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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to singer Natalie Bergman about her new album, Mercy.

Senate Bill 2 would bar police officers convicted of serious misconduct from being rehired by other departments or agencies — essentially stripping them of their badges.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with John F. Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction. He's calling for continued oversight of U.S. funding there as American presence declines.

As the number of people seeking therapy soars during the pandemic, CVS has begun testing a model to offer counseling services in its stores. It hopes to reduce costs for both patients and itself.

Denmark says security in Syria has improved enough for some refugees to go back. "The words 'to send us back to Syria' means to destroy our lives," says a Syrian whose residence permit was revoked.

Poet Natalie Diaz — author of Postcolonial Love Poem, which was a finalist for the National Book Award — tells NPR's Michel Martin about some of the listener-submitted poems that caught her eye.

NPR's Mary Louse Kelly talks with African Americans and the Culture of Pain author Debra Walker King about how Black pain can be a double-edged sword, used to both benefit and hurt Black Americans.

In a detailed memorandum, Attorney General Maura Healey alleges eight Sackler family members and nine Purdue board members or executives played key roles in the nation's deadly opioid epidemic.

Dawn Richard gained fame as a member of R&B group Danity Kane just as her hometown was recovering from Hurricane Katrina. Now a solo artist, she explores her New Orleans roots on a new album.

Detention centers at the U.S.-Mexico border have been likened to concentration camps. What is a concentration camp? NPR's history podcast Throughline examines one of the first modern examples.