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A man walks through a neighborhood of single-family homes in Los Angeles last week. The CDC announced a new temporary eviction ban a few days after the previous one expired.

Here's What You Need To Know About The New Eviction Ban

The CDC's new, more limited eviction moratorium may help it survive legal challenges. President Biden is pushing states to quickly distribute federal aid to the millions of renters who need it.

How Bad Can He Be? Only The 'Worst. Person. Ever.'

Author Douglas Coupland tells NPR's Arun Rath that he's not exactly sure how the lead character of his new novel entered his mind. (This story originally aired on Morning Edition on April 19, 2014.)

Draft Of CDC's New Prescribing Guidelines Stirs Debate

Since 1999, prescription opioid sales have quadrupled in the U.S. Now, as the country faces an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, doctors are divided over how much prescriptions are the problem.

"The Soiling of Old Glory" was taken on April 5, 1976, during the Boston busing desegregation protests.

Life After Iconic 1976 Photo: The American Flag's Role In Racial Protest

A Pulitzer Prize-winning photo taken during the busing desegregation protests captured a nation. The photographer and subject of "The Soiling of Old Glory" talk about its significance 40 years on.

Author Rae Nudson On Beauty Culture

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with Rae Nudson about her new book All Made Up: The Power and Pitfalls of Beauty Culture, From Cleopatra to Kim Kardashian.

New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner, left, as he waits for a presidential candidate to to file to be placed on the New Hampshire primary ballot. Gardner is the long-serving top election official in the country and has been accused of downplaying election security.

Protector Of N.H. Primary Claims 'You Can't Hack This Pencil,' But Worries Persist

Some worry that New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner's office was too slow to acknowledge the scale of the election security problem and focused on addressing the wrong challenges.

The chained hand of Archer Alexander, who was the last slave captured under the fugitive slave law, is depicted in a statue commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation. A bill to study reparations for slavery advanced through a House committee this year but hasn't gotten a floor vote.

A bill to study reparations for slavery had momentum in Congress, but still no vote

Legislation to create a commission to study reparations faces steep odds in the evenly divided Congress. Advocates want the House to take up the bill, or for President Biden to act on his own.

Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin arrives to speak at an election night party in Chantilly early Wednesday. Youngkin topped Democrat Terry McAuliffe, flipping the Virginia governor's office back to the GOP.

A bad omen for Democrats and 4 other election night takeaways

The first big electoral night of the Biden presidency provided a bad omen for Democrats in 2022, and Republicans may have found a way to campaign in the post-Trump era.

Almost a third of the diesel fuel sold in California now is derived from biological feedstocks like plant oils. Environmental incentives make this "renewable diesel" more profitable.

Biodiesel is booming. It may help the climate, but there's a big environmental risk

Big oil companies are converting refineries to make "renewable diesel" from soybean oil or beef tallow. It's driven by policies intended to help the climate, but there's a big environmental risk.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote address during a virtual event on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will rebrand itself under a new name: Meta.

Facebook is rebranding as Meta — but the app you use will still be called Facebook

The change comes as Facebook looks to recast its public image from battered social network to tech innovator focused on building the next generation of online interaction, known as the "metaverse."

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