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Nsé Ufot, CEO of the New Georgia Project, speaks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about her view of Democrats' voting rights efforts ahead of the president and vice president's visit to Georgia this week.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Sen. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat from Colorado, about the spending proposal his party announced this week that addresses health care and climate change.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Ambassador Dan Feldman, who knew impeachment witness David Holmes from 2007-2015. He respected Holmes even after Holmes filed a constructive dissent against his office.

Several actors who survived the Russian bombing of a theater in Mariupol are now in Ukraine's far west. They went back on stage over the weekend for the first time since the war began.

A songwriting dispute left the Britpop band bereft of royalties from its biggest hit, "Bitter Sweet Symphony." More than 20 years later, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have signed over their rights.

The prisoners are soldiers who were part of a unit that held out for months in Mariupol while being surrounded by Russian forces. Ukraine and Russia are accusing each other in the attack.

Marianna Kiyanovska lives in Ukraine, but she's reading her poetry at more than a dozen U.S. universities in October. Her latest poetry collection is called The Voices of Babyn Yar.

London art student Svitlana Dolbysheva was back in Ukraine for the holidays working for a foreign TV crew in Kharkiv when a Russian missile hit the hotel where she was staying. She was badly injured.

Student debt cancellation is a prominent issue among young voters, but it's not the sole driving issue organizers are pushing before Election Day.

Actor Adam Driver will wave the green flag to start Sunday's race. In keeping with the speed theme, the Indiana native will also be playing racecar driver and auto tycoon Enzo Ferrari in a new film.

In this week's science roundup from Short Wave, we discuss "chirps" of radiation from space, contagious urination among chimps, and the meltiness of vegan cheese.

For three years, the U.S. has been Ukraine's leading supporter in its war with Russia. Yet with a series of stunning moves, President Trump is now sounding more aligned with Russia than with Ukraine.

Ukraine has dealt with repeated Russian cyberattacks. NPR's A Martinez talks to Volodymyr Omelyan, an ex-minister for infrastructure, about what makes his country vulnerable to an attack from Russia.

The U.S. government is telling Americans it's "past time" to leave Ukraine. But James Berk, an optician from New Jersey, has a Ukrainian wife and a newborn baby. For now, they're staying put.

Xylazine is a veterinary sedative, but it's now being mixed into illegal drugs like heroin or cocaine.

The Russia and Ukraine peace process has stalled and there is no deal in sight. But European leaders are nonetheless working to come up with ways to help secure Ukraine if and when a deal is made.

Myanmar is slipping deeper into danger as the newly installed military junta asserts control. But police raids against opposition figures and critics have done little to deter ongoing protests.

Efforts continue to de-escalate the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Olympic star Mikaela Shiffrin fails to finish 2nd race. California will drop its indoor mask mandate — some areas will keep them in place.

At least 120 foundations collectively received more than $7.5 million from the program that was set up to help small businesses during the pandemic. Critics say they didn't need a taxpayer subsidy.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David Brooks of The New York Times, and Betsy Woodruff of The Daily Beast discuss this week's impeachment inquiry hearings.