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No state has seen as steep a drop in teacher salaries over the past few years. Legislators also halted a salary bump for teachers with master's degrees and cut a cap on class size. "Teachers are really questioning why they want to teach," says the head of a state advocacy group.

More than 50 career diplomats in the State Department signed an internal letter protesting Obama administration policy in Syria. Steve Inskeep talks to Maria Abi-Habib of The Wall Street Journal.

For the first time this election cycle, President Biden will officially appear on a primary ballot on Saturday in South Carolina. Even running as the incumbent, he's hoping to draw strong turnout.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is the nation's top inflation watchdog. When he testifies before Congress Wednesday, Powell is sure to be asked about the recent spike in consumer prices.

On the high plains of Kansas, a beloved restaurant uses local products to help keep a shrinking farm town alive.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, about his impressions of the closed-door House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the investigation into Russia meddling in the U.S. presidential election last year.

The storied civil rights organization accused Gov. Ron DeSantis of having "waged war on Black America" by championing legislation to dismantle diversity and inclusion efforts at public schools.

Public impeachment hearings begin Wednesday. We have a preview of what to expect.

The public phase of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump began Wednesday morning. Steve Inskeep speaks with NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith about the opening and what to expect.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser about why she is part of a group of women supporting Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidential nomination.