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People from across the country are gathering at the 2011 New York Comic Con to share their love of comics, anime, games, graphic novels and more. Michel Martin gets the dish on this year's event from Latoya Peterson, editor of the blog Racialicious.com and an anime fan who's attending the convention.

Two new books about a legendary silent film comic — Dana Stevens' Camera Man and James Curtis' Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life — give fans new reason to revisit Keaton's work.

Many public health experts are pushing for stronger measures than the Biden administration and governors are willing to take to reduce impacts from the growing omicron wave. Why the disconnect?

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Jon Ronson about his new podcast, Things Fell Apart. In each episode, he goes back in time to a starting point in the culture wars.

The White House has been trying to stem the flow of unaccompanied children into the U.S. from Mexico. Steve Inskeep talks to Human Rights Watch's Bill Felick and the State Department's Simon Henshaw.

Kurt Wagner's Nashville collective has always been an expression of absolute possibility. The Bible, his best album in a decade, points that instinct at life's most inescapable truth.

Lynsey Addario was taken captive in 2011 while covering Libya's civil war. With a gun to her head, she says, she was thinking, "Will I ever get my cameras back?"

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California about what he expects from the former special counsel's testimony. NPR's Ryan Lucas weighs in on the conversation.

For the past two weeks, thousands of Afghans have arrived in the U.S. Many have passed through a huge makeshift processing center in Virginia. NPR reporters got an exclusive look inside the facility.

Americans forfeit millions of paid days off every year. And many U.S. workers now take shorter, partial-week vacations. But even a mini-break can be good for your health.

NPR's Steve Inskeep and Leila Fadel talk about the parallels in the domestic policies of Hungary and the U.S.

Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay.

With Bashar al-Assad gone, survivors of his regime's chemical attacks share their stories. NPR met a father who was forced for years to stay silent about how his children were killed.

NPR's Pien Huang weighs in on RFK Jr.'s skepticism of conventional public health expertise and his recommendation to remove fluoride from the drinking water.

Russia is pushing to take over all of eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, where one resident tells NPR that she feels her "life depends on how our guys at the front hold on."

Airlines are canceling hundreds of flights to comply with the FAA's order. But there are still questions about the plan, which the agency says will keep the skies safe during the government shutdown.

The top two winners of the 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition were selected from more than 50,000 entries worldwide. They are a biologist from France and a 10-year-old from India.

The White House wants to fight climate change in ways that also remove economic and racial disparities. The city of Cleveland has a plan that describes what that might mean.

Judges push back on Trump's immunity claim. Defense Secretary Austin suffered complications from prostate cancer surgery. With nine days to avoid a government shutdown, what is Congress working on?

Polls show young male voters who once supported Biden moving to Trump. We ask why that is and what the Democrats can do to turn the trend around.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David Brooks of The New York Times, and Betsy Woodruff of The Daily Beast discuss this week's impeachment inquiry hearings.

On Jan. 3, the new Congress — the 119th — officially began its duties. Once Donald Trump is sworn in as president on Jan. 20, Republicans will have unified control of government. But particularly in the House, the margin will be close.

Dockworkers' strike is suspended. Harris campaign tries to show it's on top of October surprises. Memphis jury convicts three ex-police officers on some charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols.

Los Angeles Times CEO and Publisher Ross Levinsohn has been a defendant in two sexual harassment lawsuits; female colleagues have repeatedly challenged his conduct in the workplace at various firms.

Scientists fear last Saturday's Haiti earthquake is further proof the country faces more strong temblors along its southern fault line in the coming years.