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Navy Rear Adm. John Polowczyk, supply chain task force lead at FEMA, speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on Sunday.

States, Hospitals Say They're Still Not Getting Vital Supplies To Fight COVID-19

President Trump says the government's procurement and distribution system is "a fine-tuned machine," but many hospitals and state governors say they're struggling to get what they need.

GOP-Controlled State Legislatures Are Taking A Sharp Right Turn, Journalist Says

Atlantic writer Ron Brownstein says Republican-led states are passing voting rights restrictions and other conservative bills as a backlash against Democratic control of Congress and the White House.

The quest to be Oakland’s next Youth Poet Laureate

Poet laureates reign across the country, representing different cities and states like kings and queens of the written word. Often, they’re college…

Christine Baranski On Putting Up A 'Good Fight' During 'This Dystopian Era'

Baranski started her career in theater and now stars as a progressive lawyer in The Good Fight. "I was a passionate acting student and nothing was going to stop me," the Emmy Award-winning actor says.

A Stonewall Jackson statue is loaded on a truck after being removed from Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., on Wednesday.

Revisiting Sacred Cows: Which Figures From History Do We Honor, And How?

Statues have been taken down; names scrubbed from institutions. The national reckoning over race has reenergized debates over historical figures and the scrutiny goes beyond Confederate monuments.

White flags planted by volunteers visualize lives lost in the U.S. to COVID-19 as part of an installation by artist Suzanne Firstenberg in Washington, D.C. The death toll has now reached 300,000.

How Do We Grieve 300,000 Lives Lost?

Eleven months into the COVID-19 crisis, an unimaginable death toll has been reached. NPR spoke to doctors, nurses and the bereaved about how they face loss every day.

Senate To Vote Friday On Whether To Allow Impeachment Witnesses

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Claudia Grisales and Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma about the Senate impeachment trial, and the possibility of witnesses being called to testify.

Two days before Christine Rayburn was scheduled to have a cancerous tumor removed, the hospital canceled the surgery, part of a wave of cancellations of "elective" surgeries during the coronavirus pandemic. But Rayburn's surgeon fought back and got the surgery back on the schedule 10 days later.

As Coronavirus Strains Hospitals, Cancer Patients Face Treatment Delays, Uncertainty

Hospitals are being forced to delay or cancel certain medical procedures so they can focus resources on treatment of COVID-19, disrupting ongoing care for people with other serious illnesses.

Employers desperate for workers are turning to signing bonuses and other hiring incentives, even for positions that pay a low hourly wage.

A $500 Sign-On Bonus To Deliver Pizzas? Here's What To Know About Hiring Incentives

Employers from Amazon to Disney World are offering big hiring incentives right now. While they're a great tool for employers, they're not always as good for workers.

Richard Donner attends a 2017 tribute to his work.

Director Richard Donner, A Pioneer In The Action-Adventure Genre, Has Died

Donner directed 1978's Superman — which is in the National Film Registry — as well as The Goonies and the Lethal Weapon franchise. He was 91.

U.S. Tensions With Its Global Allies Are On Display At G-7 Summit

NPR's David Greene talks to Amanda Sloat of the Brookings Institution, and David Rennie of The Economist magazine, about the global standing of the U.S. The G-7 meetings in France wrap up Monday.

People Who Have Addictions Face Increasing Isolation Amid Pandemic

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with a member of Alcoholics Anonymous about addiction in the time of the coronavirus.

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