New data from the National Writers Union offers a glimpse into a bleak picture of decades-long wage stagnation in freelance journalism.

For the first time, Chicagoans will elect the entire Board of Education. Find which district you vote in and compare candidates.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, about the last time the U.S. mandated measles vaccinations.

What does it take to make journalism more accessible — for audiences and for the journalists who produce it? As Equal Access Public Media prepares for a rebrand as the Organization for Accessible Jour...

“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.

Just a fun survey to find out about popular names and common naming trends among nonbinary people! You will get the chance to enter up to three names. If you go by more than three names and you're not...

Organizers promise 850,000 fireworks in roughly 40 minutes over the National Mall this Saturday. I did what a mathematician does with a big number: I divided. It did not make the show look better.

A century after opening, this is how the Benjamin Franklin Bridge was built to last.

“Without belonging, there can be no true democracy. This moment requires us to affirm that commitment. It is in this spirit that I offer a new declaration.”

ICE agents arrested a man at the Bridgeview courthouse Wednesday, and told sheriffs they had a warrant but didn't present one. State law signed in December bars federal agents from detaining people wi...

Michelle Rial (a.k.a. the new funny person you need to add to your roster) has not only created what might be the most amusing-for-toddlers-AND-parents book of the year, she's gone above and beyond th...