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A new study shows that women with parents of different background are more likely to consider themselves "multiracial" than men.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Ardavan Amir-Aslani, a French-Iranian lawyer who is negotiating deals with Tehran for major French corporations.

Millions are still uninsured, even as the Jan. 31 deadline to sign up for a plan under the Affordable Care Act approaches. No deadline extensions this year, federal health officials warn.

This week's Marrakesh Declaration is the latest effort to dissociate Islam from ISIS and other jihadist groups. But will the declaration be heeded? Similar efforts have had limited effect.

A drop in global oil prices saved U.S. drivers $100 billion last year. Good news, right? Not so, say some economists. The energy industry is now so big that cheap oil may actually hurt the economy.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley about how his position on reform has changed and how lawmakers will have to come to a compromise on mandatory minimum sentences.

Angry. Anxious. Hopeful. These are some of the responses we received from social media and public radio stations around the country.

If Sanders wins Iowa, he'll gain momentum that could transform the Democratic race for president. If Hillary Clinton wins, her once seemingly inevitable campaign could start seeming inevitable again.

Family history is one thing and DNA-based ancestry is another: You just can't map beautiful, defining, important family stories onto a DNA tree, says blogger Alva Noë.

New revelations over the documents on her controversial private server — which were not marked classified at the time they were sent — come just days ahead of the Iowa caucuses.