Black History Month often invokes the past, but Black history is made every day. We asked NPR listeners to tell us about local Black figures making a difference in their communities.

When the first spring training games begin this week, something new will be in use: an automated ball-strike umpiring system. After years of trials in the minor leagues, it gets a major league test.

A 26-years-old had just started her first federal job at the Department of Energy. But she became one of the thousands swept up in the Trump administration's mass terminations of government workers.

President Trump is firing government watchdogs, trying to shutter entire agencies and pausing spending on things that don't fit with his agenda. These efforts to reshape the government at a rapid ...

A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows growing support for some restrictions on immigration. Still, many elements of President Trump's sweeping crackdown are... New poll details America's views on Trump's ...

Americans are deeply divided about President Trump's sweeping crackdown on immigration, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll. While the poll shows growing support for stronger immigration ...

A famous Palestinian-owned bookstore in East Jerusalem was raided by Israeli police, stoking fears of increased censorship. An Israeli raid of a famous Palestinian bookstore stokes censorship ...

Mahmoud Muna told NPR's Leila Fadel that the police took any book with a Palestinian flag on it. They were also looking for books that mention the word "occupation" or had any kind of map on it.