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Facebook's stock has plunged 18 percent, and companies with large followings on the site are threatening the social media platform's ad revenue by deleting their official pages.

Linda Brown Thompson of Brown v. Board of Education died this week. The decision was supposed to desegregate schools. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with law professor Sheryll Cashin about its effects.

The Brennan Center for Justice has released a report on gerrymandering that says a Democratic takeover of the House is almost out of reach. Michael Li, the report's co-author, explains the findings.

A new government study obtained by NPR finds that thousands of teachers have had their federal grants taken away and converted to loans, often for minor paperwork errors.

Orange County, Calif., is under federal court order to deal with a worsening homelessness crisis. But plans to set up new emergency shelters in affluent coastal communities face stiff opposition.

The U.N. has called for an investigation into the assassination of black activist Marielle Franco. Her death in Rio de Janeiro two weeks ago prompted huge demonstrations demanding an end to the bloodshed.

As part of the spending package that President Trump signed last week is a law that cuts aid to Palestinians because of a controversial practice in which the Palestinian Authority pays stipends to the families of people who've committed attacks on Israelis and are dead or in jail.

President Trump says the trade deficit that the U.S. runs with other nations must be slashed for the well-being of the country. But analysts say the deficit provides other benefits to the economy.

Venezuela's prisons are notoriously overcrowded. Relatives of detainees clashed with police in riot gear outside the facility.

Russians are angry about a mall fire in Siberia that killed 64 people. And, the U.S. and other countries expelled Russian diplomats after an ex-Russian spy in Britain was exposed to a nerve agent.