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Children automatically get dental coverage through Affordable Care Act policies, and adults can buy dental insurance if they wish. That's one of the big changes under the health care law. And everyone has until March 31 to buy insurance and avoid penalties.

In 1970, the murder of a Black man in Oxford, N.C., led ordinary people to take extraordinary action. In a country that still struggles with race, stories like theirs show that the past is not dead.

John Jay Osborn, author of The Paper Chase, has a new novel — this one based on the four years when he and his wife attended (successful) marriage counseling.

Correspondent Jason Beaubien talks about his week at the Doctors Without Borders hospital in South Sudan.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with activist Frank Nitty about Friday's March on Washington and the activist's 25-day walk from Milwaukee to get there.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with parents from around the country about how they're preparing for another semester of remote learning.

A guy in India wanted to create a better sanitary pad for his wife. His experiments led some neighbors to think he was a vampire. But the machine he invented has won awards and inspired two films.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with musician David Schelzel about The Ocean Blue's new album, Kings and Queens/Knaves and Thieves.

On a trip to explore her Jewish-Ukrainian roots, one writer made a stop at a controversial Jewish-themed restaurant, where guests are served matzo at every meal and invited to haggle over the check.

A new review of research on the Zika virus since 2016 finds there is still much scientists don't understand about the pandemic — including when another may strike.