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Last spring, student performers had their hopes of stardom dashed as schools abruptly closed at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. A year later, we follow two schools putting on the same musical.

The Queen's Cartoonists is a jazz band with elements of classical music, comedy and clowning that performs music live to animation, both old and contemporary.

While a recent shooting in Ybor City may put the Tampa neighborhood in the spotlight, Ybor has a long and rich history and was instrumental in shaping the city of Tampa. The cigar industry was lured from revolutionary Cuba and became home to the city's economic and power base.

Ad spending by Democrats on abortion-related messaging took off after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Meanwhile, Republican spending on crime ads tripled in September.

In Australia, a federal election may still be months away, but immigration — in particular the number of foreign students — is already a focus of political debate.

The process of trying to get vaccinated can be confusing. A new platform from the federal government and private sector partners makes it easier to find a provider where you live.

On this Labor Day, let's celebrate those who do the hardest work in the only way we know how: telling their stories. See portraits from the new visual storytelling project Public Square and a Q&A with the folks who got it started, NPR Multimedia Producer Claire O'Neill and KPCC's Grant Slater.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Carmichael Show, Stephanie Williams' work for Marvel, The English and more.

Alaska's Augustine volcano has erupted for the first time in two decades. Local volcanologists are pleased their computer models predicted the event accurately, but they anticipate that the big blast is yet to come. Alaska Public Radio's Annie Fiedt reports.

The cargo ship MV Torgelow returned to her home port in Mombasa, Kenya, last weekend after being held for 53 days by pirates off the coast of Somalia. This and other similar attacks are preventing relief agencies from delivering food and other supplies by sea to Somalia, according to relief officials.

Anthony Almojera says that the mayor's plan to have police involuntarily hospitalize homeless people essentially pits first responders against each other.

Many of the people who harvest the abundant crops in Southern California's Coachella Valley have no decent place to live. For the "Housing First" series, NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on one community's attempt to address the housing shortage for migrant workers.

Supply shocks are driving up the price of oil. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Kevin Book from ClearView Energy Partners about how the war in Iran is impacting the oil market.

The head of character animation at DreamWorks, Rex Grignon, tells us what he's reading. Grignon worked on Shrek, DreamWorks' first film Antz, and on the new comedy Madagascar. His book choices are usually not job-related.

As a child, Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe was initially seduced by Joseph Conrad's novella about an Englishman's journey up the Congo. But then he read the book more closely, and he realized that Conrad's portrayal of Africans was not a humane one.

In 2003, the military surgeon watched in disbelief as Chinese officials downplayed how SARS was spreading — and took the risk of alerting the media to the cover-up. He died this past week at age 91.

At age 41, his body is telling him the time has come, the Swiss tennis great said in a video message released on Thursday. Federer has won more than 100 titles, including 20 Grand Slam singles wins.

NPR's Chris Arnold profiles a man considered a "social entrepreneur", who gave up a big-city law career to defend death-row inmates and prisoners denied medical care. That lawyer, Steven Bright, goes about his work at the Southern Center for Human Rights with a zeal usually associated with those in the high-tech sector.

In the first piece of a two-part series, NPR's Robert Smith reports on a new survey conducted by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. The poll examines the sector of Americans who earn enough to put them above the federal poverty line, but still struggle to make ends meet. (7:23) Check out the NPR/Kaiser/Kennedy School Poll .

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that business leaders are doing their best to sound positive about President Clinton's request that they get busy creating jobs for the many welfare recipients who need to find work in the near future. Some business people question how realistic it is to expect the private sector to put large numbers of unskilled people to work.

One day after President Trump left the hospital to continue his COVID-19 treatment at the White House, he said he plans to participate in the debate scheduled for Oct. 15 in Miami.

Japan has been devastated by an earthquake and a tsunami — but author Marie Mutsuki Mockett has faith in the resilience of the Japanese people. She recommends Yoko Kamio's manga series, Boys Over Flowers, about a young heroine, who embodies Japanese perseverance.

The rise in tipping has many customers fuming, but one worker who depends on tips says most customers misunderstand what they are — and shares what it feels like when people don't tip.

With the first phase of a ceasefire holding, eyes are on what is next for Gaza. And, ICE agents are ramping up arrest operations in several cities and raising concerns about their tactics.