NPR: Justice Talking Podcast

The movie rating industry has initiated some reforms following charges by filmmakers that the system is arbitrary and unfair. But skeptics ...

The college admissions process has changed significantly in recent years, particularly for students seeking to get into the nation's most ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has struggled over the years to define where the First Amendment ends and obscenity begins. The pressure to answer ...

With health care at the top of the domestic policy agenda and the presidential candidates stumping on the issue all across the nation, ...

In every election year, questions arise about the fairness of the voting process. This edition of Justice Talking will take a detailed look ...

More than a dozen states are at loggerheads with the federal government over the warrantless wiretapping program. Strong divisions are ...

Several years ago Chicago Mayor Richard Daley made headlines as he pushed to ease the penalties for use of small amounts of marijuana. He ...

As murder rates increase in a number of large cities, police are implementing a host of new measures aimed at reducing crime: cameras in ...

An unprecedented drought throughout the nation's Southeast has forced some of the region's largest cities to declare water emergencies. ...

Last term, in , the U.S. Supreme Court decided that women who sue for pay discrimination must file a claim against their employers within ...

The issue of immigration has been a flashpoint in the Presidential debates. Border fences, identification for illegal immigrants, and other ...

In mid-December, the Federal Communications Commission approved new rules that affect ownership of the nation's media companies. One rule ...