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A look at what's in store as Republicans gather in person and virtually this week to hear from President Trump and other party officials making the case for a second term.

Homeroom: A Return to Learning This story is part of ideastream's special series examining the challenges and perils of returning to school during the coronavirus pandemic. Parenting is a tough job, even more so during the coronavirus pandemic, as parents find themselves becoming educators and providing childcare, all while trying to work from home. But what does it mean for the economy when parents are forced to wear so many hats while also trying to work?

Dr. Joseph Varon of Houston's United Memorial Medical Center senses distrust for a vaccine among some hospital staff. "They all think it's meant to harm specific sectors of the population," he says.

Georgia Sen.-elect Raphael Warnock took to the pulpit at Martin Luther King Jr.'s spiritual home for a sermon honoring the civil rights icon and calling for his work to continue.

The Biden White House has named Yolanda Lopez acting director of the Voice of America. She was demoted last week after a VOA reporter asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unwelcome questions.

At his first campaign rally since the election, the president repeated false claims of ballot fraud hours after pressuring the Republican governor to overturn election results.

Analysis of this year’s presidential election started even before Joe Biden was announced as president-elect and while election officials in many states hurried toward a final count. A lot of early attention has been on polling and why opinion polls in here in Ohio, as well as Wisconsin and Florida overestimated support for Biden. All this came after 2016, when many polls underestimated support for Donald Trump. All Things Considered Host Tony Ganzer spoke with ideastream’s Matt Richmond about what happened with the polls this time around.

Rep. James Clyburn says the Trump Administration may have deliberately tried to "conceal and destroy evidence that senior political appointees interfered" with the CDC's coronavirus response.

The Cold War-era turncoat became a believer in communism after he was captured in North Korea and went on to spy for the Soviet Union. He died Saturday in Moscow at the age of 98.

Much of Dickey's work, including 1996's Sister, Sister, was centered on strong Black female characters. He wrote 29 books and sold more than 7 million copies worldwide.