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The U.S. has hit more than 900,000 deaths from COVID-19 — yet another once-unimaginable new toll. And the number of people dying every day is still rising.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at the University of Texas in Austin, about the law that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Could it mean the end to Roe v. Wade?

A new art installation will be unveiled this month in Detroit in remembrance of those lost to or impacted by COVID-19. Artist Sonya Clark explains the meaning of The Healing Memorial.

Congress has approved billions of dollars in rental assistance. But a new Treasury Department report shows that only 11% of that money has been distributed.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jon Finer, Deputy National Security Adviser, on Russia's plans after the White House accused it of staging a false attack by Ukrainian forces to justify invading Ukraine.

One in 4 Asian Americans fear they may be attacked because of their race or ethnicity, according to a new NPR poll. Native Americans and Blacks also fear the rise in racially motivated violence.

The hip-hop artist's book features a little boy named Darryl who learns to overcome bullies and speak his poetry.

Many took offense to Vogue France's caption, accusing the magazine of hypocrisy given France's political campaigns against Muslim headscarves.

The new season of the NPR podcast Rough Translation focuses on the growing divide between civilians and the military. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to the podcast co-host Quil Lawrence.

The estate of Henrietta Lacks has filed a lawsuit against Thermo Fisher Scientific, which sells a commercial line of HeLa tissue, accusing the corporation of profiting from Lacks' "stolen" cells.