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Having a good time doesn't have to cost you financially. NPR listeners share ten ideas for fun things to do on a budget.

Public opinion about gay rights has shifted enormously in the United States over the past few decades. What are some of the factors that have led to this historic change in attitudes?

The nationwide surge in homelessness means small towns are starting to see people camping on the streets. The murder of a homeless man in Montana highlights their challenges.

Planes are still flying, but most are nearly empty. Some passengers are medical personnel and essential workers — others are people trying to return from abroad or visit critically-ill relatives.

Religious leaders discuss the Syrian refugee crisis and how people of faith are navigating politics. NPR speaks to Pastor Russell Moore, head of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission for the Southern Baptist Convention and Rabbi David Wolpe of the Sinai Temple in Los Angeles.

In these binary times, it might not surprise anyone that people can't even agree on when one period of time ends and another begins.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with U.S. historian Jill Lepore about her new book, "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution."

Polls show more people are planning to vote in-person while the number of people planning to vote by mail is shrinking — due to fears about the Postal Service's reliability and political rhetoric.

The issue of domestic violence is under the spotlight in the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan, as the trial of a former government minister accused of murdering his wife draws to a close.

Five people suffered non-life-threatening injuries when gunmen opened fire near the site of a Black Lives Matter protest in Minneapolis Monday night. Two suspects have been arrested. The protestors are upset over last week's fatal police shooting of Jamar Clark — amid rumors that he was handcuffed at the time, an assertion that the police union denies.