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President Trump has talked about a plan to arm more teachers as a way to prevent school shootings like the one at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Stephanie Gates, a black teacher in Chicago, about why it's important to include race in the conversation around arming teachers.

It was one year ago that a gunman ambushed and killed five law enforcement officers in Dallas. Police recruits who started shortly after that incident are reflecting on the past year.

For National Poetry Month, we take stock of the poem Dylan Thomas wrote about death that continues to resonate in pop culture 70 years after it was penned.

Black artists celebrate ordinary moments of grace and kindness in a "borderless" online exhibition; creator Andrea Walls plans physical installations across Philadelphia as well.

Among the 2,000 U.S. troop fatalities in Iraq is 20-year-old Michelle Witmer, a Wisconsin National Guard member killed in an ambush in April 2004. Her parents and sisters still struggle with the loss, even as they try to move on with their lives. Wisconsin Public Radio's Brian Bull reports.

Monkeypox has been declared a global health emergency. But as doctors learn how to identify symptoms, a diagnosis can take days. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on July 23, 2022.)

President Biden is touring projects made possible by past legislation to try to get credit. It's a push to contrast his agenda with that of Republicans ahead of an expected 2024 reelection race.

Digital eye strain is on the rise. NPR's Life Kit has tips for keeping your eyes healthy in a world of screens.

Leaving town for the Thanksgiving holiday? You're not alone. The next few days will be some of the busiest for U.S. airlines. We head to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for a live report.

Workers at a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee have voted to join the United Auto Workers union. NPR's Leila Fadel talks with the union's president Shawn Fain.