Ari Shapiro

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Andy Slavitt, former senior adviser to President Biden's pandemic response team, about the White House's latest efforts to combat the coronavirus.

After fleeing Somalia some 30 years ago, Dhalac became this country's first Somali-American mayor earlier this month, elected in a city that's 90% white.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Maryland Congressman Anthony Brown about the Defense Department's report on Monday about extremism in the military.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with California Attorney General Rob Bonta about a recent spate of "smash and grab" incidents at California retailers.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Deqa Dhalac, who recently became the first Somali-American mayor in the United States.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Twila Moon, co-editor of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 2021 Arctic Report Card, which shows oceans warming and sea ice disappearing.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with COP26 president Alok Sharma about promises and agreements made at the recent climate summit in Glasgow and what more needs to be done.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Reverend Don Odom Jr., the social justice ministry leader at Houston's Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, about how Texas' redistricting plan will impact his community.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with election lawyer Ben Ginsberg on his National Review article calling to reform the Electoral Count Act, which spells out how Congress calculates the electoral college vote.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Saad Omer about the effectiveness of travel bans now that the omicron variant has been discovered in the United States.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Hillary Schneller, senior staff attorney for the Center for Reproductive Rights, who was in the courtroom for Wednesday's Supreme Court arguments.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with O. Carter Snead, law professor at Notre Dame, about the legal standing for anti-abortion arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

NPR's Ari Shapiro chats with Madhu Pai, a global health expert at McGill University, about the state of vaccine deliveries to Africa and the global south.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Jamila Perritt, president and CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health, on what's at stake in the Mississippi abortion law that is being heard by the Supreme Court.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kareem Smith, a journalist with 'Barbados Today,' about the country removing the Queen of England as its head of state and what that means for Barbadians moving forward.

The new infrastructure legislation makes money available to remove potentially poisonous pipes around the country. In Flint, Mich., mistrust runs deeper than the plumbing does.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Phil Bryant, the former governor of Mississippi who signed a bill that bans abortions after 15 weeks. The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments over the law.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Marcus Arbery, the father of Ahmaud Arbery, and attorney Ben Crump about the guilty verdicts reached in the trial over the killing of Ahmaud.

NPR's Ari Shapiro checks in with Brooke Neubauer, who owns a non-profit in Las Vegas, Nev., about how the community she serves is holding up as food prices surge.

The 2021 NPR Books We Love list is here. NPR's Ari Shapiro shares one of his favorite books from this year, Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith.