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The shooting at Robb Elementary School has motivated many parents whose children were killed to become politically active. They're running for office and advocating for stricter gun laws.

In her new work, the Carolina Chocolate Drops vocalist speaks for the truly silenced: slaves; those murdered during the civil rights movement; young men felled by police bullets in city streets today.

One of Kenya's most famous citizens is author and professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o. His criticism of that nation's post-colonial government led to his arrest and eventual exile. But he says he can't be knocked down. Host Michel Martin talks with Ngugi about his new memoir, In the House of the Interpreter.

In less than a week, the votes will be counted in India's general election. No one is expecting an outright winner — that means leaders of smaller regional parties could become kingmakers. One of those aspiring kingmakers is a rich and powerful woman.

An oral language rich in history from Peru is having a moment, with artists using it in hip hop, rap, trap, and pop music.

Katie Cook, co-host of Country Music Television's Hot 20 Countdown, shares her favorite song of 2018. It's Got My Name Changed Back by Pistol Annies.

Ice climbing is technical, cold and can be dangerous. That doesn't hold disabled climbers back.

Mendonça, one of Brazil's most popular pop stars, is solidifying her reputation as the face of a new genre: "feminejo," which is injecting a female perspective into the region's pop-country music.

Fighting robots is a cultural fantasy going back at least to Richard Matheson's 1956 story "Steel." One Detroit impresario is now bringing the idea to the stage — and real audiences.

Después de que un par de huracanes azotaran a Puerto Rico con cinco años de diferencia, los residentes de la isla han llegado a depender en comunidad, no de las agencias gubernamentales.