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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mary Annette Pember, correspondent for Indian Country Today, about the roots of indigenous boarding schools in the U.S., which were models for the Canadian system.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Washington Post reporter Lily Kuo about China's massive COVID-19 outbreak and satellite imagery that suggests the government is downplaying its scope.

The 63rd edition of the world's largest, most bombastic and unabashedly campy pop music competition is taking place in Portugal this week. Here are some early favorites to win.

Missouri's state Supreme Court says that school districts that lose accreditation must pay for students to go elsewhere, if that's what their parents want. But in St. Louis, the process has opened up complicated questions of race and class. Host Michel Martin delves into the issue.

Secretary of State Blinken is in Israel on Friday. Truth Social seeks to merge with a little known public company. Some other GOP-led states are taking a note from Texas when it comes to immigration.

The World Cup begins next week in Brazil. Before it gets going, check out the work of an author who has spent decades writing about Latin America, and who has a particular affinity for soccer.

The National Football League is considering a 15-yard penalty for players using the N-word on the field. The Barbershop guys weigh in on that and other news of week.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with meteorologist Matthew Cappucci about the challenges of communicating about climate science during the weather report.

It's been 30 years since the Rwandan genocide began in 1994. In some places today, survivors of the genocide live side-by-side with perpetrators, so-called reconciliation villages.

Higher gas prices may not be the main driver of the Biden administration's decision to sell new oil and gas leases on public land, but inflation is a significant political liability.