The department distributes billions in federal money and plays a key role in regulating student services.

The remains of hundreds of tenant farmers are being moved from the former Oak Hill tobacco plantation.

The county says developers have missed required payments and failed to meet an agreed-upon timeline.

Maggie Clemmons is on leave amid review of workplace culture and harassment allegations.

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins' ouster follows pushback on DEI by some conservative alumni.

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Loving Day, the landmark case that overturned U.S. state laws against interracial marriage, is on June 12. NPR wants to hear from people who celebrate this day.

The U.S. has officially accepted a luxury jetliner from Qatar as a gift, and slated it to become a new Air Force One. Experts say that overhaul could take years and cost hundreds of millions.

People blame gun violence on different things depending on their political leanings. But Jens Ludwig, an economist at the University of Chicago, has found a different reason behind it. Today, we bring you a story on solutions to gun violence.

Adolphus Hailstork's 2022 requiem cantata "A Knee on the Neck" pays tribute to George Floyd. NPR speaks with librettist Herbert Martin, who initiated the work, five years after police killed Floyd in Minneapolis.

Today's StoryCorps is about a love that lasted through the seasons. Patrice Hudson was apprehensive about online dating until she met Byron Ball, a high school science teacher who, like her, was a single parent and had been married before.