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Even as wealthy countries hit 80% vaccination rates, a number of countries have not even vaccinated 1 in 10 citizens. Our interactive map shows the vaccination landscape.

Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement Thursday. President Biden says he hasn't decided who will fill the vacancy, but says he will keep his promise to name a Black woman to the bench.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Isabelle Leighton of the Donors of Color Network, which has secured $100 million in pledges to fund environmental justice initiatives centered on communities color.

There are pinball leagues and tournaments big enough to fill a whole convention center. For NPR host Juana Summers, a league gave her a way to connect — and it led to some lifelong friendships.

Melissa Block talks to Bennett Roth of the Houston Chronicle about Texas State Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen. Roth is working on a profile of Owen. She is "an exceptional jurist," according to one former colleague. But a group opposed to her nomination to the federal bench calls Owen "an extremist jurist even by Texas standards."

A new study finds American companies are using remote work as a way to avoid giving workers raises; so much so that it's helping to moderate inflation.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Glenn Gerstell, former general counsel of the National Security Agency, about how presidents can declassify documents.

Gosling plays an assassin being chased by other assassins. That sounds exciting, but it isn't; it's a pileup of self-admiring one-liners and insanely violent but weirdly inconsequential action scenes.

Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman's expected return to the campaign trail comes as issues such as abortion rights and gun violence have taken on a new intensity.

While Estefania broke with her family's Mexican folklórico tradition of dance, she says her mother and uncles did manage to instill discipline and a love for dance and art in her soul.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell about the massive recovery needed after hurricane Ian.

The arrival of a new decade heralded new styles of music, and new challenges, for the jazz artists who met up at 821 Sixth Ave. in New York. And for the struggling photographer who documented it all, it was also the end of an era.

Traffic fatalities are on the rise across the United States. Yet in some parts of the country, efforts born from both tragedy and political will have seen the numbers move in a different direction.

The White House is convening a day-long conference this week to review new proposals for tackling food insecurity and diet-related chronic disease.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Barbara McQuade, professor at University of Michigan Law School and a former U.S. attorney, about the unsealing of former President Donald Trump's search warrant.

All Songs Considered's list of the 50 most important recordings of the decade continues, from OutKast to Sigur Ros.

Brady and Bundchen posted statements on Instagram Friday, with each saying they had "amicably" reached the decision, months after Brady's decision to unretire. They have two children together.

China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower and Never Turn Back: China and the Forbidden History of the 1980s offer a look at the future of China's Communist Party.

Polls found that young people were among the least likely to vote this fall. But the end of Roe v. Wade has helped boost voter registration among them. Other issues are also important to young voters.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Sathnam Sanghera about his book "Empireland," which explores how Britain's imperialist history has shaped the country — and world — today.