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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with columnist Steven Petrow about the etiquette of vaccines and gatherings as the pandemic continues.

NPR's Mary Louise talk with Dr. Aharon Sareli of Memorial Healthcare System in Florida and Dr. Adriano Goffi of Altus Lumberton Hospital in Texas about how COVID-19 surges are affecting their staffs.

Doctors are using conscientious objection to turn down patients. Religious anti-abortion clinics are springing up. Advocates say abortion rights are under threat again in Romania.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with reporter Taylor Lorenz about the online subscription service OnlyFans announcing that it will bar sexually explicit content from its site starting in October.

One Los Angeles school is working technology into the learning process while avoiding traditional screen-time pitfalls.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with political commentators, Jonathan Capehart of the Washington Post and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss the deadly shooting of Dallas police officers and the FBI's recommendation not to indict Hillary Clinton in the email case.

Policies mandating company approval before talking publicly about conditions in hospitals have been a source of conflict. An appeals court decision could lead to a change in those policies.

50 years ago, on August 1, 1971, the Concert for Bangladesh, led by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, raised funds — and awareness — for Bengali refugees. What's the legacy of this landmark event?

For decades, Johnny Fox has been a beloved figure at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. Even as he battles serious health problems, Fox is back on stage this fall, thanks to support from friends.

Putting on a wedding in New York City can be financial suicide. But one young couple, profiled in Fast Company, say they priced their upcoming celebration at just $10,000 by using online startups.

The number of people who identify as Native American on the U.S. Census has soared in recent years, which raises a lot of concerns in Native communities about people falsely claiming Native identity.

Danica Roem is a trailblazing figure as the first openly trans person elected to a state legislature in the U.S. Her new "memoir-meets-manifesto" explores her personal and political journey.

Legislators in Kansas are pushing bills to expand exemptions for school vaccines, allowing religious exemptions for all vaccine requirements without families having to provide any proof of their beliefs. Similar bills are being introduced around the nation.

A father whose fourth-grade daughter was killed in the attack, said he raced to the school and raised the idea of charging into the school with several other bystanders.

After the Taliban takeover, family members — even spouses — were sometimes separated during U.S. evacuation efforts. Now a global network of volunteers are trying to bring out those left behind.

Elon Musk is trying to buy Twitter in a $43 billion takeover, which the company's board is attempting to resist. What's at stake, and where is all this going?

The Virginia lawmaker is the first openly transgender U.S. state legislator. In her new memoir, she embraces the idea of using what was written about her to empower her to tell her story.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to author Rusha Latif, who embedded herself with Egyptian revolutionaries, and writes about what the world can learn from a defeated revolt in Tahrir's Youth.

Parents of autistic children are clamoring for a prescription vitamin promoted by federal health officials. But there's little evidence the drug will help.

The air quality is plummeting in many parts of North America as the Canadian wildfires continue to burn. We find out how other cities around the world deal with the challenge of living with toxic air.

New York on Tuesday became the latest state in the nation to move to force schools to do away with the use of Native American team names or mascots. Those that don't comply risk losing their funding.

Ben Folds reflects on his songwriting process, injecting empathy into lyrics, and why he believes that "we don't need any new albums."

In New Orleans, the lifelike representations have become a part of the city's tradition of social grieving and are a source of healing, especially in communities that have suffered from gun violence.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern about the aftermath of the 2019 Christchurch shooting and reforming the country's gun laws.

Paula Reed remembers walking out into the sunshine of a beautiful day when kids ran by yelling, "They've got guns."