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We talk to the author of The Homecoming Queen, which opened in New York this week. Like the character in her play, Ngozi Anyanwu knows what it's like to live in two very different cultures.

An NPR/Marist survey found that 1 in 5 workers is a contractor, not a steady payroll employee. For about half of these workers, income can vary greatly from month to month, making budgeting difficult.

The New York Times reported that Tuesday's school shooting in Kentucky was the eleventh shooting on school property in 2018 — just 23 days into the year. NPR takes a look at the other 10.

Investigators in Kentucky are trying to understand why a student brought a gun to school, killing two classmates and wounding more than a dozen others. People in the community are struggling to cope.

Takata recalled an additional 3.3 million airbags this month, expanding what is already the largest automotive recall in U.S. history. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says additional airbags are scheduled to be recalled through 2020. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with David Friedman of Consumers Union about why this recall is taking so long.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Brian Eckhouse, who covers the solar industry for Bloomberg, about who wins and who loses from the 30 percent tariff President Trump has imposed on solar imports.

Until recently Rep. Patrick Meehan, R-Pa., sat on the Ethics Committee and was leading the investigation into sexual harassment on Capitol Hill. Now he is trying to explain his actions that led to a taxpayer-funded sexual harassment settlement and is a subject of a committee investigation.

"My monster is finally gone." That's what one woman said on Wednesday at the sentencing today of Larry Nassar, the former Olympic gymnastics doctor convicted of sexually abusing patients under the guise of treatment.

Spotify's IPO, slated for this spring, gives investment banks a smaller role in the company's trading. It's been seen as a sign of Spotify's strength, but there are many unanswered questions.

It's been nearly four years since the takeover, causing the U.S. and its allies to sanction Russia. A move that kicked off a downward spiral in relations between that country and the West.