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Due to the coronavirus pandemic and new fears raised by last week’s deadly attack at the U.S. Capitol, this Wednesday’s kickoff will be short, and subdued.

NPR's David Greene speaks with former National Security Council senior director Javed Ali, who's among those calling on the government to make fighting homegrown terrorists a priority.

Two shootings have renewed the gun debate that followed attacks at an elementary school, a movie theater, a concert. Will the outcome be different? Plus a look at the victims in El Paso.

On Aug. 14, Pakistan will become the latest country to ban single-use plastic bags. The nation uses 55 billion bags a year, and many wind up clogging rivers and littering the countryside.

Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison has died. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to Morning Edition contributor Kwame Alexander about how she will be remembered.

There were eight days left in the month, and enough of Bruce Brooks’ Social Security check to cover renting a hotel room in Greeley for exactly none of them.

The scale of the danger faced by lawmakers, staff and Capitol Police during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has become more clear after more videos, photos and reporting have come out.

Officials say they're weeks away from a full understanding of how rioters may have planned to storm the U.S. Capitol. Dozens of people have been arrested, but the security threat may be far from over.

We kick off our annual listener-suggested show series with a conversation about what some are calling the invisible fourth wave of the pandemic.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., about House Democrats introducing an article of impeachment against President Trump after an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.