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"Black individuals make up about 21% of all renters, but they make up 35% of all defendants on eviction cases," says Peter Hepburn, a researcher for Princeton University's Eviction Lab.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Ambassador Susan Rice, who serves as the director of the U.S. Domestic Policy Council, about President Biden's first 100 days in office and his agenda.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist Joann Lublin about her new book, Power Moms: How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life.

Clarence Jones played an integral but mostly unseen role in the 1963 March on Washington. As Martin Luther King Jr.'s legal adviser, Jones assisted in drafting King's landmark speech, and drew from a recent event in Birmingham, Ala., to craft one of the speech's signature lines.

Tax-exempt social welfare groups have become the vehicle of choice for big political contributions.

The Philippine city of Tacloban has suffered the worst from the massive storm. Survivors are in great need of food, water, shelter and medical services among other things.

On her Hyperbole and a Half blog, Allie Brosh writes stories about her life illustrated with a "very precise crudeness." Most are lighthearted — about her dog or her favorite grammatical mistake ("a lot" vs. "alot) — but her most popular posts have also been the most upsetting, about her crippling depression.

The actor stars in Aaron Sorkin's HBO drama The Newsroom, playing an anchorman inspired to give up fluff pieces and return to hard-hitting journalism. The series returns for a second season starting July 14.

As testing for doping in sports becomes more sophisticated, so do the drugs. Looking at the recent history of cycling can make you wonder how many cheaters continue to slip by undetected.

Over the years, the video game industry has been hammered by questions about a lack of diversity, disappointing narratives and ever-imminent virtual reality. To see how the industry is coming, NPR's Arun Rath takes a tour of E3: The Electronic Entertainment Expo.