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Meme coins are popular these days with everyone from c-list celebrities to President Trump. Planet Money has the story of how they went from a one-off joke to a speculative frenzy worth billions.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with retired U.S. Army General Joseph Votel about the Pentagon shuttering offices focused on reducing harm to civilians during U.S. combat operations.

Hear an update on Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University student and protest leader arrested by ICE over the weekend. A federal judge has halted his deportation.

A green card holder's arrest for his activism raises questions about the rights of legal permanent residents. NPR talks with National Foundation for American Policy Executive Director Stuart Anderson.

NPR reflects on the cascading events of March 11, 2020, the day the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.

Dr. Sara Cody, health officer of Santa Clara County in Northern California, issued what's considered the first stay-at-home order of the pandemic. Hear about lessons she took from that experience.

U.S. stock markets fell again Monday. Investors are increasingly worried about President Trump's tariffs and if they will drive the United States into a recession.

This week, we begin a month of stories from Nancy, a groundbreaking LGBTQ podcast from WNYC that ended in 2020.

North Africa is enduring its seventh consecutive year of extreme heat and below-average rainfall. The drought has shrunk harvests and driven up the price of animal feed needed to raise livestock.

It’s wonderful that lit fests are coming out of their English cocoons. At this years Kolkata Literary Meet I noticed so many other Indian dialects on stage, often with an interpreter doing live translation.Finally it seems we are no longer lost in translation. Instead we are finding ourselves.

The Bay Area is home to a tradition of improvised group singing. In this episode, we find human connection through song. Then, we hear how one local performer teaches people how to go deep and explore their cultural roots through music. And, we explore what some people think they can tell about someone from the way they sound.

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested Tuesday on order of the International Criminal Court in connection with a case of crime against humanity.