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Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide. The shootings took place on the third night of protests following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with author Eula Biss about her new book. Having and Being Hadattempts to answer questions on capitalism: What is it? Is it inevitable? And how do we live outside it?

The president's push to overturn the election is turning GOP voters against Republican state leaders in Georgia, just before close runoff elections that could have lasting national implications.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with law professor Edward Foley about the Electoral College process and the long-term ramifications of Republican efforts to overturn the election results.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips and GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson, members of the bipartisan group Problem Solvers Caucus, about the latest on COVID-19 relief talks.

The NPR stories that hit home in 2020 explain the complicated reality of life during a pandemic. They highlight moments of grace, surprise and persistence – and sometimes, stark disagreement.

Recently, the idea of contact tracing has triggered some colorful misinformation campaigns. It's actually a tried-and-true public health tool that can curb the spread of the coronavirus.

At the international AIDS conference last week — held virtually — concerns were shared about the impact of the novel coronavirus on efforts to fight AIDS.

Many of those institutions hung on year-to-year even before the pandemic. Now COVID-19 threatens to cut off the oxygen sustaining these schools, and the sports programs that drive enrollment.

A U.S. firebombing campaign targeted Toyama and other Japanese cities, killing 180,000 before the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, write geographer Cary Karacas and historian David Fedman.