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For people who have been incarcerated, head and neck tattoos are often a barrier to reentering society and getting jobs. Some former inmates are removing their tattoos to help leave the past behind.

Chávez, one of Washington's most intransigent adversaries, had served as the Venezuelan president since 1999.

The New Jersey governor has seen his political stock fall, but he tried to begin anew with his official presidential announcement at his high school alma mater.

A school should be defined by its commitment to great teaching and social equity, says the outgoing president of LaGuardia Community College.

A number of top election officials won't be around next year. Some are retiring after long careers, but others are feeling the strain of an increasingly demanding and politicized job.

Retired race car driver Janet Guthrie was the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500. NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Guthrie and filmmaker Jenna Ricker about the new documentary, Qualified.

At an Arizona tribal school, it's a fierce campaign to pick the top school lunch, as students learn about making their voice count

Several states are moving or looking to move to a new primary election system that could force members of Congress to pay more attention to general election voters than to their base voters on the right or left.

In 2014, Emily Harrington set out to climb the tallest peak in Southeast Asia. She had to turn back with the summit in sight.

Women are underrepresented in the top ranks of academic science, but they attend grad school in equal numbers as men. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to science correspondent Joe Palca about the disparity.