depends on how you define "white." Narrow definitions, researchers warn, can be misleading and dangerous.

World leaders gather in New York for the U.N. General Assembly. The president's immigration issues are multiplying at the border and in Washington. A new book is a speed tour of election year 2020.

With lyrics poking at the ways young women are scrutinized and exploited, Happier than Ever finds Eilish in some dark corners — but the pop supernova tells NPR she's got lots to feel hopeful about.

NPR's Kelsey Snell talks to big wave surfer Garrett McNamara about the new HBO documentary series 100 Foot Wave.

Winsome Sears, a Republican, will be sworn into office Saturday in Virginia alongside Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin. Sears ran, in part, on the idea that the country's racial reckoning has gone too far.

During the pandemic, a federal mandate said state's could not kick people off Medicaid, even if they were no longer eligible for the benefit. That will change if the public health emergency is lifted.