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People light candles in Marseille, France, as a tribute to the victims of Friday's attacks in Paris.

In Attack's Wake, France Grapples With What It Means To Be French

Elaine Sciolino, the former Paris bureau chief for The New York Times, says the city's recent terror attacks highlight growing tensions concerning multiculturalism and immigration in France.

Sgt. Henry Johnson and the Harlem Hellfighters' parade is shown as it passes through New York in February 1919.

Harlem Hellfighter And Jewish Soldier Get Long-Overdue Medals Of Honor

Historians say Sgts. Henry Johnson and William Shemin hadn't been properly recognized for their bravery under fire.

Saju Talukdar had worked at the 2013 Rana Plaza garment factory before it collapsed. "Having a job is important for a person and his family," he says. "Our condition will never be as great as it was before. Previously my wife and I both worked and earned 18-20,000 takas per month. But now my income has decreased to only 6,000 per month."

The Powerful Photos That Rocked Getty Images' First Instagram Grant

For many photojournalists, Instagram has become a "modern-day Polaroid camera" used to take quick snapshots of important issues — and visual media giants have taken notice.

Caleb Landry Jones stars in Brandon Cronenberg's thriller <em>Antiviral, </em>which takes place in a dystopian future in which people inject themselves with viruses taken from celebrities.

2012: Not The Best Year At Cannes

John Powers, Fresh Air's critic-at-large and the movie critic for Vogue, returns from this year's Cannes Film Festival. Though he says it wasn't the festival's strongest year, the experience once again left him feeling rejuvenated about the movies.

A voting line trails outside of a precinct on Election Day 2016 in Durham, N.C. The county's polling places were plagued by malfunctioning equipment to check in voters that day, and it was later revealed that the vendor behind that equipment had been targeted by Russian hackers.

Federal Government To Inspect North Carolina Election Equipment Over Hacking Fears

The federal government has agreed to conduct a forensic analysis of election equipment that was provided to Durham County, N.C., by a vendor targeted by Russian hackers in 2016.

From Psychedelics To Alzheimer's, 2016 Was A Good Year For Brain Science

A woman with ALS was able to type just by thinking about the letters, and people with cancer found their anxiety and depression erased by a single encounter with magic mushrooms.

'First Reformed': Paul Schrader Injects His Education Into Another Agonized Outsider

Paul Schrader's new film, First Reformed, stars Ethan Hawke as a priest in spiritual crisis. NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Schrader about his own spiritual education.

Workers board up a building in downtown Washington, D.C., in preparation for possible protests.

Election 2020: Cities And Businesses Prepare For Post-Election Unrest, Violence

Across the country, there are growing concerns that the bitterness and animosity over the presidential election will not end when the polls close.

"Pfizer is not having any production issues with our COVID-19 vaccine," CEO Albert Bourla says. But Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says the company has had problems. Many states say their allocations for next week have been cut without an explanation.

Pfizer Says Millions Of Vaccine Doses Are Ready, But States Say Shipments Were Cut

Pfizer is pushing back on the Trump administration's suggestion that the company is having trouble producing enough COVID-19 vaccine.

Hundreds of people demonstrate against racism in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 15, 2018 in New York City.

Protesting Is Uncomfortable. Should It Be Easier?

This week on Ask Code Switch, a question from a Florida high school student who wants to know how to fight against injustice without antagonizing his teachers.

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