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The U.N. issued its first report on the plight of child grooms. And the pandemic has only made things worse. Here's a report from Nepal, where 1 in 10 boys marry young.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with high school seniors from around the country who have spent nearly their entire high school career during the pandemic.

Born out of necessity during segregation, Seafarers Yacht Club is one of the country's oldest black boating clubs. Over 70 years after its founding, the club's members must decide how to move forward.

In the ashes of the Marshall Fire, recovered objects hold memories and reveal the costs of the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history. Survivors have found new meaning in old treasures.

Eastern Michigan football is going to sound different from now on. After more than two decades calling Eagles games, Matt Shepard is fully stepping away from the booth to focus on his job with the Detroit Tigers and create more time with family. EMU Associate Athletic Director for Athletic Media Relations, Greg Steiner, caught up with Matt to reflect his time building relationships on and around campus.

Optometrists are lobbying for more leeway to treat patients — and physicians' groups are pushing back. But it's more than a turf war, both sides say, as they explain why patients' vision is at stake.

This year, our reporting took us to museums, libraries and symphonies; to Edisto Island, Hollywood, New York and beyond. Culture Desk reporters say these are the stories that will stick with them.

With a Democratic Senate and a GOP House, some census advocates are looking past the new Congress for other ways to help protect the 2030 census and other head counts from political interference.

Republicans backed Donald Trump in 2016, changing the party's identity. Former GOP strategist Tim Miller explores this shift in his book Why We Did It: A Travelogue On The Republican Road To Hell.

A decade after a landmark report on Americans' shorter lives, the problem has only gotten worse. Unlike other wealthy nations, U.S. life expectancy has not bounced back from the pandemic.