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The author of the new memoir, Sigh, Gone, fled Saigon with his family in 1975, and faced rejection and bullying in the Pennsylvania town where he grew up.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Ralph Daniel, who broke into a Pennsylvania FBI office in 1971. He is only now speaking out about his role.

The COVID-19 crisis has forced us to move almost everything online. But more than one-third of the U.S. population in rural areas has little or no access to the Internet.

The Voice of America has begun a daily radio show in Rohingya, the language spoken by Muslim refugees who have been forced to flee Myanmar. The program is called "Lifeline."

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Romer has an idea for reopening the country that balances health concerns with the need to conduct business. NPR's David Greene talks to Romer about his plan.

Morning Edition visits three states — Maine, Kansas, and Wisconsin — to hear how the government shutdown is affecting federal employees and the Americans who rely on their work.

San Francisco hopes to unveil a new art installation in Golden Gate Park honoring the first Africans in America in time for Juneteenth.

The Chicago 7 were activists who were charged with conspiring to start a riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Jon Wiener's 2006 book, recently reprinted, is Conspiracy in the Streets.

Ronny Chieng finds America amazing, sometimes appalling, and often very funny. He talks with NPR's Scott Simon about his new Netflix special Asian Comedian Destroys America!

Some businesses and activists want to end prolonged closures that were imposed to block the spread of the coronavirus. Health experts warn a premature opening could create another surge of the virus.

Iota diminished to a Category 1 hurricane within hours of its landfall in Nicaragua. Still, as the second strong storm to hit the region in as many weeks, Iota bears grave dangers for residents.

In the futuristic, dystopian film Reign of Fire, dragons that sleep below the surface of the Earth are awakened, and they fly up and destroy major cities. The movie is set in the far-off year of 2020.