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Across the country, there are ongoing controversies over how and if Black history should be taught in classrooms. Protests have ensued after a Missouri based school board dropped elective Black history and literature courses at its high schools.

With hunger growing in Gaza and aid down to a trickle, donor countries are increasingly resorting to airdrops to help desperate Palestinians.

The war in Gaza has become a growing issue in the US elections: what is President Biden doing to push for an end to the fighting?

A walk-out by South Korean doctors has hobbled the country's medical system. Most of them have defied a government ultimatum to return to work by Thursday.

President Biden and former President Donald Trump hold dueling events in Texas border towns. We look at what they said and what it means for November's election.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Anya Kamenetz about an Arabic-language remote learning program called "Ahlan Simsim." It's a show by the Sesame Workshop, created for Syrian refugees.

Jacob Collier's latest record is the culmination of a four-album project he calls Djesse. NPR's Ari Shapiro chats with Collier about the power of the human voice and the growth of a prodigy.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's legacy is defined by his work to push the judiciary to the right.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with astrobiologists Catherine Neish and Kevin Hand about missions to Saturn's moon Titan and Jupiter's moon Europa, to search for conditions that could support life.

For a few weeks each year, Horsetail Fall at Yosemite national park glows gold just before sunset. They call it the "Firefall." But it only happens if conditions are perfect.