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The nation's immigration courts are jammed with the asylum cases of some 60,000 unaccompanied minors who crossed the southern border last summer. There are 429,000 cases pending and only 223 judges.

The three vaccines available in the U.S. are safe and effective, but not ideal. Now, work is underway to create more convenient and potent vaccines, including a tablet and nasal spray.

As many Americans start thinking about what a self-quarantine might look like, author Celeste Headlee has some advice: Put down your phone. Her book explains how we're "overdoing and underliving."

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown about how her state is prepping for possible communal spread of the novel coronavirus.

Claims of racism are at the heart of a scandal within the organization Romance Writers of America — a powerful industry group with a lot more going for it than heaving bosoms and swarthy pirates.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Douglas Silliman, former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, about what tensions with pro-Iran protesters in Baghdad mean for U.S. interests in Iraq.

As wildfires on the West Coast force people to flee their homes, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Michael Palmer and Sue McAlister of Blue River, Oregon about their dramatic escape.

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar is suspending her presidential campaign, and the Democrat plans to endorse former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday night. Former Sen. Harry Reid also endorsed Biden.

Across the board, companies that make or sell cleaning and sanitizing products are seeing spikes in demand. Clorox shares hit an all-time high during the week of a major stock-market slump.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Rita Indiana, an award-winning Dominican novelist, about her album, Mandinga Times. It's her first after a decade hiatus from music.