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As wireless companies continue to roll out 5G — the next generation of wireless technology — advocates worry this latest high-speed update will widen the digital divide.

Advocates say more members of Congress should reach out to Black and Latino high school students and make them aware of opportunities at the elite schools.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand about Defense Secretary Austin's support for changes that would remove decisions on prosecuting sexual assault cases from military commanders.

Creators of the HBO Max series Harley Quinn said executives blocked a scene where Batman performs oral sex on Catwoman, sparking a social media conversation about censorship of female pleasure.

"Many people had coronavirus," says asylum seeker Raudel, adding there's little social distancing or mask wearing, and sick and healthy people are mixed. ICE denies this but cases doubled since June.

Groups and organizations have scheduled several events to honor service members.

Like any government agency, the biggest American foreign aid group has its problems. This week, its new administrator Samantha Power outlined her solutions.

The bipartisan bill's journey from the Senate to the president has been a tumultuous one. The legislation includes nearly $550 billion in new spending on items including broadband, roads and rail.

In 1898, a white supremacist mob burned the offices of Wilmington's Black-owned newspaper and gunned down scores of the city's African American residents. Now, the city is honoring some of the dead.

The CDC this week will weigh in on Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. If final approval is given, vaccines for this age group could be available within a few days.

At this point, Biden leads nationally and in enough key swing states to reach 270 electoral votes. Still, Trump remains within striking distance in several important places.

A refugee fled Iran where he says he was often jailed. His goal is Australia, but he's landed on the Pacific island of Nauru. He has refugee status, but the trouble is finding a place to resettle him.

NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with Kenny Gorelick, best known as Kenny G, and director Penny Lane about her new documentary about the soprano saxophonist, Listening to Kenny G.

The traditional Christmas procession festival, cancelled last year by COVID-19, is an expression of Mexican and Latino identity — and, lately, an immigration statement.

The measure was delayed by an all-night speech from GOP leader Kevin McCarthy. Centrist Democrats in the Senate have raised objections to some provisions that will likely alter the House-passed bill.

Land and urban property sales have generated vast wealth in China, but rural residents have been left out and efforts to change that have floundered.

He's written many of the court's less glamorous but legally important decisions. Contenders to replace him are California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger and federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Taxpayers who file early and electronically should be able to avoid massive delays. But some of this year's changes will translate into smaller refunds.

There's still time to enter the Tiny Desk Contest — send in your video before midnight EST on March 25. In the meantime, check out some more entries we love.

Fewer volunteers are answering triple the number of calls they did decades ago and those who do show up tend to be older. Some departments were already stretched thin and then along came the pandemic.

Netflix's first ever Arabic language film, Perfect Strangers, sparked controversy in Egypt. In doing so, it highlighted a tug of war happening inside the country.

In 2021, leftists won presidencies in every Latin American election but one, including Peru and Chile. In 2022, they could take Brazil and Colombia too. Why?

Data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics tells us more about how prisons were affected early on in the pandemic. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with researcher Wendy Sawyer about the new data.

The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a Mississippi abortion law case that directly challenges Roe v. Wade. NPR's A Martinez speaks with Priscilla J. Smith of Yale Law School.

The barrage of eight missiles test-fired over 35 minutes extends a streak in weapons demonstrations this year that U.S. and South Korean officials say may culminate with a nuclear test explosion.