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The biggest workplace immigration raid ever in a single state occurred on Aug. 7 in Mississippi. In Morton — a town that's about 25% Latino — the effects have rippled throughout the community.

It's not a matter of vaccine hesitancy, say advocates. Instead, poorly located clinics, lack of flexible appointments and other barriers to access are hampering Philadelphia's hardest-hit communities.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) about national paid family leave and why she thinks it should be included in President Biden's economic spending package.

Health experts worldwide are warning that the battle against the Omicron variant is far from over. Three NPR correspondents provide the latest on the pandemic from Europe and South Asia.

The FDA is considering new pills that could treat people in early stages of COVID. Here's what to know about how they work, how effective they are and the impact they could make on the pandemic.

Russia is conducting military exercises in Belarus but most Ukrainians living along the border say it's nothing to worry about.

Actor Sidney Poitier died this week at 94. Critic Bob Mondello examines the crucial decade that made Poitier a box office star and changed the face of Hollywood.

The U.S. government estimates that about 31,000 Americans die each year as a result of suicide. Methods of suicide vary widely. But in the February issue of Flying magazine, pilot and contributing editor Peter Garrison writes about the phenomenon of suicide by airplane.

Pakistani filmmaker Wajahat Malik pulled together an expedition to raft down the 2,000-mile river. He hopes to reconnect people with the Indus, which is being threatened by overuse and climate change.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sentor Thom Tillis and Senator Jeanne Shaheen, leaders of the bipartisan congressional delegation to NATO in Madrid, Spain.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have left Gaza in the past year, as conditions there have worsened.

The hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin fiascoes have soured many doctors on repurposing drugs for COVID. A few inexpensive old drugs may be as good as some of the new antivirals, but they face complex obstacles to get to patients.

NPR's Ari Shapiro reports from Warsaw on how Ukrainian children are being educated in Poland.

The U.S. awaits a consequential Supreme Court decision that could overturn federal abortion rights, and one man has had a outsized influence on the conservative makeup of that court: Leonard Leo.

While they face longer and hotter wildfire seasons, federal firefighters are also battling staffing shortages in six of the nine regions across the country.

The rally by white supremacists protesting the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee left one counter-protester dead and several injured.

After cracking the American pop charts last year, the Colombian reggaeton star is following the success of "Mi Gente" with his fifth album, Vibras. And he knows you're still listening.

Mental health advocates hope the new hotline will make it easier to get support if you're in crisis or helping someone who is. Here's how it works and what could stand in its way.

DeSantis allies and appointees are replacing longtime incumbents on the Miami-Dade and Broward County School Boards — positioning them to advance conservative policy priorities in some of the state's most Democratic-leaning counties.

Seventy-eight-year-old Angelita Perez owns and still works as a caregiver at Hillcrest Care, a small assisted living facility she founded in 2014 in El Dorado Hills, Calif.

Since 2020, office workers have waged an epic battle to work remotely. They're mostly winning.

Half a decade later, we look back at Irma’s impact and the changes in hurricane preparedness and response that it brought to Florida.

Absentee ballots are already on their way out to voters in Wisconsin, one of the most closely watched states in this year's midterm elections.

As vice president, Biden visited Detroit nearly a dozen times, more than President Barack Obama. He was in Detroit again on Monday, this time campaigning before Michigan's Tuesday primary.