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Despite vaccines and other precautions, COVID-19 is still here. NPR's Daniel Estrin asks former White House COVID adviser Andy Slavitt what he thinks could change the pandemic's trajectory.

Attacks on civilians have brought global violence to record levels. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to researcher Therése Pettersson at Uppsala University in Sweden.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with a woman desperately trying to get her grandmother out of a violent situation in Afghanistan.

Jones lost countless friends to the AIDS epidemic. He became an activist after Harvey Milk's assassination: "Meeting Harvey, seeing his death, it fixed my course." Originally broadcast Nov. 29, 2016.

The city's deputy mayor said the banner was removed because he received complaints that it was offensive to residents.

At least seven states have curriculum laws that limit how teachers can talk about LGBTQ relationships. Of all those laws, Arizona's is the only one that bans promoting "a homosexual life-style."

African TV execs say it's unlike any show for kids that's been produced and broadcast on the continent — especially with its focus on women presenters and scientists.

Last month, photographer Cayla Nimmo documented the scenes of Diné Pride in Window Rock, Ariz. The festivities were in the shadow of the Navajo Nation's same-sex marriage ban.

A German company's technology will allow electric vehicles to charge while driving. Electrified wire coils can be embedded beneath the road — similar to the wireless charging stations for your phone.

David Greene profiles Bertie Simmons, an 81-year-old former teacher who came out of retirement to take over as principal of Furr High School in Houston, Texas.

San Francisco’s District Attorney and Public Defender are demanding that the city’s Police Department stop using DNA collected from sexual assault survivors to incriminate them with unrelated crimes.

As students head back to classrooms, school leaders are making real-time decisions about how to keep everyone safe from the coronavirus.