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Madeleine Brand talks to Slate contributor Daniel Gross about comparing a "vice and virtue" approach to mutual fund investments. Gross compares returns for mutual funds that invest according to religious philosophy to those that invest in companies that deal in vice, such as gambling and tobacco.

Madeleine Brand speaks with Zainab Al-Suwaij, executive director of the American Islamic Congress, about her efforts to assure that the new Iraqi constitution recognizes women's rights.

This year’s Independence Day may have a new meaning for some state residents. That’s because hundreds of Wisconsinites recently became American…

The U.S. has issued a do-not-travel advisory to Japan due to concerns with the pandemic. The Olympics are scheduled to take place in Tokyo in less than 60 days. U.S. athletes are expected to attend.

"The New York Times" and "The Los Angeles Times" have announced big changes to their sports coverage, the latest blow to what are fondly remembered as "the sports pages."

During Egypt's 2011 revolution, activist Dalia Ziada assumed all of the male protesters around her were fighting for her rights, too. But the following years told a different story. NPR's Host Jacki Lyden talks with Ziada about the evolution of women's rights in Egypt from the 2011 uprising to the current upheaval. We also hear from Rebecca Chiao, who discovered a tool for Egyptians to report sexual harassments.

The COVID-19 "long-haulers" continue to describe the symptoms they've experienced after contracting the virus. For many, like Jeanine Hays, it's a myriad of odd, extreme and debilitating conditions.

When many lymph nodes are removed along with a tumor, some patients develop painful and debilitating swelling — lymphedema. More doctors should recognize and help prevent the problem, surgeons say.

"Someone described my office as an eight-year-old's daydream," says astronomer Jill Tarter, who has been collecting E.T.-themed office ornaments for 30 years. Tarter was the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute's first employee, and the inspiration for the character in Carl Sagan's Contact.

We know that Shonda Rhimes doesn't want to talk about her legacy, that Olivia Pope is a questionable role model, and a few other things about Thursday nights on ABC.