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NPR's Scott Simons remembers the late former Sen. Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings with journalist Kirk Victor, who collaborated with Hollings on his 2008 book, Making Government Work.

Kwame Onwuachi's new memoir, Notes From A Young Black Chef, isn't just about his rise from poverty to celebrated restaurateur. It's also a meditation on being a black man in a rarefied world.

The Florida House is considering a bill that would require an annual report on intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity at the state’s public...

The city of Sarasota is taking a stand for its African American community of Newtown by launching a program to preserve its historic properties.

Carter had a late-career renaissance when she performed for New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center in 1992. Critic Kevin Whitehead says the recording showcases how much feeling Carter put in her singing.

The Florida Legislature careens into its final scheduled week with a host of major issues still to be settled, including a roughly $90 billion state...

The Detroit native, one of the nation's longest-serving federal judges, was a tireless champion of civil rights and civil liberties.

The Interior secretary touted the revised rules as eliminating "unnecessary regulatory burdens while maintaining safety." But environmental groups said the move demonstrates oil industry influence.

A study looked at who gets prescriptions for buprenorphine, and found that white patients are almost 35 times as likely to get the lifesaving addiction treatment than African Americans.

France's military says it's mourning the men who died during the rescue of two French tourists, an American and a South Korean.