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Despite a free trade agreement with Mexico, U.S. potato growers had been mostly blocked from selling their potatoes in Mexico for more than 24 years. Planet Money traveled to Idaho to understand why.

The new movie "Jazzy" follows two young girls as they navigate the ups and downs of adolescence in South Dakota. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the film's director and young star.

New administration moves to implement Trump's agenda at the Justice Department, big companies scrub mention of DEI from annual investor reports, and flu is spiking for a second time this season.

Danielle Kurtzleben is a political correspondent assigned to NPR's Washington Desk. She appears on NPR shows, writes for the web, and is a regular on The NPR Politics Podcast. She is covering the 2020 ...

During the Cold War, the U.S. built a military base under the ice in Greenland, hidden from the Soviets. It was eventually abandoned, but its most lasting legacy is a pivotal role in climate science.

They say some parts of the parental rights measure needed clarification. Republicans argue it’s an attempted rollback of the ...

The Trump administration had given more than 2 million federal employees until today to decide whether to stay or go. A ...

Jesse Eisenberg plays characters who spend a lot of time grappling with anxiety. That includes his role as David in his latest movie, A Real Pain, which he also wrote and directed.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave about the fluid dynamics of crowds, an early fossil of a modern bird and new data on how people's moods change through the day.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with former All-Pro Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe about Sunday's Super Bowl LIX matchup of the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.

Picture book author Mac Barnett (who often works with illustrator Jon Klassen) has been named the Library of Congress' new ambassador for young people's literature. We talk with Barnett about what it ...