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After decades of working on animal rights, some activists believe the movement has finally hit the mainstream, in part fueled by social media. It's changing American culture and the economy.

Read an exclusive excerpt of Allen Salkin's new history of the Food Network, From Scratch. It's an affectionate but unsparing look at a scrappy little startup network that became a national broadcasting behemoth — and brought people like Emeril Lagasse and Rachael Ray into millions of homes.

South Africa's Mponeng gold mine is a 2.5-mile-deep network of chutes and tunnels that employs about 4,000 miners. Of course, that number doesn't include the miners who wander its tunnels clandestinely, stealing and refining ore. In a new book, journalist Matthew Hart investigates why gold and crime sometimes go hand in hand.

President Trump is on his first foreign trip, taking him to the Middle East and Europe. But a new poll from NPR and Ipsos shows Americans are skeptical of Trump's populist foreign policy.

Michigan’s home foreclosure rate could soon reach a milestone.A few years ago the state's foreclosure rate was near the top of the fifty state list.But…

RuPaul is the most recognizable drag queen in America. His hit show, RuPaul's Drag Race is up for two Emmy Awards as it begins filming its ninth season. But drag, he says, will never be mainstream.

Gardenia Valdes Navarro greets visitors as they stroll through the streets of Habana Vieja (Old Havana).She's wearing a colorful 18th century style dress…

Flint city leaders are discussing a city budget without a deficit. That’s a very big deal. “For the first time, in a decade, the city of Flint, as of July…

Painter Charles McGee is a Detroit icon whose art can be seen everywhere from the Detroit Institute of Art to the People Mover's Broadway station. His…

Milwaukee's voucher program serves some 28,000 students. Most of them are African-American and come from low-income families.