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Teachers React To Miami-Dade's Affordable Housing Solution For Educators

Imagine a new middle school planned in Brickell that has apartments for teachers on one of its floors. That's the latest idea Miami-Dade County Public...

Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty and faith leaders from across Pinellas and Pasco are urging State Attorney Bernie McCabe to stop seeking the death penalty.

Faith Leaders Urge State Attorney McCabe To Move Away From Death Penalty

Faith leaders from across Pinellas and Pasco counties are urging State Attorney Bernie McCabe to stop seeking the death penalty in murder cases. Among...

3/30/18: Felon Voting Rights, Political Spending, Underwater Mortgages

A judge has ordered Gov. Rick Scott to find a new system for restoring voting rights for felons in Florida.Meanwhile, the state may soon be ground zero…

Teachers Sarah Lindenberg and Kara Cisco chat with Kelly Brown, the BARR coordinator at St. Louis Park.

How More Meetings Might Be The Secret To Fixing High School

The BARR model, for "Building Assets, Reducing Risks," has serious evidence backing it up as a solution for real improvements in student success.

Philadelphia district attorney Lawrence Krasner is asking prosecutors to bring up the cost of incarceration with judges.

Philadephia's New DA Wants Prosecutors To Talk Cost Of Incarceration While In Court

Larry Krasner wants prosecutors to announce in open court the taxpayer expense of incarceration before asking for it. His new policy is drawing backlash and discussion.

In her new book, Barbara Lipska describes surviving cancer that had spread to her brain, and how the illness changed her cognition, character and, ultimately, her understanding of the mental illnesses she studies.

'The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind' Returns From Madness

Neuroscientist Barbara Lipska describes in a new memoir surviving 20 brain tumors, and what the eight-week nightmare of psychological symptoms taught her about mental illnesses she's long studied.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. says that at least for now, the Trump administration can't block undocumented minors in federal care from seeking abortions.

Trump Administration Can't Block Undocumented Immigrants From Seeking Abortions

On Friday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C, ruled that undocumented minors under the control of the Department of Health and Human Services can access abortion services they were being denied.

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The Ice House by Laura Lee Smith

An advertising executive who lives in north Florida, Laura Lee Smith has had her short stories published in several prestigious anthologies and journals...

White Evangelicals Discuss Intersection of Faith And Political Leadership

On Easter Sunday, NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Johnnie Moore, an evangelical advisor to President Trump, Liberty University professor Karen Swallow Prior, and evangelical activist Shane Claiborne.

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