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At 92, Cameroon's President aul Biya is running for an eighth term on Sunday — a reminder of how Africa's aging leaders continue to cling to power, even as their nations face unrest, corruption, and calls for change.

Greene County Attorney Thomas Laehn is running for the U.S. Senate as a Libertarian. He's the first and only Libertarian to be elected to public office in Iowa’s history. Laehn said Iowans are ready for something besides the two-party system.

National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11. To celebrate and honor LGBTQ+ people who have come out and those who want to, NPR readers share how they told their loved ones.

Decades of metamorphosis and drag performer Joey Arias is far from his final form.

The Trump administration is working with right-wing influencers to shape the public's understanding of protests against ICE in Portland, Ore.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Rhett Miller about his new album "A lifetime of riding by night" and having vocal chord surgery just after recording.

Two women's lives, 2000 years apart: NPR's Scott Simon talks with Anna North about her novel "Bog Queen," in which a modern investigator is called to examine a body found in a British bog.

Susan Orlean chronicles the lives of others in "The New Yorker" and her books, like "The Orchid Thief." Orlean turns her skills inward with a memoir. NPR's Scott Simon talks to her about "Joyride."

In the aftermath of a deadly militant attack in Kashmir in April, authorities have expelled more than 1,500 Muslims from India, often at gunpoint.

Alexandra is among the people who lost their jobs for posting about the conservative influencer's death. She described the online mob that got her fired as "state-sponsored censorship."