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Sept. 1 marks what would have been Pepper's 100th birthday. Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation of the jazz saxophonist, who started on clarinet at age 9. Pepper died in 1982.

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with actor Austin Butler about the new movie "The Bikeriders," which follows a motorcycle club outside Chicago in the 1960s.

To shore up childcare in Arizona, a nonprofit has long focused on training informal caregivers -- the family, friends and neighbors who care for a majority of young children in the state.

Latinos are more likely to rely on social media for news, where claims are less likely to be verified. Now, researchers and fact-checkers are trying to close the gap.

In Arizona, a program called Kith and Kin teaches mothers, grandmothers, aunts, friends and neighbors who watch other people's children the skills they need to provide high quality care.

The National Transportation Safety Board returns to East Palestine Ohio to hold its final board meeting on last year's fiery derailment of a Norfolk-Southern train.

Inflation is chipping away at the value of gifts, putting a squeeze on donors and nonprofits alike.

The small faction of Republicans in the Democratic-dominated Connecticut legislature managed to lead the state out of its commitment to phase out sales of new gas-powered cars.

Two new rulings have frozen much of Biden's newest student loan repayment plan, arguing that the plan is too generous and setting up another possible student debt reckoning before the Supreme Court.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with New York TimesAt the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China."