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The U.N.'s top envoy on Syria says diplomats have failed to agree on a date for a peace conference. Lakhdar Brahimi says he's still hoping such a meeting could take place in Geneva before the end of the year. He had been hoping it would take place this month, but the Syrian rebels aren't ready to attend, the U.S. and Russia have yet to agree on whether Iran should take part and there are many other roadblocks. Brahimi is raising the alarms about a conflict that has affected half of the population, with 6,000 people fleeing every day.

The House has passed a bipartisan plan to create a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Senate Republicans are opposed to the measure.

It's not just Louis C.K. and Stephen Colbert who are confused about the Common Core. Get the facts here.

Hold on for another relentlessly exuberant, propulsive jam from The New Pornographers.

The Humboldt Bay nuclear power plant generated local electricity for 13 years, but has taken 40 years and almost $1B to decommission. "Bad things were…

It's often said that Washington, D.C., is a town obsessed with politics. Apparently, that obsession extends to its chocolatiers. We visit a factory making politically inspired chocolate bars.

Partly a reflection on past mistakes in romance and relationships, "Someone To Lose" perfectly captures the almost comical cluelessness that we all occasionally suffer from.

Cousins James Ransom and Cherie Johnson swap stories about the Sunday school teacher who taught and took care of two generations of the family.

The R&B icon will release her first album since 2007 later this year.

A couple songs left off the album Everybody Works, one of NPR Music's 50 best albums of 2017, will be released as a 7" single.