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Educators in Florida, with the backing of the state's largest teachers union, sued the governor and other state officials for trying to require schools to reopen in the middle of a COVID-19 surge.

The country's citizenship minister and education minister separately announced their diagnoses on social media the same day that the country announced a grim new milestone in the pandemic.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, about how to implement public health interventions that could turn the tide on the coronavirus pandemic.

Restaurants are getting squeezed. How many will survive? And what should we do about it?

NPR's David Greene talks to Chicago Tribune reporter Gregory Pratt about the possibility of 150 Department of Homeland Security agents being sent to Chicago by President Trump to tamp down violence.

The singer and songwriter plays four new songs from his home in Cornwall, accompanied by a modular synthesizer and fronted by Adams' gifted falsetto.

We look back on the life of John Lewis, the civil rights icon and congressman who dedicated himself to the fight for racial equality. From his emergence on the national stage during the March on Washington in 1963 to his decades as a symbol of moral authority on Capitol Hill, we remember the man and his legacy of public service.

Lewis, who died July 17, grew up the son of sharecroppers. He later became an associate of Martin Luther King and co-led the 1965 civil rights march in Selma, Ala. Originally broadcast in 2009.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Pamela Newkirk, author of the book Diversity, Inc., about a spike in hiring diversity officers and why they are not set up to succeed.

Early data suggest the pandemic may be driving up overdoses. Author Barbara Andraka-Christou says the solution to the addiction crisis is right before us: Improve access to life-saving medication.