After weeks of political showdown, infighting and drama, the US Senate finally passed the USA Freedom Act, a bill to reform provisions of one of the National Security Agency's most controversial surveillance programs, The US Patriot Act, which went into effect after 9/11.

How do US unions plan to survive and fight back against their opponents, especially if a Republican president enters the White House in 2016?

In this edition of Inside Out, we ask whether the US economy is finally back on track seven years after its collapse.

Hundreds of cases of rape and child abuse went largely un-investigated for years by the New Orleans Police Department.

At least four horrifically botched executions last year heightened public alarm at the risk of unusual methods of capital punishment in the US.

The United States is known to have the highest incarceration rate in the world, with over 2 million children across the country having one or both parents in prison.

The death toll from heroin abuse has more than doubled over the last three years, presenting a growing challenge to NYC officials.