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An open letter from 175 experts to President Biden made the ask. "We're not trying to be unreasonable," explains Dr. Paul Farmer, one of the signers. "We're trying to be optimistic and audacious."

In Mexico, half of Congress is now female and seven of the country's 32 governors are women. This is partly due to changing attitudes but also to federally mandated gender equality laws.

President Biden went to Capitol Hill to press progressives and moderates to stay together on a massive spending bill that expands government and will need to pass without GOP support.

Employees are pressuring Disney to take a stronger stand against legislation that limits instruction on homosexuality and transgender issues. Florida's governor says he'll sign the bill soon.

Scurry discusses the brain injury that derailed her life. Kevin Whitehead reviews Tyshawn Sorey's Mesmerism. Journalist Scott Higham says the U.S. opioid industry operated like a drug cartel.

As the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan last year, Marine Corps veteran Elliot Ackerman was frantically rebuilding a network of old allies to help desperate Afghans escape.

Pfizer says data supports its request for Food and Drug Administration approval of a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine about six months after the second dose in people 16 years and older.

Connecticut is ranked fifth in the nation for overall child well-being, according to the latest KIDS Count Data Book. It's the first time the state has…

What's it like to live with ghosts? What if you sense them, but you're not quite sure they're there? These questions are at the heart of a new picture book illustrated and written by Oliver Jeffers.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Nina Khrushcheva, professor at The New School in New York, about what Russian President Putin could gain, and what Russia stands to lose in a standoff over Ukraine.