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One of the nation's top economists explores the past and future of work in cities. He finds that opportunities for workers without a college degree are drying up.

Democrats will soon control Virginia for the first time since 1993. Gov. Ralph Northam tells NPR: "With a Democratic Senate and House, I believe we can move forward with common sense gun legislation."

As the virus that causes the COVID-19 illness spreads around the world, governments have a chance to "break the chains of transmission," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says.

China's experience shows how the virus can be stopped. But the World Health Organization's Dr. Bruce Aylward says other countries may be drawing the wrong lessons about how China achieved it.

President Trump and top officials are giving younger citizens increasingly dire warnings about their ability to easily spread the coronavirus and fall seriously ill.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned President Trump not to intimidate the whistleblower, as the president continued to call for the anonymous person to be exposed.

David Holmes is a top staffer at the U.S Embassy in Ukraine. He overheard a phone call between the U.S. ambassador to the European Union and the president in which "investigations" were discussed.

Fans of "Medicare for All" are betting that most Democrats who vote have moved left since 2008, at least on health care. But results from a mix of recent polls suggest voters' views aren't clear-cut.

What do stay-at-home orders mean for people in abusive relationships? NPR's Scott Simon talks with Suzanne Dubus, of the Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center, about the additional challenges of these times.

German women have achieved top political positions, but in the business world, progress has lagged. Until 1977, married women had to receive their husbands' permission to work outside the home.