The Black and Missing Foundation says African Americans make up about one-third of all missing people in the U.S. but they’re not represented in the media as much as pretty white females.
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After last month’s devastating garment factory collapse in Bangladesh, are you taking a second look at the labels in your clothing? Dara O’Rourke explains what we know about how our clothing is made.
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Failures in mental health care mean that often the only way to get help for a loved one is to call the police. We speak with a journalist about the tragic consequences for her family.
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The discovery of three kidnapped Cleveland women has parents thinking about how to protect their kids.
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Human rights activists in Britain are campaigning to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, and release the last British resident being held there. His name is Shaker Aamer.
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Longtime abortion provider Dr. Kermit Gosnell has been found guilty of killing three babies. Ethicist Art Caplan says the case points to the need for widely-available contraceptives.
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Video released early Monday by New Orleans police shows a possible suspect in the Mother’s Day gunfire that wounded 19 people during a neighborhood parade.
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When a number of Massachusetts communities were on lockdown following the Marathon Bombings, some suburban moms gained a new understanding of the fear their inner-city counterparts live with all the time.
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An attorney back from Guantánamo says a commander’s iron-fisted approach is prolonging a detainee hunger strike.
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A pilot program is being credited with reversing more than a thousand drug overdoses. We speak with a mother who was able to save her son.
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If you find yourself waxing nostalgic for the kind of 1970s investigative journalism that led to the Watergate hearings, you can now relive the chills and thrills of the Washington Post investigation.
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The law requires the IRS to determine whether a group is a social welfare organization, which is allowed some political activity, or a political group, which must disclose its donors.
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A conversation Here & Now’s Alex Ashlock had with Paul Monti about his son Jared Monti, who was killed in Afghanistan, sparked a song that hit No. 1 on the country charts last month.
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