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During an anti-Trump protest outside the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 2, demonstrators set up file boxes to represent the Epstein files. On Wednesday, President Trump signed the legislation directing the Department of Justice to release those files.

The latest Epstein emails reveal the powerful people who sought his counsel

The latest emails from Jeffrey Epstein's estate show communications with a vast web of influential figures in politics, academia, business and more, even after he registered as a sex offender.

Richard Green (l) director of the Saint Matthew's Pantry in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, and fellow volunteers load peanut butter into their truck from the Greater Boston Food Bank.

Food banks, already strained, brace for prolonged demand

Even as SNAP benefits are restored, food banks and pantries around the nation continue to feel the strain with no reprieve in sight.

(From left) Sens. John Curtis, R-Utah, and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., discuss their joint effort to hold big tech accountable for harms caused by social media algorithms with NPR's Steve Inskeep on Nov. 18.

2 Senators want to hold big tech accountable for harms caused by algorithms

Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.,and John Curtis, R-Utah, want to hold social media companies accountable for the negative impacts their algorithms have on people. They spoke to NPR about their bill.

Four African American women sit on the steps of a building at Atlanta University in Georgia in this 1890s photograph by Thomas E. Askew. The image is one of the hundreds included in Reflections in Black, written and edited by scholar and NYU professor Deborah Willis.

'Reflections in Black' celebrates history of Black photography with expanded issue

"Where are the Black photographers?" Deborah Willis on how she turned that question into an artistic mission.

Author Rabih Alameddine won the Fiction prize for his novel The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother).

Here are the winners of the 2025 National Book Awards

Author Rabih Alameddine won for his novel The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother). Other winners include a book for young people about orphans on the run in Iran during World War II.

What's next now that Trump has signed a bill releasing the Epstein files

President Trump has signed a bill to compel the Justice Department to make public its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Now, there's a 30-day countdown for the DOJ to produce those records.

Surveillance tactics raise alarm; 'No Kings' protest attracts thousands

The JPR news team gathers for a roundtable discussion of the top news stories they've been working on this week.

Checking in with Joey's Hot Sauce

Will Smith visits with Joey Repice.

From advertising executive to healthcare activist: A "reckoning of the soul"

My Better Half host Vanessa Finney visits with Kate Grant.

The James R. Browning United States Courthouse building, a courthouse for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, is photographed Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in San Francisco.

Oregon National Guard troops remain under federal control following appeals court order

Earlier on Wednesday, Gov. Tina Kotek announced the Oregon guard troops would be demobilized. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals put that on pause just over an hour later.

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