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The league didn't have to make hard decisions like other major sports leagues but it's been watching and has mimicked them with a hefty set of health and safety protocols for play during the pandemic.

It's one of the world's most unequal countries, says a new report. And the gap between rich and poor is getting worse. Two workers who each make less than $5 a day describe what their lives are like.

As the presidential primaries kick off, Rachel Martin speaks with three young Republicans about what they want from the candidates in this election and for their party in the future.

The sitcom ends Tuesday after eight seasons.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Guerrero about her recent piece titled "For years, I Anglicized my Mexican last name. MAGA trolls inspired me to reclaim it."

Thirty years ago, the uprising of a group of schoolchildren forever changed South Africa's history. What began as a protest against a government education policy became a watershed moment in the fight against apartheid.

Diagnoses of autism are on the rise, and one result has been the start of high-profile campaigns to raise money for research. Another trend has been far less noticed: an increase in self-advocacy groups that aren't pushing for a cure, but acceptance.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Saladin K. Patterson about the coming-of-age comedy that gives its own compelling storyline.

Gospel star Yolanda Adams returns to the scene after a recording hiatus with her new CD, Day by Day She talks about the project and her upcoming tour.

Hundreds of people are still being plucked daily from the roofs of their homes or other buildings in New Orleans as the Coast Guard and U.S. military conduct the largest airlift operation in the nation's history. But some residents are defying calls to leave the city.

NPR's Miles Parks speaks with Georgia Maq, lead singer and guitarist of Camp Cope, about the band's new album Running with the Hurricane.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman nominated to the court. For many activists, her confirmation hearings bring pride and inspiration — and resolve against conservative attacks.

Even if you don't have long COVID, it can still take weeks to recover — much longer than the isolation period implies. Millions of Americans are finding that this still majorly disrupts their lives.

For Black History Month, NPR member station KUTX is featuring some of the Black artists shaping the Austin music scene.

The U.S. needs to ensure everyone has an equitable chance to protect themselves, and if people don't have that opportunity, they need to be able to rely on others to be compassionate, he says.

Home health care workers are among the lowest paid, shifting the burden of long-term care to aging and overstressed family members or assisted living centers, which are often understaffed themselves.

What a testy 2005 fight between Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren and Delaware Sen. Joe Biden can tell us about the two 2020 presidential candidates

More than 100 former Ohio State University students have reported sexual misconduct committed by physician Dr. Richard Strauss. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ron McDaniel, a former OSU tennis player, who says Strauss molested him as a freshman.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with writer Todd S. Purdum about his last interview with Rob Reiner and the filmmaker's legacy as an advocate.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer about her new book True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership and Everything in Between.