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If you’re one of those people who like to play video games, you have a lot of company.It’s estimated more than 150 million Americans play video games.…

Thursday on Lake Effect:A child and family therapist gives tips on how to talk to kids about racism. Then, we learn why people aren’t just frustrated…

Wisconsin is a state that makes things. Manufacturing is one of our largest industries, employing hundreds of thousands of people. Among them are…

House Republicans just passed a bill they say will help people juggle work and family. Supporters say the bill gives workers more flexibility by letting them trade for time off. But critics, including Senate Democrats, say it's just a ploy to pay workers less money. Host Michel Martin learns more from NPR's Senior Business Editor, Marilyn Geewax.

For the past four years, the U.S. government has engaged in an ambitious campaign for LGBT rights around the world. But American support can be a double-edged sword.

Laressa Matthews lives and works in Balitmore, Md., operating a home day care center. Her day is 13 hours long, beginning at 5 a.m. She cares for eight children, ranging in age from just over one year to 12. She is one of tens of million of people who are low wage workers, earning less than $9 per hour. As part of a yearlong series of profiles of low-wage workers, NPR's Noah Adams spent the day with Laressa Matthews as she feeds, cares for and teaches the children and their mothers. She has no health care, no savings and no safety net.

Historian Karen Ordahl Kupperman shines a new light on Pocahontas, showing how she made her way as a go-between for her two cultures, and introducing us to her long-forgotten English counterparts.

A man accused of killing five people this week is believed to have authored online novels that name his real-life victims. The writings are part of a police investigation into the suspect's motive.

A debilitating winter storm is creating havoc across the Deep South on Wednesday. As much as a foot of snow is expected in Georgia and the Carolinas. Ice will also be a problem: Forecasters say that up to an inch of it will coat roads and power lines. Jim Burress of member station WABE reports from Atlanta that hundreds of thousands of people are without electricity.

If Chandrayaan-2 reaches the moon as planned, India would become the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the lunar surface, after the United States, Russia and China.