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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat, about his support of the expanded child tax credit, which is part of the stimulus package Democrats passed in March.

As COVID-19 cases rise in U.S., new boosters have started to arrive at pharmacies this week. Here's how protective the latest booster is, who should get it and how to schedule it with other vaccines.

Cargo ships equipped with massive rigid sails called WindWings could save a substantial amount of fuel, considering how much of the world's goods are transported by sea.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to two pediatricians — Candice Jones in Orlando and Jaime Friedman in San Diego — who answer listener questions, and offer advice on how to travel with little ones.

The pandemic brought about one of the biggest changes to work since the industrial revolution. But now, more and more companies are asking their employees to return to the office.

Vice President Harris has used debates as turning points throughout her political career. On Tuesday, she faces her biggest debate challenge yet.

The Army hasn't met its annual recruitment goal for nearly a decade. The Pentagon says it's changing it recruitment strategy — and bringing back its iconic 1980s ad campaign.

The technique allows police to tap into giant tech-firm databases to find out who was near the scene of a crime and may have been involved.

Colleges have become a flashpoint in discussions about rising antisemitism. But some on those campuses say the alarm from politicians and groups distorts reality and their motives should be examined.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia about airport and air travel safety following the mid-air collision near D.C.'s closest airport.

In the Central Valley, California’s first new state park in a decade opened this summer and it re-imagines what a state park can be.

NPR's Life Kit podcast brings you tips and tricks to start running — with help from Martinus Evans, author of Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run.

University of Mississippi students meet members of the school's Black Student Union who were jailed in 1970 for protesting token integration, comparing their demands back then to campus life today.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with creator Lulu Wang about her new TV show, Expats. The story centers around three women in Hong Kong adjusting to a country that is not their own.

Ofir Engel, 18, is among the hostages who were taken during the Hamas attack. We hear from those connected to him in Washington, D.C., and family members outside Jerusalem.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Ras Baraka, mayor of Newark, N.J., about the protests taking place outside the Delaney Hall Detention Facility, which have grown violent in recent days.

Men are traditionally thought of as providers for their children. But a report that interviewed thousands of fathers found them embracing another role.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Peter Moskos, a John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor and former cop, about what went wrong when a federal agent killed a nurse in Minneapolis.

A look at Florida and Illinois shows how legislatures in the country's often polarized state politics are responding to the Trump administration. States hold a lot of power over what gets done.

A Pennsylvania church just blocks from where then-candidate Donald Trump's would-be assassin lived created a sermon series on the Golden Rule to try to bridge political divisions in its congregation.

A 1978 protest by wheelchair users won a right many now take for granted: boarding a city bus. NPR's Joe Shapiro and Colorado Public Radio's Stephanie Wolf explain.

If an undergraduate program's graduates don't earn more than workers who never went to college, that program could be cut off from federal student loans. But is a degree just about making more money?

NPR's Daniel Estrin and Anas Baba reflect on how their reporting partnership across Tel Aviv and Gaza changed after October 7th, 2023.

If passed, the state's mosquito control districts that rely on ad valorem taxes could lose a third of their funding, according to the Florida Mosquito Control Association.

Each sketch of HBO's seven-part comedy series, Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America, starts with historical fact — then veers wildly, and enjoyably, off the rails.