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Last night's presidential debate focused on economic issues. Our reporters look at candidate claims about business creation, the minimum wage, trade and the length of the tax code.

Misty Copeland talks body image, ballet and blackness in the new PBS documentary A Ballerina's Tale.

At the G-20 summit in Shanghai, Chinese officials are trying to reassure foreign finance ministers that the government can handle the country's turbulent economy.

To win support among the poor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has issued a massive new budget that lends a hand to low-income folks and takes cash away from the wealthy.

Pati Jinich is a Mexican chef whose life in the U.S. has influenced her cooking. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with her about her latest cookbook, Mexican Today.

NBA stars in the making? Check. Upset potential? Check. Academic fraud scandals? Double check. Saturday's NCAA Final Four games have it all. Here's what you need to know.

Most Syrian refugees are children, and many have lost parents. One result is a huge demand for the few places available in orphanages that have been set up in neighboring Turkey.

Research shows that, like adults, kids benefit from frequent breaks while working. So, a handful of schools in North Texas are experimenting with more recess.

Kimberly Grayson took her high schoolers to the African American history museum in D.C. When students pressed their white teachers to take the same trip, a revised history curriculum quickly followed.

Democrats say they want to remember history, but not honor Confederates. Their bill also calls for removing a bust of Justice Taney, author of a landmark case barring citizenship for an enslaved man.