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NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Guatemalan ambassador to the United States Alfonso Quiñónez about the announcement this week of U.S. aid to help control migration and meet humanitarian needs.

A drug made to treat memory loss seems to help those with Fragile X, a genetic disease that causes intellectual disability and autism. The drug improved language and learning in 30 men with Fragile X.

Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., is opening back up, more than a year after it shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Disney World in Orlando, Fla., reopened last July.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Mitch Zeller, who leads the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, about the agency's push to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars within the next year.

Tyler Perry's acceptance of a special Oscar for humanitarian work reveals his complicated legacy as a filmmaker, who is credited for uplifting Black people while stereotyping and profiting from them.

The death toll in the pandemic continues to rise in India. Dozens of people have died in a stampede in Israel. Examining Kamala Harris's role in these first 100 days of the Biden administration.

Climate and health policies rely on scientific expertise. But the federal science workforce has been shaped by decades of political interference, underfunding and race and gender bias.

Matel has given Barbie a total makeover, and it's led to skyrocketing sales. The Indicator from Planet Money explores how having a more inclusive lineup of dolls was key to the company's success.

NPR's Noel King talks to Anna Sale about her book: Let's Talk About Hard Things. Sale, host of WNYC's podcast Death, Sex and Money, unpacks the things we must confront at some point in our lives

President Biden has been in office for 100 days — an informal marker for how a new administration is doing. The time frame goes back to Franklin D. Roosevelt and his first 100 days in office in 1933.