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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with MIT economics professor David Autor about how outdated U.S. government technology contributed to fraud in pandemic aid, like the Paycheck Protection Program.

James Jones is a Black Mormon who is using his church's theology to teach anti-racist principles to fellow church members.

Former Nicaraguan presidential candidate and political prisoner Félix Maradiaga recently returned to exile in Miami after being released by the Ortega dictatorship. He spoke to WLRN's Tim Padgett about his 'torture' behind bars, the reunion with his family and his renewed resolve to fight.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with actress Michelle Yeoh about her leading role in the sci-fi action movie Everything Everywhere All at Once.

The best thing about the start of a new year, especially in media, is the excitement of fresh possibilities. TV critic Eric Deggans says some big stars are in exciting projects this spring.

Before the mid-70's, many Americans didn't know the National Security Agency existed. The agency revamped its museum and some of the secrets exposed are surprising some national security experts.

For NPR's Life Kit, Shereen Marisol Meraji speaks with Trisha Hersey, author of "Rest Is Resistance," about fighting against the feeling that our productivity equates to our worth.

NPR's Julia Furlan talks with Catherine Price, author of "The Power of Fun" for an episode of Life Kit about differentiating between true and fake fun and creating more fun in life.

As case counts surge in China, rumors circulate about the effectiveness and safety of the made-in-China vaccines in use there. Here's what we know about CoronaVac and Sinopharm.

The network would let parts of the health system share information during emergencies. It still hasn’t been planned, even after the communication and data-sharing failures put on display during the pandemic.

It is worth remembering that the U.S., while surely spied upon, has been the world leader in developing aerial reconnaissance through at least the last few generations of technology

NPR's Noel King talks to GOP Strategist Scott Jennings and Democratic Strategist Karen Finney about how President Trump's coronavirus diagnosis may affect his and Joe Biden's campaigns.

President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden are set for the first of three presidential debates. Tuesday's debate will be in Cleveland.

Takeoff, who was one-third of the rap group, Migos, died earlier this week after being shot in Houston, Texas.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Jim Messina, former President Obama's White House deputy chief of staff, and Republican strategist Ron Bonjean on how to govern a divided country after the midterms.

The meeting at the G20 in Indonesia will be their first in person since President Biden took office. Whether they can find common ground is a key question, and reflects the current state of relations.

All species of sea turtles are threatened or endangered and protected by Florida law and the federal Endangered Species Act.

The shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, two towns just hundreds of miles apart in California, share devastating similarities.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Malcolm-Jamal Warner about his Grammy nomination for best spoken word poetry album and the inspiration behind it.

Host Melissa Block speaks with director Charles Ferguson about his latest film, "Inside Job," a documentary about the downfall of Wall Street. Ferguson says he underestimated the level of unethical and fraudulent behavior he would come across.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with poet and activist Reginald Dwayne Betts and artist Titus Kaphar about their new book, Redaction. The book is based on poems and portraits from redacted lawsuits.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Kate Zernike about her new book The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science.

James Jones is a Black member of the Church of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon Church, who is using his church's theology to teach anti-racist principles to fellow members.

Multidisciplinary artist Samora Pinderhughes has explored mass incarceration for the last eight years. With this sizeable grant, he hopes to sustain "The Healing Project" for decades to come.

Drugmakers will be required to pay Medicare back for price increases that outpace inflation. The industry is expected to put up a fight over implementation.