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One small startup in Portland, Ore., is helping place former gang members and others involved in gun violence into well-paying green energy jobs.

We look at the Republican filibuster of the January 6 Commsion, the ever-present, never passed Infrastructure Bill and how lawmakers will recieve President Bidnen's new $6 trillion spending proposal.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to chef and restaurateur Alice Waters about her slow food manifesto, We Are What We Eat.

You've heard of "dog moms." Now get ready for "plant parents." More people are discovering their green thumb as interior design and social media trends expose people to beautiful flora in all shapes and sizes.

The late Marine Cpl. Josh Dunne struggled with service-related traumatic brain injury and severe PTSD. At StoryCorps, his wife and sister-in-law remember his inspiring spirit and boisterous energy.

"Time Traveler," Nnenna Freelon's first new album in more than a decade, is a passionate expression of love enduring as she grieves the loss of her husband and other family members.

A Skagit Valley Chorale rehearsal early last year became a deadly COVID-19 superspreader event. Now, the group is figuring out how to come back together and reforge the bonds of a community choir.

Jason Rezaian, writer for the Washington Post's Global Opinions section, discusses the arrests of journalists in Belarus and Myanmar and what they say about authoritarian leaders' tactics.

Ohio officials decided on a one-million-dollar jackpot for a lottery exclusively for vaccinated Ohioans. It appears to be paying off, with a spike in the number of those getting the shots.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Andre Perry, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, about a nationwide pandemic-era increase in Black-owned small businesses.