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Robert Jones Jr.'s debut novel is a love story between two enslaved men on a Mississippi plantation. He says that it was very important for him to depict love and art in the midst of sorrow.

15-year-old singer and banjo player Nora Brown is a rising star taking on traditional Appalachian music - she'll appear next Thursday as part of New York's music festival, globalFEST.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Seyward Darby, author of Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White Nationalism.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Tiffany Garcia-Mitchell, a tattoo shop owner in California, about the struggle to stay in business during the pandemic.

Pro-Trump supporters, protesting his election loss, stormed the Capitol in an unprecedented attack that left five people dead and many calling for President Trump to be removed from office.

On New Year's Eve, 25-year-old Tommy Raskin killed himself. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland talked with NPR about his son's life and the outpouring of tributes to him.

For many Americans, this week's attack was shocking. But for the millions of Americans born in countries with a history of political instability, the event has carried a different resonance.

The people who got the first coronavirus vaccine shots in the US are now getting their second doses, required for maximum protection.

While some constitutional scholars argue that the pardon power is absolute, most believe a president cannot pardon himself.

The president spent weeks attacking the election results, but not until the insurrection at the Capitol — a symbol of liberty and self-determination — did calls for an early transfer of power begin.