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Musician and artist Tunde Olaniran is a rising star from Flint, Michigan whose exuberant work comments on serious issues such as environmental injustice and the carceral state.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Miami Herald federal courts reporter, Jay Weaver, about what to expect on Tuesday when former president Donald Trump is due in court in Florida.

A bill by two Democratic senators would fix the training problem by offering grants to medical students from states where abortion is banned to help them go out of state for abortion care training.

The heat in the U.S. this summer has broken records, and this kind of summer might be the new normal. So what can the government do to help support those who can't afford to cool their homes?

Videos suggesting that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was drunk and slurring her words went viral. They were proven to be fake but the damage was done. Should Facebook have taken them down?

Portugal has emerged as a promising international model for tackling a deadly drug and addiction crisis. The country has used a focus on health care and community support to save lives.

Regulators give many cancer drugs a fast track to market while requiring drugmakers to do more studies after approval. Researchers have found the follow-up studies frequently come up short.

An Oklahoma judge has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million to help cover the treatment, overdose prevention and other costs of abating the opioid epidemic in the state.

Nike, Adidas and other shoe brands told President Trump that proposed tariffs China imports would have a "catastrophic" effect on Americans. This is the latest in the escalating trade war with China.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with retiring West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin III about the outcomes of the presidential election and Senate races.

The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected race-conscious admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina. What does this mean for colleges and perspective students?

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about why so many domestic flights have been canceled in recent days, and the Biden administration's efforts to fix air travel.

New White House testing adviser Dr. Tom Inglesby talks to NPR's Ari Shapiro about COVID testing shortages in the U.S. and the Biden administration's efforts to increase access, including at-home kits.

We look at how two states are distributing COVID-19 vaccines. California is expanding eligibility to anyone 16 or older — weeks after Florida launched its own expansion.

Hong Kong police had denied organizers permission to hold an annual rally commemorating the Tiananmen Square massacre victims. But few thousands of people have gathered anyway in defiance of the ban.

Dancers from the Star Garden topless bar voted in favor of joining Actors' Equity Association, becoming the only group of organized strippers in the U.S. Employers have agreed to recognize the union.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Wall Street Journal reporter Sara Randazzo about how Johnson & Johnson ended up at the center of the first big trial in the opioid crisis, which opened Tuesday.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks CNN contributor Jeff Yang about a mahjong company founded by three white women who were criticized for cultural appropriation.

Ohio lawmakers are drawing up a new congressional district map after the previous attempt was ruled unconstitutional by the state supreme court.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with ACLU of Texas staff attorney Rochelle Garza about a complaint the organization filed regarding the treatment of migrants in border detention facilities.

The White House says President Trump is now open to meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

NPR's Noel King speaks talks to Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan about stripping President Trump of power by invoking the 25th Amendment. Impeaching Trump is the other option.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Timothy Baghurst, a Florida State University professor and former anti-doping administrator, about ethic questions surrounding Russia's star 15-year-old Olympic ice skater.

Parents of children with disabilities qualify for the COVID-19 vaccine in California. Health officials say it's been exploited by people who don't qualify, and individualized proof is now required.

Néstor was 11 when he and his dad, Melvin, left El Salvador and crossed into Texas in 2018. They were separated for over two months, split apart by the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy.