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An estimated 2% of the U.S. voting age population is ineligible to cast a ballot due to a felony conviction. State-level felon disenfranchisement rates vary dramatically.

Lawyers for the former president and the special counsel team argued before a federal appeals court about the scope of a gag order lodged against him. The court gave no timetable for a ruling.

Experts answer a round of finance questions from NPR's audience, including how to financially support a friend with Stage 4 cancer and how to stop paying for your parents.

Female Marines are being humiliated and generally degraded by their peers on Facebook. The groups' pages are frequently shut down, but return within days due to a dedicated following.

Politicians who were caught up in sex scandals have often achieved second careers in media and lobbying. Now, some want to return to elective office.

Chen Guangcheng escaped from house arrest on April 22 and sought refuge at the U.S. embassy in Beijing. After negotiations, Chinese authorities said they would allow him to live freely and study at a university. But darker reports are emerging.

A long week of scandal has been tough on more than just the White House. President Obama's allies are struggling with how to respond to their first taste of really bad news within the administration.

It's been 2 1/2 months since the Rana Plaza collapsed on garment workers in Bangladesh, drawing the world's attention to abysmal safety conditions in the country's factories. Two workers who survived the collapse tell their stories.

It hardly needs saying that women's anger (more from one political party) has been roiling since the 2016 election. Rebecca Traister's new book explores the history and politics involved.

With its problems at launch, HealthCare.gov joined a long list of botched government technology projects. States and the feds often have a hard time making big tech systems work.