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We talk with the authors of Why Nations Fail about whether the Capitol insurrection is a sign that our nation is failing and, if so, whether there's anything we can do about it.

When "Morning Edition" host Amy Eddings was a kid, she longed for an owners' manual for life, with chapters on how to make friends and how to get your brothers to stop bugging you. The podcast "We Got You" aims to be that kind of a guide.

UPDATE 10:30 A.M. NEW YEAR'S DAY 2021: My old pal Norm Clarke, the former Cincinnati Associated Press writer who was the man-about-town columnist for...

Israel aims to vaccinate 25% of its citizens by end of January but the country has not provided any to the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza, which are scrambling for shots.

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NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, about plans to make coronavirus vaccines free to Medicare and Medicaid recipients.

Rev. Al Sharpton spoke with NPR about his new book Rise Up. Of George Floyd's death, he said: "I had begun to see, by the time of the funeral, there had been a movement that was unlike others."

The first 2020 presidential debate in Cleveland Tuesday will bring the election into focus for some voters. For many, the coronavirus pandemic is top of mind as the candidates face off. But has the pandemic affected who is getting your vote? For Akron resident Jacob Liebler, President Donald Trump’s response to the pandemic is one of the factors in his choice not to vote for him. The president was slow to respond to the emerging threat of the outbreak and wasn’t transparent about it, Liebler said.

As college campuses grapple with outbreaks of coronavirus infections, research from the CDC suggests young adults are driving infection rates, putting older, more vulnerable people at risk.

The all-but-spoken reason is that it is unlikely the new Congress, sworn in Jan. 3, wants to keep trying to impeach President Trump — unless he refuses to leave office.