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A federally-funded universal free lunch program is being introduced this year in the public schools in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Springfield Public…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-978147.mp3Cambridge, NY – Hundreds of people crowded into a rural church Monday to pay…

Most kids don’t look forward to going back to school, but one western Massachusetts city tries to make it festive. The Springfield Public Schools and food…

The latest standardized test scores released Thursday by Massachusetts Department of Education shows improvement in the state’s second largest school…

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock considers whether term limits should be enacted for U.S. Supreme Court judges and more.

While John McCain won big on Super Tuesday, fellow Republicans Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney received far more support from the Republican Party's traditional conservative base. That could spell trouble — not only for McCain in a general election, but for the party as a whole.

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with journalist and author David Maraniss about his new book, Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe.

Growing up with immigrant parents, first in Canada and then in the U.S., Yang was "obsessed" with pop culture and Saturday Night Live. Now he's up for an Emmy for his performances on the venerated sketch series.

Harjo was recently named a 2024 MacArthur Fellow. His TV show Reservation Dogs focused on group of teenagers living on a Native reservation in rural Oklahoma. Originally broadcast Sept. 19, 2022.

As the nation ponders how to stop the next mass shooting, the gun rights movement offers one controversial answer: armed civilians. In 2005, one such private citizen tried to stop a mass shooting at a mall in Washington state — and paid a heavy price.