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Academics asked 2,000 Americans to find Ukraine on a world map. Most could not. Most did put it in Europe or Asia, but some put Ukraine in Alaska, Brazil or Utah.

Big Data is considered a tool for finding correlations amid vast amounts of information. But without the ability to unearth causation, Big Data can only reveal so much.

Many voters told NPR they like that California's redistricting measure provides the Democratic-leaning state a rare opportunity to directly counteract President Trump and other Republicans.

The young actor died of a drug overdose outside the Hollywood night club 20 years ago this Halloween. Host Rachel Martin talks with Gavin Edwards about his biography of River Phoenix, Last Night at the Viper Room.

The gun control debate continued to dominate the news this week with President Obama coming out strongly in support of reforming the current gun control laws alongside the Newtown families. Host Jacki Lyden speaks with James Fallows, national correspondent with The Atlantic, about that story along with the bird flu in China, North Korea and the Postal Service.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a long list of accomplishments, many of them progressive. In the race for New York City mayor, that experience hasn't given him the boost he wanted.

Two judges have ordered the Trump administration to fund SNAP benefits. And, New York City voters head to the polls tomorrow to choose between Zohran Mamdani and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the mayoral race.

Oregon leaders closed brick-and-mortar schools five years ago as the pandemic swept the planet. The switch to remote learning, as well as Oregon’s delayed return to in-person and hybrid classes, aimed to keep staff and students safe. But these decisions also profoundly affected the academic and social-emotional wellbeing of hundreds of thousands of Oregon children.

Earlier this year, "quiet" was one word to describe the Virginia race for governor. Then came DOGE, a text message scandal down ballot, a redistricting surprise, the government shutdown and more.

The plays of William Shakespeare are known for their enduring universality, so the Royal Shakespeare Company's new production of Julius Caesar -- set in a chaotic African dictatorship, with an all-black cast — makes a certain sense.