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In the 1970s, historian Kay Atwood of Ashland, Ore., spent three years getting to know the people born in one of the most isolated regions in Southern…

A new film tells the story of the first all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race: "Guys used to say to us with absolute certainty, 'You're going to die,'" says sailor Tracy Edwards.

NPR's Noel King talks to columnist and commentator Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions about the history of presidential debates.

Journalist Brian Palmer toured several Confederate sites and monuments across the South and found a distorted message that celebrates the Confederacy and often omits the fact of slavery all together.

June is LGBTQ pride month, and some of the loudest and proudest people in those communities are drag queens. The TV show RuPaul's Drag Race has pushed drag culture into the mainstream.

Last year's forest fires have produced a bumper crop of coveted morel mushrooms in Montana's northwestern forests. But the Forest Service isn't issuing commercial licenses in some prime picking spots.

Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi team up to investigate the history of racist ideas through a narrative that's aimed at young adult readers. It's called: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You.

A new Frontline documentary explores what life is like for the girls and women who have been enslaved by Islamic State militants, and also tells the story of those fighting to free them.

Hayward Field at the University of Oregon is almost more shrine than athletic facility. It has a storied history in track and field, a history known…

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to columnist and commentator Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions about the history of abortion legislation in the country.