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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Atul Gawande of USAID about the challenges facing low-income countries as they tackle continued COVID surges, a lack of monkey pox vaccines and climate disasters.

We asked people who immigrated to the United States what the day meant to them — and how their feelings about the holiday have changed since they first arrived.

The Supreme Court's ruling that curbs the power of the EPA will slow its ability to respond to the climate crisis, but "does not take the EPA out of the game," according to its administrator.

Inflation has affected the price of just about everything, from gas prices, to food, to housing. Across the country, Americans are rethinking their spending habits.

Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as Supreme Court Justice Thursday, filling the seat of outgoing Justice Stephen Breyer and becoming the first Black woman to serve on the country's highest court.

Only four countries in the world have a high level diplomat specifically assigned to handle LGBTQ issues. We spoke to three of them to hear what their work has taught them.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with envoys assigned to LGBTQ issues – the U.S.'s Jessica Stern, Italy's Fabrizio Petri and Argentina's Alba Rueda – about whether life is improving for queer people globally.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with illustrator and kids book writer Ian Falconer about his new picture book, Two Dogs.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Washington Free Beacon editor-in-chief Eliana Johnson and Washington Post politics reporter Amber Phillips about the overturning of Roe and developments on gun laws.

Is it a human in a costume? Is it a raccoon or a coyote? A mysterious creature was spotted recently outside the Amarillo Zoo in Texas, and the city is asking the public for help identifying it.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan about their new movie Father of the Bride, which is a fresh take on a familiar story: Dad finds out his daughter is getting married.

Internet Explorer officially retires Thursday. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Margaret O'Mara, professor at the University of Washington, about the embattled web browser's long history.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: songs to get you in a summer mood.

James Spooner's graphic memoir is The High Desert. It tells the story of how he discovered punk rock, and how it helped him find belonging and identity.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Downton Abbey executive producer Julian Fellowes about the latest chapter in the Crawley family's story, Downton Abbey: A New Era.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lawrence Gostin, professor of public health law at Georgetown, about the Public Health Service Act — which authorizes the CDC to set measures to combat disease spread.

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with Hanna Bergholm, the director of the new horror movie 'Hatching,' in which a girl finds a mysterious egg in the woods and nurtures it until it hatches.

Masks are now optional in many airports, subways and buses. But to understand why, you have to go back to 1944 when the Public Health Service Act was passed.

There's a frog playing drums, an alien on guitar and a humanoid with a TV for a head on vocals. If the cover of the Saga comic seems a bit confusing, you have some catching up to do.

Elon Musk has been in headlines for trying to buy Twitter, but one Harvard historian says his brand of capitalism goes back to his teen years and a particular reading of science fiction stories.