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Rachel Martin talks to White House trade adviser Peter Navarro about the deal involving the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Trump wants to sign it by November. NPR's Scott Horsley comments on the discussion.

This week, Amazon announced it would raise the minimum wage for 350,000 of its workers — but some employees have mixed feelings.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Victoria Valentino, one of the women who accused Bill Cosby of raping her, about the jail sentence the entertainer was given on Tuesday.

Though tobacco ads have been banned from TV for about 50 years, the marketing of electronic cigarettes isn't constrained by the law. Public health advocates consider that a loophole that hurts kids.

Washington Post journalist Scott Higham says recently released evidence shows the drug industry purposely shipped big quantities of opioids to communities without regard for how they were being used.

To most of the world, the late Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969, nearly 50 years ago.

Michel Martin speaks with the Los Angeles mayor about President Trump's remarks regarding the city's homeless crisis.

In American Indicators, NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lisa Winton, an owner of Winton Machine Co. in Suwanee, Ga., about how her industry has been affected by the pandemic recession.

Nearly 3 million Texas electricity customers are enduring extreme cold and some cities say tap water must be boiled. One utility says its repair crews have been harassed by angry residents.

Cleveland City Council members had questions for Mayor Frank Jackson’s administration about diversity in police, fire and EMS during Wednesday and Thursday’s marathon public safety budget meetings. There was widespread concern about whether the division could meet its hiring goals in 2021. Councilman Mike Polensek opened the discussion with Chief of Police Calvin Williams by questioning whether his proposal for hiring 180 officers from three cadet classes would be enough to address Cleveland’s surging violent crime.