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NPR's Michel Martin talks with Rutgers University labor professor Janice Fine, the Center for Immigration Studies' Jessica Vaughan and NPR's John Burnett about how U.S. immigration policies have evolved.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., about his support for the national emergency declaration at the Southern border and his change from Trump critic to Trump ally.

The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world, but California is leading the charge to reverse that trend. Since 2006, the state has cut its rate by more than half.

In the aftermath of the Boston bombings, some critics said investigators should have used harsh interrogation techniques with the surviving suspect. Host Michel Martin speaks with counterterrorism expert and former FBI Agent Joe Navarro about how attitudes about torture have evolved, and what really are the most effective ways to interrogate.

A newly released recording of a 1973 concert opens a window into the volatile bassist's career at a moment of transition, but also a compelling and largely unknown chapter in Detroit jazz history.

Many employees feel that when it comes to sexual harassment claims, human resources departments work "for the company, rather than for the employees."

The Trump administration is undoing Obama-era guidance to schools on affirmative action. And, an update on last month's shooting of an unarmed black teenager in East Pittsburgh, Pa.

Residents of the Southern California border community of Jacumba say hundreds of migrants are dropped off every day at ad hoc sites where conditions are often dire. They call it a humanitarian crisis.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with actor Hugh Bonneville about his starring role in the play Uncle Vanya, which is showing at D.C.'s Harman Hall.

A mother frequently stops talking to her daughter after moving in with her, but why? NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Jeannie Vanasco about her mother and her memoir "A Silent Treatment."