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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the Illinois Democrat about the Support Through Loss Act, which would require employers to offer three days of paid leave to workers who've experienced pregnancy loss.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Amalia Dache of the University of Pennsylvania about race in Cuban society, and why Afro-Cubans have been at the forefront of recent protests.

A program in Germany teaches refugee women how to ride bikes as a way to build confidence and integrate themselves into a new society.

Los Angeles joins California, New York City and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced new, more stringent policies, and possible penalties, to push vaccination among their employees.

Standing atop the podium where no Filipino had stood before, a tearful Hidilyn Diaz, who serves in the Philippine air force, snapped off a salute.

Simone Biles, arguably the greatest gymnast in history, says she feels like the "the weight of the world" is on her shoulders.

Two GOP nominees are rejected from a panel set to probe the Capitol riot. States reach a $26 billion national opioid settlement. Maria Taylor is leaving ESPN after a colleague's remark about race.

Aiming to make a record that fans would still listen to decades later, George Clinton and Funkadelic mixed R&B, psychedelic rock and a Black guitar hero's cry.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Najib Sharifi, president of the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee, about the dangers of being an Afghan journalist as the Taliban gain ground in Afghanistan.

The U.S. and Germany have reached an agreement that will allow a controversial Russian natural gas pipeline, Nord Stream 2, to be completed, without incurring American sanctions.