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Future NPR critic Bob Mondello and his father Tony Mondello.

I thought I'd heard my dad's voice for the last time. A movie helped me find it again

A period drama, a Supreme Court case and voice our film critic hadn't heard in decades.

Jeremy Sander helps his daughter, Jordan, 5, take her temperature with an infrared thermometer at Lodgic Kids Camp in Champaign, Ill.

Working Parents And Closed Schools: The Childcare Struggle During COVID-19

Sierra is in a bind. She and her husband have two children — ages three and nine years old — and they live in Urbana, a college town in east-central...

Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona, here in January, is President-elect Joe Biden's intended nominee for education secretary.

Biden Picks Connecticut Schools Chief Miguel Cardona As Education Secretary

Cardona is a former teacher and has spent much of the pandemic pushing to reopen schools. President-elect Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate him on Tuesday evening.

The U.S. Capitol Building is visible in the early morning hours of April 2.

2026 Senate races to watch: From most likely to flip to Democratic long shots

Democrats could have a narrow path to winning the Senate, with these specific states on the table.

David Davis, a power plant worker in Aptos, Calif., was prescribed GLP-1 medication to treat obstructive sleep apnea. To approve the prescription, his insurance company required him to use Vida Health, an online telehealth company.

Primary care doctors raise alarm as telehealth companies get involved in obesity drugs

Telehealth companies offer lifestyle support so people taking obesity drugs can have the most success losing weight. But employers also want the telehealth providers to limit spending on the drugs.

Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela delivers a policy statement in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Jan. 8, 1994. Mandela called on all South Africans to pledge themselves to peace. Later that year, Mandela became South Africa's first Black president.

A legacy in speeches: Remembering Nelson Mandela 10 years after his death

South Africa's first Black president, Nelson Mandela, died on Dec. 5, 2013. Revisit the speeches that made Mandela the most prominent figure of the anti-apartheid movement.

Traffic moves along the 405 Freeway on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles.

The Trump administration weakens fuel efficiency standards for new cars

The Trump administration says easing these standards will make cars more affordable. Critics say it's not so simple and could be costly for the environment.

Australian DJ Lenny Pearce performs to a crowd mostly children 5 and under, along with their parents, in Baltimore.

At this rave, the crowd is under 5 and home by bedtime

Australian DJ Lenny Pearce fills venues across North America with toddler raves: techno dance party fun for the whole family.

Every few years, the Civil Rights Data Collection illustrates how students are faring in every public school across the country.

5 things civil rights data says about public schools

The federal Civil Rights Data Collection, for the first time in decades, tells us about the teacher workforce and reminds us racial disparities are still stark in American public schools.

Active Shooter Drills May Not Stop A School Shooting — But This Method Could

Active shooter drills are one way schools prepare for possible shootings. Now a new report underlines a method for prevention: threat assessment, along with social and emotional support for students.

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