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A heroin user in a South Bronx neighborhood which is experiencing an epidemic in drug use, especially heroin and other opioid based drugs.

Black Americans are now dying from drug overdoses at a higher rate than whites

New research shows drug overdose deaths continue to surge among Black Americans. For the first time since 1999, Black Americans are dying at a higher rate per capita than white Americans.

U.S. President Biden delivers the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol House Chamber on Tuesday.

5 takeaways from Biden's State of the Union address

The president painted an optimistic view of life amid the pandemic in front of a Congress that appeared to be more unified than in recent years.

Foreign policy expert argues Russia won't stop until it has conquered Ukraine

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Angela Stent, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, about what could be guiding Putin's decision-making in Ukraine.

A satellite image captured Monday by Maxar Technologies shows a Russian military convoy southeast of Ivankiv, Ukraine.

Russia's 40-mile convoy has stalled on its way to Kyiv, a U.S. official says

The convoy is apparently being hampered by fuel and food shortages, the official says. The news comes as Russia continues to concentrate attacks on Ukraine's largest cities: Kyiv and Kharkiv.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has already changed the world as we know it

Journalist Anne Applebaum has been covering the war in Ukraine for The Atlantic. "I don't think that we will ever again smugly assume that borders in Europe can't be changed by force," she says.

Abortion-rights supporters protest in Austin, Texas, in October. Doctors say their worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true.

Doctors' worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true

It's been six months since the Texas law banning almost all abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy took effect. Doctors and patients feel frustrated as they navigate the new legal environment.

Some effects of climate change are irreversible, but there's still hope

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with earth scientist Brian O'Neill about a new major United Nations report on climate change.

Five big takeaways from the SAG Awards — and what they might mean for the Oscars

The Screen Actors Guild Awards happened on Sunday night, and a couple of big wins might have implications for the rest of the awards year.

<strong></strong>"What <em>Emergent Strategy</em> taught me is this emphasis on relationship," Hurray for the Riff Raff's Alynda Segarra tells the book's author, adrienne maree brown.

Hurray for the Riff Raff's Alynda Segarra, a 'recovering lone wolf,' in conversation

NPR Music's Ann Powers moderates the first-time meeting of far-flung soulmates. Hurray for the Riff Raff's new album was inspired, in part, by adrienne maree brown's book Emergent Strategy.

Ukrainians continue to flee to neighboring countries

Sarah McCammon talks to writer Kateryna Babkina about making her way to the Polish border from her home in Kyiv after Russia's attack.

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