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Riley's experimental recordings helped pioneer a new movement in contemporary music.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has long been seen as a key ally to Russian President Vladimir Putin. That commitment has now extended to the war in Ukraine.

Employees of a beloved alt-weekly in Chicago are celebrating the end of a months-long fight with management that had threatened to put them out of business.

The rusty patched bumble bee is endangered and losing some of its last habitat, an Illinois prairie.

More than 100 former Indian diplomats, police officials and other politicians sent a letter this week to Prime Minister Narendra Modi denouncing recent violence that has happened on his watch.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with State Department spokesperson Ned Price about the return of Marine veteran Trevor Reed in a prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Russia.

Nearly 1 billion people speak Mandarin Chinese. NPR Short Wave host Emily Kwong is not among them. As a third-generation Chinese-American, her "heritage language" was lost through the generations.

Harvard University has released an extensive report by a committee of faculty members, about its historical ties to slavery.

The Barre Museum in Massachusetts voted this month to return some items that once belonged to Indigenous people. The vote came after a recent visit by Sioux leaders to lay claim to their ancestors' belongings.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Christopher White — CEO of Road to Responsibility, which provides care for adults with disabilities — about life threatening staffing shortages in his industry.