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Last week, the International Association of Athletics Federations issued a new rule that bans women with naturally high testosterone levels from competing unless they medically reduce their testosterone levels. NPR's Audie Cornish talks about the new rule with bioethicist Katrina Karkazis.

The life of boxer Muhammad Ali was celebrated Friday by boxers, religious figures, journalists and former President Bill Clinton at a memorial service in his hometown of Louisville, Ky.

A Jacksonville girl needs a bone marrow transplant to give her a fighting chance against cancer, her mom said.But the hardest part isn’t the transplant…

In 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. visited Chicago to fight for fair and open housing. NPR's Michel Martin and WBEZ examined the state of activism in Chicago around fair housing and other issues today.

Florida’s infant mortality rate is lower than ever, but that isn't the case in the northeastern part of the state.Duval County's infant mortality rate is…

As part of the radio documentary, Obama's Years, Steve Inskeep asked Americans how their lives have changed over eight years. In this excerpt, he visits Barack Obama Elementary School in St. Louis.

Five police officers were killed and another seven wounded by gunfire on Thursday at the end of a march protesting the deaths of two black men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota.

Dallas police, reeling from last week's shootings, already suffer from low pay and poor morale. But citizens have been rallying around officers, suggesting the events could be a turning point.

A disproportionately high number of Duval County’s black students are diagnosed with an emotional and behavioral disorder, and too few of them are…

Black police officers live on both sides of the debate over race and policing. In this week's episode, they weigh in on the limits of force diversity in bridging gaps between black people and cops.