Oliver Lazarus

Folklorist Bill Ferris has spent much of his life patching together a auditory quilt of stories, voices, and sounds that tell a narrative of the south.  

In the final installment of our series about bail, "Presumption of Innocence for Sale," we wondered, with so many people dissatisfied with the bail system right now, who supports it?

Our nation's capital effectively eliminated monetary bail in the 1990s and is held up as a model of what a better pretrial system could look like.

It has been five years since the passing of the Dodd-Frank Act. We spoke to Barney Frank about how the Act has stood up, and the current state of the financial system. 

We begin our series on the U.S. bail system with the story of Kenny Fomby, J.R., who, at the age of 19, was held in jail for over six months on charges that were later dropped. 

Heroin use has dramatically increased in the last decade, reaching previously unaffected populations, according to a CDC report released this week. 

A physicist argues it's not just labor and products, but information and energy that ultimately drive economic growth. 

In a match during the Women's World Cup on Tuesday, Team USA defeated Germany 2-0, a victory that moves them onto the finals. It was a game played with a breathtaking defense.

Puerto Rico says that their financial debts are "unpayable." Here's what their nearly certain default means for the Puerto Rican economy and the United States.

Publicly engaging with a "terrorist" can be a politically risky move. But the consequences for failing to engage are often even greater. 

Now that the Ebola epidemic is nearly over, The Takeaway explores the latest developments in Ebola research and what the public health community has learned about the spread of virus.

What do Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, and Robert Redford have in common? They were all winners of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.