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Advances like nitrogen fertilizer transformed farming in the 20th century. But they are closely tied to some of today's major agricultural challenges.

India's Supreme Court has upheld the verdict of four men accused of a brutal gang rape in the capital, New Delhi. They will be sentenced to death.

NPR looks at how the Affordable Care Act and American Health Care Act differ in terms of insurance marketplaces, the individual mandate, guaranteed coverage and insurance subsidies.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor for National Review and columnist for Bloomberg View. They discuss the House passing the American Health Care Act and President Trump's executive order on religious liberty.

President Trump is still learning the ways of Washington. But House passage of the health care bill is a victory for the novice politician.

"I think I know the Gospel pretty well," a White House spokeswoman said after the House passed a health care bill without the official legislative scoring, "and I'd say the CBO is not the Gospel."

French voters head to the polls on Sunday in the presidential election runoff. They're choosing between two candidates with starkly different views about the future of France.

Marjean Perhot, director of immigration and refugee services at Catholic Charities in Boston talks about the future of Haitians living in the U.S. since the devastating 2010 earthquake.

When it comes to health care, there are two philosophies pushing against each other. But why does it get so heated?

Dana Schwartz is the Twitter whiz behind the @GuyInYourMFA and @DystopianYA accounts, but she stumbles in long form. Her debut novel, And We're Off, is quick and compelling but needs fleshing out.