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I had gone home to rural Zimbabwe for the holiday. In the village shop, two skinny young boys came in to buy cooking oil and bread. They hoped to use any leftover change to buy treats.

Because of COVID-19, the Census Bureau says it can no longer deliver 2020 census results by the legal deadlines and needs extensions. So far, only Democrats have shown support for that request.

As Wednesday's tally of the Electoral College vote highlighted a bitter divide between the parties, the Capitol went into a lockdown because of protests.

President Trump met with governors at the White House on Monday to discuss gun policy and school safety. Colorado's Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper talks to Rachel Martin about the meeting.

The Boy Scouts of America may drop its ban against gay members and leaders, just a dozen years after winning the right to maintain the policy at the U.S. Supreme Court. A lawyer who has written extensively about gay Americans, discrimination and the Scouts discusses what might be going on.

Secretaries of state and election officials are meeting in Washington on the brink of a significant test of the nation's elections expected in the coming presidential campaign.

A broad new national survey examines media use among children and teenagers and the very different ways young people are using their devices.

NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with Mark Clifford, former editor in chief of the South China Morning Post, about how freedoms in Hong Kong have been transformed by the national security law.

Political Arena is giving players a front row seat to all the ins and outs — and yeah, even the ugliness — of national politics.

The book associated with The New York Times Magazine initiative, The 1619 Project, has been a best seller. The project aims to reframe the scope of American history through the lens of slavery.