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In his new book, On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope, activist and author Deray McKesson tells his personal story and shares his thinking about activism.

Money has poured into Alzheimer's research, but until very recently not much of it went toward investigating infection in causing dementia. A million dollar prize may lead more scientists to try.

In western North Carolina, people from across the country came to Marion's first Bigfoot festival. The highlight was a Bigfoot-calling contest and a Bigfoot-knocking competition.

The meetings, reported by The New York Times, happened secretly after rogue officers contacted the U.S. government. The Trump administration apparently decided not to help the Venezuelan officers.

Retired Army Green Beret Nate Boyer is the man who first convinced Colin Kaepernick to kneel during the national anthem. He speaks with NPR's Michel Martin.

What stories were pushed out by Internet trolls this week? NPR's Michel Martin asks Matt Tait, a cybersecurity fellow at the University of Texas at Austin.

North Korea did not mark its 70th anniversary by putting its intercontinental ballistic missiles on display. Instead, the country brought back its mass games, a highly choreographed performance.

Gaps in a wide-ranging law covering employee benefits can blindside consumers whose health coverage is provided by company and union health plans that pay claims out of their own funds.

Construction began in May on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which will enable Russia to boost its natural gas exports to Europe. President Trump has warned that it will make Germany "captive to Russia."

Steve Inskeep talks to Maddy Savage, a reporter in Stockholm, about how Sweden's ruling center-left Socialist Democrats fared poorly amid the rise of the right-wing, anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats.