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The Biden administration is moving to quell concern over the new omicron variant. NPR's A Martinez talks to Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, about what we know now.

A constitutional assembly elected by the people in Chile is writing a post-Pinochet constitution, in the midst of a divisive presidential election.

NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Desmar Walkes, medical director and health authority for Austin, about Gov. Greg Abbott's mask mandate ban.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Stacey Davis Gates, vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union, about the return to in-person learning in the city — following disagreements over COVID-19 safety.

A few years ago, a children's book called A is for Audra celebrated musical theater divas. Its creators have written a new book, B is for Broadway, celebrating theater from auditions to Ziegfeld.

Baz Luhrmann's musical biopic, Elvis, stars Austin Butler as a hip-swiveling Elvis Presley and Tom Hanks as his devious, exploitive manager "Col." Tom Parker.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Genevieve Marnon, legislative director of Right to Life in Michigan, about the state's 1931 ban on abortion which could come into effect if Roe v. Wade is overturned.

NPR'S Steve Inskeep speaks with Giorgio Cafiero, CEO of Gulf State Analytics, about the president's goals on his upcoming trip to the Middle East.

In her new memoir, NPR's All Things Considered co-host uncovers some painful family secrets — the "things left unsaid" by her African-American relatives as they tried to shield the younger generation from memories that haunted the past.

Gonzalo Rubalcaba is one of the most popular pianists on the jazz scene. The Cuban expatriate's latest CD touches on some of the music he was forbidden to learn in Communist Cuba: the work of Cuban classical composers. Rolando Arrieta profiles the artist.