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The Price of Democracy tells the history of taxation from colonization to the present day. It's essential reading for anyone who cares about preserving democracy.

Author AJ Jacobs, who previously wrote about living for 24 hours without plastics, recently tried a different fast: life without artificial intelligence.

Police are especially vulnerable due to the stresses of the job. But one police officer in Boulder, Colorado, found an outlet doing standup comedy.

A Watergate-era rule limits how much money political parties can spend in coordination with a candidate.

Patrick Markee spent two decades walking through New York City's tunnels, armories and intake centers. His book asks: what if homelessness isn't a personal failing, but the result of policy choices?

Fresh Air's book critic says her picks tilt a bit to nonfiction, but the novels that made the cut redress the imbalance by their sweep and intensity. Karen Russell's The Antidote was her favorite.

Dating can feel high stakes. NPR's Life Kit has tips for taking care of your mental health in relationships.

Syria is struggling to heal a year after the Assad dynasty's repressive 50-year reign came to an end following 14 years of civil war that left the country battered and divided.

The Fairbanks North Star Borough got another federal grant to support its public transit system’s ongoing shift to using vehicles that run on compressed natural gas. // The Alaska State Troopers are returning to television with a new show set to air in January. // After more than a century, a Lingít clan will once again be the legal owners of a Raven helmet worn during the Battle of Sitka in 1804.

Honduras' attorney general said Monday that he had ordered Honduran authorities and asked Interpol to execute a 2023 arrest order for Juan Orlando Hernández, pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump.