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The median home price in San Francisco now exceeds $1 million. With the real estate market going crazy again, prices are going up for other goods, and even the highly paid feel squeezed out.

It was called "The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom." So what effects did the historic rally have on employment in the United States?

Late Show host David Letterman said goodbye Wednesday night with his trademark self-deprecating sarcasm. He left as he had arrived: with a hilarious show made on his own terms.

Hillary Clinton's campaign went into overdrive Tuesday, trying to minimize damage from a new book that delves into Clinton foundation fundraising — and it's not using the typical channels to do so.

It was a good day for complicated male leads and the movies that feature them, and a rough day for just about everybody else at the Oscar nominations.

The film's tricky dialogue and dogfights were made possible by Becky Sullivan — the fifth woman ever nominated for the sound editing award. NPR's own Becky Sullivan met her to learn about the craft.

Named for the original model — an employee of Kodak — the portraits were used by photo labs to calibrate printers. But until the 1970s, that model was always white.

The Common Core State Standards are changing reading instruction in many schools. And that means new challenges for lots of students, even traditional high achievers.

Playing James Bond for the fourth time, Daniel Craig loses much of the vulnerability and dimension he once gave the character, while director Sam Mendes provides too much metacommentary on 007.

As Congress attempts to rewrite the much-maligned federal education law, it's worth exploring its successes and shortcomings in fixing broken schools.