The majority of Americans favor government action, but the candidates — and big donors — differ greatly. Here is what they've said on the topic, beginning with whether climate change is real.
Netflix announced it would give employees who are new parents up to a year of paid leave to care for their children. The policy shift drew praise, but also questions and critique.
Fifteen percent of active duty service members are women, and 97 percent of those women are of childbearing age. So why is it still tough for many to get refills of contraceptives when deployed?
When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, it shattered lives and homes. Tens of thousands of people evacuated. Many of them returned to New Orleans but others have made a life elsewhere.
Ferguson is under a state of emergency after gunfire Sunday night disrupted otherwise peaceful protests. Police exchanged fire with a Ferguson man who is in critical condition.
Reporters for The Washington Post and Huffington Post werecovering the 2014 protests in Ferguson when they were held in a McDonald's. Now they're charged with trespassing and interfering with police.
NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with St. Louis Post-Dispatch political reporter Kevin McDermott who has been covering Ferguson, Mo., since the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown last August.