Anti-Vietnam war protesters march down Fifth Avenue near to 81st Street in New York City on April 27, 1968, in protest ...

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Nickelodeon's megahit show "SpongeBob SquarePants" made its TV debut on May 1, 1999. Fans of the cartoon span generations and the animated series has become a multi-billion-dollar franchise.

The 14th Amendment specifies that a key census count must include the "whole number of persons in each state." But a growing number of Republicans are proposing measures to exclude non-U.S. citizens ...

As a kid, the only Asian American literature that crossed my path was stylized and historical, writes. Now I’m thrilled to ...

Among the recipients of the nation's highest civilian honor is Opal Lee, who led the effort to get Juneteenth recognized as a national holiday.

Here & Now hosts Peter O'Dowd and Anthony Brooks speak with college newspaper editors Austin Byrdsell of the Morehouse College Maroon Tiger and Celia Hiorns of the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...

Here & Now host Peter O'Dowd gets the big picture on the week in politics with NPR's Ron Elving. This segment airs on May 3, 2024. Audio will be available after the broadcast.

Click here for the original audio. We revisit host Peter O'Dowd's conversation with singer, poet and fashion icon Valerie June from May 2023. She's on tour beginning later this month.

The Netflix Is A Joke comedy festival is underway in Los Angeles. From now until May 12, some 300 comedians are taking over some of LA’s most iconic theaters to do live stand-up, table reads, sketch ...

A highly anticipated trial began in Massachusetts this week involving a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank. John O’Keefe ...

Protestors at pro-Palestinian encampments on college campuses across the United States say they are exercising their constitutionally protected right to free speech. But what are the protections does ...