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Of the more than 2 million children of U.S. servicemen and women, about 5,000 right now have suffered the loss of a parent in the past decade.

The Top Dawg singer's new album is as dreamy as we all hoped it would be. Code Switch and NPR Music tapped in a few members of the NPR fam to chat with us about how SZA and Ctrl resonates with them.

We here at NPR have a proprietary interest in the new novel from former KUOW producer Rachel Lynn Solomon: It's a sparky enemies-to-lovers romance set at a public radio station.

Black men make up a strikingly large percentage of the approximately 3,100 inmates on death row. The ratio of white to black inmates serving death sentences has remained steady since 2000.

In her new memoir for young adults, Woodson uses free verse to tell the story of growing up in the 1960s and 1970s. Her work for young readers often touches on themes of race and identity.

The fast-casual chain announced it will be featuring original stories from famous writers in its restaurants. Missing from the equation? Mexican-American writers.

We talk to ESPN's Howard Bryant about the AFC and NFC championships coming up this weekend, the new NHL seasons and the latest with the Tokyo Olympics.

The Italian singer's Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST performance highlights her mix of old and new, of traditional music and modern technology

Greengrass talks about his film, News of the World.Maureen Corrigan reviews Nadia Owusu's memoir, Aftershocks. Exercisedauthor Daniel Lieberman says the idea of "getting exercise" is relatively new.

North Carolina has a new resident that weighs more than 1,000 pounds. His name is Payton. He is a polar bear.

It's the third-largest lotto jackpot in U.S. history. The odds of winning the top prize were 1 in 302.5 million.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with labor activist Dolores Huerta about President Biden's decision to display a bust of the late labor icon Cesar Chavez behind his desk in White House.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Dr. David Michaels, former head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, about the president's move to strengthen workplace safety rules during the pandemic.

President Biden is only the nation's second Catholic president, but his position on abortion rights is at odds with the church.

Director Fernando Frías de la Parra's Netflix film I'm No Longer Here is Mexico's entry for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. "He's truly original," says Roma director Alfonso Cuarón.

State GOP members passed resolutions to condemn three party leaders who they said failed to support former President Donald Trump: Gov. Doug Ducey, former Sen. Jeff Flake and Cindy McCain.

Elisapie is a resounding advocate of First Nations culture in Canada. Watch her set from Tiny Desk Meets globalFEST.

Facebook oversight board co-chair Jamal Greene tells NPR about what the board is considering as it weighs whether to allow Donald Trump back onto Facebook and Instagram.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Naomi Watts about her role in the new movie Penguin Bloom.Watts plays a woman adjusting to life in a wheelchair after an accident.

President Biden will begin his first full week in the White House. Many of the executive orders he's been signing and will sign this week are part of a plan he laid out for his first 10 days.