Consumers are encouraged not to spend any money on Feb. 28 and if an emergency arises, shop local.

Research saves lives. The recently announced cuts to NIH funding—as well as other threats to research—jeopardize the vital work done here at Johns Hopkins to provide potential discoveries, treatments,...

After Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor in 1933, he promptly packed the government full of loyalists and used Weimar Germany's constitution to turn himself into an absolute dictator....

Robell Awake is a chairmaker and scholar based in Atlanta, Georgia. He speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his new book, "A Short History of Black Craft in Ten Objects."