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With apps like Spritz and Spreeder, speed-reading is all the rage. But maybe the solution is writing faster: Decide important things. Write those. Understand?

The World Bank is undergoing a vast reorganization, its first in nearly 20 years. The process has been controversial, but the bank's president says it's needed to foster better internal collaboration.

Attorney General Eric Holder is before the U.S. Sentencing Commission to support changes in sentencing for drug offenses, which could shave time off prison terms and reduce federal prison populations.

The pro-Moscow authorities in Crimea are preparing the ballots for Sunday's referendum on the region's future, but there's already a growing sense of isolation from Ukraine.

In early January, West Virginia's Elk River was contaminated by a chemical spill near Charleston. NPR's Noah Adams returns to the Elk nearly two months later to follow the course of the river.

Before he died, Walter George Bruhl Jr. penned his own obituary. Funny and moving, the obit went viral soon after it was posted on the website Reddit. His son Martin speaks about his father's note.

Renee Montagne talks to Josef Joffe, editor of the German newspaper Die Zeit, about Germany's toughening stance against Russia's aggression in Ukraine.

Lawyer Bryan Stevenson explains how America's criminal justice system works against the poor and people of color, and how we can address it.

Health advocate Rebecca Onie describes how our health care system can be restructured to prevent — and not just treat — illness.

Teenage boys are still the primary users of stimulant medications to treat ADHD, but increased use by adults, particularly young women, has fueled a 36 percent rise in prescriptions in five years.