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President Biden marks the approaching 1 million death toll from COVID in the U.S. More people have died from COVID-19 than died from AIDS in the US since that pandemic began decades ago.

Two women who reviewed hundreds of TikTok videos each week for violent and graphic content say the company ignored the psychological trauma they suffered on the job and pushed them to meet quotas.

Playwright David E. Talbert is on a star hunt for the next big actors in black urban theater. And he's taking that search to TV in the new reality series, Stage Black.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to William Jawando, a councilmember in Montgomery County, Md., and activist Laura Mitchell, about the impact of the FDA's approval of over-the-counter sales of Narcan.

Californians wait in line for Orange County's emergency dental clinic. Since the economic crisis, the state has cut back on services for people who would have been covered by Medi-Cal, the insurance program for the poor.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Soundtrack Show, Reservation Dogs, Janelle Monáe and more.

A Jean-Philippe Rameau opera, left unfinished at time of his death and recently completed by a musicologist, gets its premiere 280 years later, with extravagant costumes.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has slowed restorations of voting rights for the formerly incarcerated while failing to specify what criteria he's using, sparking a federal lawsuit.

An NPR investigation last year revealed that a number of VA centers were ejecting hundreds of caregivers from the program. The VA promised reform, but a year later few have returned to the program.

Blues legend Bo Diddley died yesterday at the age of 79, but his musical legacy lives on. Farai Chideya talks with Rob Fields, a music marketing executive and black rock blogger, about the musicians Diddley influenced and the current state of black rock and roll.

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman was reportedly escorted out of the White House, while Gordon Sondland was recalled from his post as ambassador to the European Union.

President Trump's tough "law and order" response to the protests over George Floyd's death has unleashed criticism from top military brass, and may even be dividing his own party.

The president has backed off his attacks on the Postal Service but continues to question the integrity of mail ballots, without providing any evidence.

People gathered in front of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center in uptown Monday with a call to defund police departments. The rally was organized…

After years of beefing up police presence in schools, members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board say they’re quietly looking into whether that…

Ever since the coronavirus pandemic started, Vanessa Jacome has been worried. The Latina mother and wife from Charlotte knew her family’s chances of…

QAnon, the Internet conspiracy theory, has spread across the Atlantic where it's helping fuel protests against coronavirus restrictions in the United Kingdom.

Multiple officials have now tested positive for the coronavirus following last week's ceremony for President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett.

One in six households reported missing or delaying paying bills just so they could buy food, an NPR poll says. And many are having trouble paying the rent, especially African Americans and Latinos.

Love is central to the work of Toni Morrison — she brought love to her examinations of Black life, and love itself was her enduring subject. But love isn't always a good or joyous thing in her work.