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The spread of COVID-19, the ensuing economic crisis and the reckoning around social injustice has made 2020 a year like none other. NPR wanted to know how these events might shape political choices.

Does a nation in the midst of an historic pandemic and deep political division still need satire? We ask veteran satirist Samantha Bee.

Attorney Benjamin Crump tweets the news of Jacob Blake's condition Tuesday — and adds he is praying it is not permanent. Blake was shot in the back by police in Wisconsin on Sunday.

NPR reviewed sex offender registry databases nationwide and found a system with myriad problems, including tens of thousands of convicted offenders who law enforcement have lost track of.

President Trump gets higher marks for handling the economy than just about anything else, despite presiding over the worst recession since the Great Depression.

Doctors are researching why some patients remain unconscious for days or weeks, even after sedating drugs are withdrawn. They also worry that these patients aren't being given time to recover.

The number of deaths has been slowly ticking down, but remains well above the totals seen in the early months of the pandemic. More than 175,000 in the U.S. have now died, according to the CDC.

We take a look the life of media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who escaped Mainland China for Hong Kong in the hole of a fishing boat to become one of the territory's richest men.

The bill, which provides $25 billion in aid, was passed in a rare Saturday session and requires the Postal Service to prioritize mail-in ballots this November. It's unlikely to advance in the Senate.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sen. Gary Peters, ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, about his reactions to Postmaster Gen. DeJoy's testimony.