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A poll worker helps K. Maki (left) fill out a provisional ballot at Park Tavern polling station on Tuesday in Atlanta, Ga. After a record-breaking early voting turnout, Americans head to the polls on the last day to cast their vote.

Election Night Viewer's Guide: Why You May Need To Be Patient

You're probably anxious about the results, but patience may truly be a virtue on election night. Here's how to approach the evening.

"I had one day I worked six hours and made $50. It really wasn't worth it. ... But it doesn't happen that often," says Hilary Gordon, who works as a shopper for the grocery delivery app Instacart in a suburb of Sacramento, Calif. "The other day I worked 11-and-a-half hours and made $265. Great? No. But good."

Why Suburban Moms Are Delivering Your Groceries

After two master's degrees and three children, Hilary Gordon is one of the women who now make up more than half of the contractors at food delivery apps like Instacart. NPR spent a day with her.

Highlights from the VMAs, from Mariah Carey's first win to Lady Gaga's magic act

Sunday's VMAs were the first time the awards show has been broadcast on CBS in addition to MTV. The show recognized rising stars and longtime icons alike.

One of several machine shops Mike Schultz uses to make his special prosthetic sports leg — a unit that includes the Moto Knee and the Vera Foot. Schultz, a U.S. snowboarder competing at the Paralympics in South Korea, invented the devices after losing his leg in a snowmobile race accident in 2008.

For U.S. Snowboarder, Helping Fellow Paralympians Is As Vital As Medaling

Mike Schultz lost his leg in 2008. Since then, he created a successful business making prosthetic legs and learned to snowboard so well that he's about to compete in the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

Langston Hughes was brought before the House Un-American Activities Committee in March 1953. "We find no evidence that he was ever a Communist, which was the accusation that haunted him through the '40s and '50s," Rampersad says.

Tumultuous Relationships, But Not Much Gossip, In Langston Hughes' Letters

Poet Langston Hughes was also an "inveterate letter writer," says the co-editor of a new compilation of his correspondence. But if you're hoping to find profound love letters, you'll be disappointed.

Jamie Oliver, Up To His Elbows In Mashed Potatoes With 'Comfort Food'

For his new cookbook, the chef compiled soul-soothing, stomach-satisfying recipes from around the world. And this time, Oliver tells NPR's Linda Wertheimer, he worried less about calorie counts.

In NCAA Finals, Two Recent Champions On Unlikely Rides

The Kentucky Wildcats and the Connecticut Huskies take the court in Monday's NCAA men's college basketball final. NPR's Tom Goldman talks to Melissa Block about what to watch for in the game.

Mueller plans to build his chicken barns in this cornfield just south of his home. His barns would house "breeders," the hens that lay the eggs that will hatch to be raised for meat.

Farmers Take Out Millions In Loans To Raise Chickens For Big-Box Retailers

To slaughter 2 million birds per week, Costco is contracting poultry farmers. But this requires a major financial investment from small producers, and the payoff may not be guaranteed.

As the war in Ukraine continues, a look back at the 1994 Rwandan genocide

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Philip Gourevitch, a writer for The New Yorker, about the world's response to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and the debate over what to call Russian atrocities in Ukraine.

'Periodical' filmmaker wants to talk about PMS, menopause and the tampon tax

Lina Lyte Plioplyte sees menstruation as a "beautiful cycle" that happens to half of the world's population — one that "we're not supposed to talk about it." Her new film aims to break the stigma.

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