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It's fastest-growing distance for runners in the U.S. Why? Alex Ashlock reports from Vermont on the half marathon's appeal.

Will agricultural chemical dealers start selling microbes? Some big pesticide companies are investing in efforts to turn soil bacteria into tools that farmers can use to grow more food.

The New Inquiry's editor-in-chief Ayesha Siddiqi talks with host Maria Hinojosa about maintaining editorial independence.

A Bay Area street artist honors the lives of unarmed people of color who have been killed, by pasting their portraits onto building walls, store windows and telephone poles.

Progressive groups have threatened repercussions for Democrats who backed Obama's trade deal, but primary threats have been a GOP tactic of late. Plus, two big candidates kick off their campaigns.

Babies may show greater empathy toward adults who overtly show sadness, a study suggests, but the little ones also recognize sadness in people who keep a stiff upper lip.

Walker has curtailed the bargaining powers of public school teachers and approved a right-to-work law aimed at private unions. Now he's taking on tenured faculty at the University of Wisconsin.

In the massive security breach that was revealed early this month, hackers also very likely accessed information from background checks that were done on both federal employees and applicants.

We asked listeners what songs they like to blast on a long drive. Alongside no-brainers like "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Hit The Road, Jack" was a 1959 song no one expected.

The conductor, composer and pianist reflects on some of his favorite compositions.