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Andrew Selee of the Migration Policy Institute tells NPR that President-elect Donald Trump could begin his focus on newer arrivals and other immigrants on shaky legal grounds.

Women's Equality Day commemorates the day that the 19th amendment was certified on August 26, 1920. It was a watershed moment, but voting rights advocates say its true legacy is more nuanced.

The 42-year-old is in his final Major League season and is hoping to join three baseball legends in reaching 700 home runs. Only Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds have done it. Pujols has 698.

NPR's Pien Huang speaks with writer Kristopher Jansma about his new novel, Our Narrow Hiding Places.

Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear made history as the youngest composers and only all-woman songwriting team for a Disney animated film with Moana 2.

Femme Fridays is a special edition of Sounds Good, each Friday of March, in honor of Women's History Month. Hosted by Melanie A. Davis, the series highlights female artists of the last 100 years.

Readers responded with moving stories of past journeys and crises — and keepsakes that remind them of their roots and tie them to their family. Here's a sampling of replies.

At New York City's Tenement Museum, high schoolers explore the American experience through the eyes of one 1860s-era Black family.

French judo athlete Teddy Riner, a 6-foot-8, two-time gold medalist known as "Big Ted," has dominated his sport for a decade. It was a shock when he lost in a quarterfinal fight.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with assistant professor of history at Cornell, Nicholas Mulder, on the history of U.S. sanctions and the role they're playing now in the tensions between the U.S. and Russia.