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Oakland, Calif., has named its first Poet Laureate. Dr. Ayodele Nzinga — also known as WordSlanger — will serve a two-year term aimed at making poetry more accessible to Oaklanders.
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Scott Simon recounts some of the lives lost to gun violence in the past weeks, in and out of the spotlight.
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This week, President Joe Biden held his first press conference. Ron Elving, NPR's Senior Washington Correspondent, tells us how he did.
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The gun used in the Boulder, Colorado mass killing looked like an assault-style rifle, but it's actually a pistol. That complicates the firearm definitions as lawmakers try to pass gun control laws.
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Myanmar's security forces have cracked down on new protests as the leaders of its military junta marked Armed Forces Day. Dozens of protesters are believed to be dead.
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As Biden stated, crossings often rise during the early months of the year as the weather improves. But the number of unaccompanied children arriving is considerably higher than in the recent years.
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Hancock County cut ties with a lawmaker over Georgia's new voting bill. Residents in the majority-Black area said Barry Fleming's work as county attorney was incompatible with the bills he supported.
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The horseradish on Seder tables may be more poignant on this second pandemic Passover. It symbolizes the bitterness of slavery. Hardships change and so do the rituals that mark them.
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Athletes in the women's NCAA tournament say their workout facilities are far from equal to those afforded the athletes in the men's NCAA tournament.
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One surprise from the pandemic: some small museums have found new audiences online for their programs. Christy Coleman, executive director of the Jamestown-Yorktown Federation, talks about it.
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Scott Simon asks Selena Alderson, a school counselor in Grants Pass, Ore., how middle school students feel about returning to classrooms.
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Michael Hanson, director of Minnesota's Office of Traffic Safety, tells Scott Simon why he thinks roads have become more dangerous even though the pandemic has reduced traffic.