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This week, the Federal Reserve will be making decisions that could affect your ability to borrow. Because it works behind closed doors, it can seem mysterious. Here's what the Fed is and does.

In the 1990s, California passed a ballot measure to deny state services to people in the country illegally. It was overturned, but some say it's responsible for swinging the state heavily Democratic.

Following our comprehensive look at NPR's environment coverage, we offer suggestions for improvement and share changes already in progress.

Nicaragua's civil war and dictatorship exacerbated social problems and economic disparity. But the richest and the poorest eat vigorón, a hearty dish of yucca and pork, side by side.

We hear a lot about the cost of college getting out of control. The fact is, on many college campuses, the cost of room and board is actually more than the cost of tuition.

The ad wars are about to start in earnest. And the best-funded superPAC is about to dominate the airwaves in support of Jeb Bush.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Ta-Nehisi Coates about his new article in the Atlantic about the mass incarceration of African-Americans and the criminal justice policy that put the U.S. on this path.

Karr discusses the faults of memory, the challenges of writing about loved ones and the pain of deleting 1,200 pages because "there was something untrue about them." Her new book is The Art of Memoir.

In cities like New York, Austin, Los Angeles and San Francisco, the cost of living has been rising, taking a toll on many teachers.

Many in Europe and the United States are profiting from the influx of migrants, including shop owners and American pension funds.