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James Ainsworth has been using a wheelchair for 18 years. With everyone using FaceTime and Zoom for work and socializing, he now feels more included.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Nicolas Morales about his recent opinion piece in the LA Times. It documents his experience in an ICE detention facility during the coronavirus pandemic.

As the pandemic consumes the U.S., the Space Force is moving ahead with recruitment.

"This pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they're doing," Obama told students from historically black colleges and universities.

In a Saturday broadcast, a star-studded event honored high school seniors who didn't get the traditional graduation because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Theaters across the country have commissioned playwrights to create short plays that anyone can download and perform at home or online with friends and family. The initiative is called Play at Home.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Aevar Palmason, who lives in Iceland, about an app the country is using to track people who may have been exposed to COVID-19.

Mexico's president says the country must adapt to the "new normal" and will reopen businesses this week, despite the fact that coronavirus cases are surging, taxing hospitals and funeral homes.

To stop COVID-19 infections, hospitals set tight restrictions on visitors. That's especially challenging for elderly patients or those with disabilities who can't speak or communicate without help.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Bill Richardson, former ambassador to the UN, about the recent firing of State Department inspector general Steve Linick.