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Kristen Philman first tried methamphetamine in her early 20s, as an alternative to heroin and other opioids. When she discovered she was pregnant, she says, it was a wake-up call, and she did what she needed to do to stop using all those drugs.

Another Drug Crisis: Methamphetamine Use By Pregnant Women

As illegal meth use has made a comeback across the U.S., pregnant women have not been spared, doctors say. New research shows rural areas in the South, Midwest and West have been hit hardest.

The Serial podcast is Sarah Koenig's reinvestigation of the murder of Hae Min Lee, a Maryland high school student who was strangled in 1999. Lee was found in Baltimore's Leakin Park. Her schoolmate and ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed was convicted of the murder and is serving a life sentence.

Serial Host Sarah Koenig Says She Set Out To Report, Not Exonerate

The podcast is a reinvestigation of the 1999 murder of Maryland high school student Hae Min Lee. Her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed is serving a life sentence but has always maintained his innocence.

Actor Howard Gets Good Rap for 'Hustle & Flow'

Ed Gordon talks with Terrence Howard, the star of Hustle & Flow, a new drama about a pimp trying to break into hip-hop music. The film, opening this weekend, prompted a record bidding war at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

Anucha Browne Sanders Speaks Out on Knicks Case

Former New York Knicks executive Anucha Browne Sanders recently won a multimillion-dollar sexual harrassment suit against Knicks coach Isiah Thomas and Madison Square Garden, the basketball team's owner. Browne Sanders talks about Thomas, her case and why she sued.

MJG (left) and Eightball in an early, undated photo.

Eightball, MJG And Rap From Memphis 20 Years On

From the birthplace of Stax and Sun Records, and the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, the pair of rapper-producers snatched soul music and put it to work for a new generation.

Members of the Black Equity Coalition, a grassroots team of researchers and advocates, meet regularly to discuss how they can use data to uncover life-threatening disparities between white and Black Pittsburgh. (Top left to right) Kellie Ware, Karen Abrams, Tiffany Gary-Webb, Mark Lewis and Fred Brown.

Data analysts proved what Black Pittsburgh knew about COVID's racial disparities

Community leaders saw early in the pandemic that the city's residents of color were being hit hard by COVID-19. They worked with data analysts to show just how hard, where and why.

What will Indiana’s new abortion law mean for the state? Law takes effect Sept. 15

Indiana lawmakers passed a near-total abortion ban on Aug. 5, which Gov. Eric Holcomb signed into law quickly after. The ACLU and several abortion care providers are challenging the new law in court, but unless it is halted, the ban will take effect Sept. 15.

National Institutes Of Health Chief Gives Update On The Coronavirus In The U.S.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Francis Collins, the National Institutes of Health director, about the surge in coronavirus cases, the reopening of schools this fall and the race for a vaccine.

Superintendent Dr. Errick Greene on the first day of school in Jackson, Miss. His first stop: North Jackson Elementary School.

As a new year starts, schools prepare for fewer masks, more learning and joy

Schools are opening up around the country, and the third year in the shadow of a pandemic brings new challenges but also new hope.

Lucille Brooks, a retiree who lives in Pittsford, New York, was sued in 2020 for nearly $8,000 by a nursing home that had taken care of her brother. The nursing home dropped the case after she showed she had no control over his money or authority to make decisions for him.

Nursing homes are suing friends and family to collect on patients' bills

Debt lawsuits — a byproduct of America's medical debt crisis — can ensnare not only patients but also those who help sick and older people be admitted to nursing homes, a KHN-NPR investigation finds.

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