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The COVID-19 lockdown "felt like solitary confinement," a San Diego resident tells NPR. Even after many pandemic rules lifted, American society remains deeply fractured.

From the organizers: SDPF24 Coda, a poetry festival—the culminating event of San Diego Poetry Futures 2024—showcases diverse, vibrant, ever-growing, and intergenerational poetry communities throughout San Diego. SDPF24 Coda, a poetry festival will host poetry readings, community dialogues, an interactive creative writing and zine-making lab, a poetry reading room, a special awards ceremony hosted by Poets Underground, and a bookfair featuring local literary organizations, collectives, publications, programs, and award-winning poets. The closing plenary features a poetry reading and conversation with Lee Herrick (California Poet Laureate 2023-25), Janice Lobo Sapigao (Santa Clara County Poet Laureate 2020-21), and Jason Magabo Perez (San Diego Poet Laureate 2023-24). All poetry enthusiasts, all readers, all writers, all community members welcome! … Featured Poets: Adrián Arancibia, Alissa Tu, Angélica Maria Yañez, Ant Black, Anthony Azzarito, Bara’ah Oriqat, Brandon Som, Crystophver R, Daniela Paraguya Sow, Ella deCastro Baron, Francesco Levato, Gill Sotu, Iyari Arteaga, Jane Muschenetz, Janice Lobo Sapigao, Jason Magabo Perez, Jennifer Derilo, Karla Cordero, Kassy Lee, Katie Manning, Kelsey O. Daniels, Lee Herrick, Manuel Paul López, Michael Klam, Rema Ghassan Shbaita, Ron Salisbury, Samira Hassan, Sonia Gutiérrez, Sunny Rey Azzarito, Ted Washington … Featured Vendors/Info Tables: Hello Barkada; San Diego Writers, Ink Poetry Certificate; Poets Underground; PLNU M.A. in Writing; Last Syllable; Crisis Carnival; pacificREVIEW; Colibri Writers; The Ancestral Teachings Institute; Urban Haiku; Creative Writing Program at Grossmont College; San Diego Poetry Annual; Glassless Minds; Puna Press; The Poetry Party & Poetic Legacy … Presenters: San Diego Poetry Futures 2024, City of San Diego Department of Cultural Affairs, Academy of American Poets Partners: UCSD Cross-Cultural Center, Pacific Arts Movement Find the festival schedule here.

The U.S. already faced shortages in its health care workforce, then the pandemic spurred even more doctors and nurses to retire or leave hospital jobs. Filling those vacancies is a challenge.

The next U.S. head count's accuracy would likely be undermined by a census question about citizenship status that GOP lawmakers and President Trump have pushed to add, a new peer-reviewed study finds.

The administration said it was cancelling grants and other federal awards for Columbia for an alleged failure to protect Jewish students from antisemitism.

The proposed Rapid 483 route would serve commuters going to CSU San Marcos or who work in the surrounding area.

When you think of Coachella, you probably picture the festival. But there's much more to know about the place it calls home.

Check out the films that left our staff in awe this year — from cinematic spectacles to heartfelt comedies.

President Trump has repeatedly called tariffs "the most beautiful word in the dictionary." NPR's Word of the Week explores how they got their name.

President Trump's alienation of allies and his dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development are welcome news for China, a scholar in Beijing tells NPR.