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Bayard Rustin was one of the most consequential architects of the civil rights movement in the '60s you may have never heard of. NPR's podcast Throughline has this profile.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Indivar Dutta-Gupta of the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality on the expanded child tax credit in the stimulus bill and how it'd reduce poverty among children.

U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt says he won't run for reelection. This follows him being criticized by some in his base for not challenging the presidential election results.

The trial against the police officer charged with killing George Floyd commences in Minneapolis this week. Jamiles Lartey of The Marshall project explains why convictions in cases like this are rare.

Jury selection for the Derek Chauvin trial is delayed as there is an effort to get clarity on the potential of a third-degree murder charge.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis about the mass shooting in Boulder on Monday.

AstraZeneca was chastised by a committee charged with reviewing its COVID-19 vaccine study results. AstraZeneca claimed a vaccine efficacy of 79%, but the committee said that was using outdated data.

A security assessment by retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré commissioned by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls for more officers, mobile fencing and other changes following the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Jill Biden recently announced a free community college provision would no longer be included in the administration's Build Back Better plan.

Athletes are confronting a dilemma: stay silent or speak out on human rights issues in China.