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Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to engage in a new round of peace talks on Syria soon. Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford explains the challenges in finding a diplomatic solution.

The Harvard law professor ended his brief bid for the presidency last week. He talks with NPR's Michel Martin about why he dropped out — and why he's still striving to get big money out of politics.

More colleges are expanding gender options for transgender and non-binary students. One leader in LGBTQ student life at Harvard discusses the update to the college's applications.

The star of the Mexican rodeo may be the cowboy, but it's the cowgirls who put on the best show. Women of the El Dorado ranch are rediscovering this tradition in an unlikely place: rural Virginia.

Facing competition at home, Indian manufacturing company Mahindra recently introduced to the U.S. the GenZe, a scooter with cargo space designed to appeal to young Americans in cities.

India's "culture wars" have risen to a new level with actors, filmmakers and writers joining to protest against the right-wing Hindu government's inaction against religious intolerance and violence.

U.S. lawmakers say intelligence indicates a bomb was the likely cause of the break-up of a Russian airliner. The air crash and the cancellation of flights has hurt the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh.

A year ahead of the 2016 elections, Michel Martin speaks with young voters in Iowa about issues that matter to them. Join the conversation live tonight at 8 p.m. ET on Twitter, using #NPRYouthVote.

The teachers said they want to stand in solidarity with the Mizzou student activists who are demanding racial justice on campus. The news comes a day after some football players joined the cause.

Madrid argues that the move is symbolic and won't change a thing. But Catalan lawmakers say their region will be its own country by 2017.