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In Kharkiv, Ukraine, people are trying to help each other amid attacks from Russia's military. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to resident Oleksandr Honcharov.

House Speaker McCarthy released a plan to raise the U.S. debt limit for a year, while scaling back federal spending. President Biden insists raising the debt ceiling should come without conditions.

Karen Russell's new collection of short stories has dead presidents reincarnated as horses, girls turning into silkworms, and vampires who quench their thirst for blood with lemons. Reviewer Meg Wolitzer says that in Russell's world we aren't fixed in space and time but can change at any moment.

Two small-business owners discuss whether the tax incentives included in President Obama's jobs bill would be incentive enough to hire new workers. Andy Hann of Fountain Hills Door and Supply in Arizona says until the construction industry rebounds, he's not going to be able to hire any workers. Meanwhile, Simone Wilker of the printing shop AlphaGraphics in Paramus, N.J., says the incentives might just be the push she needs to take on another sales person.

The podcast Ride of Passage is a true American adventure story about one young man's solo ride across the country on horseback.

On Late Night Feelings, Mark Ronson tapped into the melancholy side of disco, pop and country for what he calls "sad bangers." The super-producer spoke with NPR's Audie Cornish about making the album.

"You don't see fat people being happy on TV. If there's a fat character on TV they are sad," West says. That's definitely not the case in Shrill, a Hulu comedy series adapted from West's 2016 memoir.

Tommy Hilfiger recently added a clothing line for kids with disabilities. Fashion designer Mindy Scheier and son Oliver talk about Scheier's nonprofit Runway of Dreams and how the concept came about.

On May 7, Marine Le Pen Emmanuel Macron will face off in France's election. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Gérard Araud, the French ambassador to the U.S., about what the outcome will mean for Europe.

The creators of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child designed their show so it wouldn't look like the world Potterheads knew from the movies. They've documented that process in a new book, The Journey.