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David Sipress endured years of rejection before finally landing a gig with The New Yorker in '98. "I wasn't about to let all that rejection get in the way," he says. His new memoir is What's So Funny?

Many of the things people did to protect themselves from COVID are slowly becoming a thing of the past as we approach two years of living in the pandemic. But, many of the state’s Latino communities are still having trouble getting good information about resources for getting through the pandemic.

Federal prisons saw a significant rise in deaths during the pandemic years, NPR found. Of those who died from COVID-19, nearly all were elderly or had health conditions, and many had tried to get out.

Get caught up on the latest from the Iowa legislature here.

New Zealand was once heralded for its handling of COVID-19. But these days, infections are rising and the government is having to cope with unrest from anti-vaccination protesters.

NPR's Michel Martin visits the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, founded by attorney Bryan Stevenson, to memorialize the victims of lynchings that took place in the U.S. after the Civil War.

U.S. employers added 678,000 jobs in February as the unemployment rate fell to 3.8%, from 4% in January. The Federal Reserve hopes to curb inflation without stalling job growth.

The studies offer the strongest evidence to date of a link between the animals at the seafood market and the spread of SARS-CoV-2. A top virus sleuth gives the details.

Last year's numbers were the second highest since the Anti-Defamation League began tracking such incidents in 2017 and represented increasing levels of coordination and mobilization, the ADL says.

The opening track to the vibraphonist and composer's forthcoming album embodies a spirit of quiet humility and common purpose, with a deceptively simple motif that opens up through repetition.