Social Issues

The Transportation Security Administration said 87 percent of the guns taken at U.S. airport checkpoints in 2019 were loaded. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International had the most firearms confiscated: 323.

The ERA's provisions include a guarantee that "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged ... on account of sex." But its legal status is uncertain.

There's a growing global outcry over what critics call ''orphanage tourism." But some charities are proponents of volunteering in orphanages.

Queen Elizabeth II agreed Monday to grant Prince Harry and his wife Meghan their wish for a more independent life, allowing them to move part time to Canada while remaining firmly in the House of Windsor.

The hit '90s TV drama is back with a timely twist. Co-creator Amy Lippman and writer Gabriel Llanas talk about creating a show about five siblings whose parents are deported to Mexico.

This 2019 film is not another adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel. It portrays life in a poor Paris suburb — where the police force is corrupt and residents are struggling just to get by.

Russell King, a cabaret performer who has a drag character, tells a former music teacher she helped him feel comfortable being himself. "(H)ow fortunate I was to have influences like you," he says.

The survey, from NPR and partners, shows how the "1 percent" compare with others on issues including inequality, health care access and what it takes to get ahead in America.

In Minneapolis, a large gathering at Temple Israel represented an interfaith show of solidarity.

Ada Calhoun talked to a lot of Gen X women about the angst they feel as they approach midlife — the pressure to have it all and the feeling that they should have done better for themselves.