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Here are images that resonated from the year: photos of families facing difficult decisions on the U.S. border, illustrations showing the struggles of student loan debt and otherworldly portraits.

NPR surveyed all 50 states to find out how many people they have doing contact tracing — one of the essential tools for keeping outbreaks from flaring up. Look up your state to see how it's doing.

NPR surveyed the 50 states about their contact tracing capacity. Amid coronavirus, states expand Internet voting experiments — raising security fears. And, Airbnb bookings drop amid pandemic.

Martin Luther King Jr. chose Marks as a starting point for the economic justice fight because of the entrenched poverty he saw there. Today, poverty remains a challenge in Marks.

A new COVID-19 strain appears to have evolved in the U.S. The entire state of Texas is under a winter storm warning. Plus, the Biden administration considers how much student loan debt to cancel.

More and more countries are getting shipments of vaccines and starting to inoculate their populations. But it's an unequal picture across the globe.

Forty years ago today, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., announced final plans for a march on Washington for his Poor People's Campaign. One of his most ambitious political goals, it was aimed at eliminating poverty, regardless of race. Author David Shipler revisits King's vision.

We ranked a list of 100 songs that reflects the sprawling, energetic messiness of 2022. Start listening.

By one measure, about a third of all prisoners will be considered geriatric by 2030. Prison systems are grappling with how to care for their elderly prisoners — and how to pay for it.

The Supreme Court reviews President Trump's travel ban executive order this week. NPR takes a look at how the ban has impacted refugee resettlement in the United States.