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NPR's Scott Simon asks Wharton School management professor Ethan Mollick about research into pandemic predictions and how to make the people around you happy.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake about President Trump's notion that four Democratic congresswomen of color should "go back" to where they came from.

With abortion access changing in many states, advocates for sex education say it's more important than ever.

How healthy is the U.S. economy? How much people spend and what they buy plays a huge role.

Millions of federal borrowers will not see their debts decreased or erased. Roughly 1 in 8 Americans will have to restart loan payments as soon as September.

While the youth vote has largely gone to Sen. Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden has gotten some support from young people. Who are the younger voters supporting the former vice president?

The U.S. government didn't have anyone dedicated to biological threats, like viruses, until the anthrax attacks in 2001. Now it helps fund new vaccines, for things such as the COVID-19 outbreak.

The features of baby talk — softer tone, higher pitch, almost unintelligible vocabulary — are global. Researchers made over 1,500 recordings in urban, rural and Indigenous communities.

Ukraine's president visits Washington as the White House faces resistance from House Republicans for its latest funding request to help with the country's defense against Russia.

Dee Westenhauser came out as transgender last year. At StoryCorps, she remembers "Aunt Yaya," the first person to accept her for who she truly was.