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A progressive political party popular with young people is challenging the status quo in Thailand, where voters will go to the polls on Sunday after nine years of military-backed rule.

Where there are humans, there are rats. But new research says we still have a lot to learn about our furry, often reviled, companions.

On Wednesday, the U.S. marked the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19. We pay tribute to five people who lost their lives during the pandemic.

People in the 1950s anxiously waited for scientists to come up with ways to protect children from polio. The road to a polio vaccine might contain some lessons for today's health crisis.

Host Rachel Martin speaks with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about disaster response in New York and New Jersey. Napolitano says restoring power is a high priority and the federal and state governments are taking steps to provide much-needed gasoline.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Andrew Bahl, senior statehouse reporter for The Topeka Capital-Journal, about the anti-transgender bill in Kansas that could be the most restrictive in the country.

Research shows that optimism is correlated with various good outcomes: higher life expectancy, better recovery rates, success at work. But is optimism a personality trait, or could it be learned?

The Toronto jazz band is heavily influenced by today's hip-hop. "We came about precisely from just goofing around and having fun," bassist Chester Hansen says.

The majority of people recover from COVID-19, but some who have been in intensive care still have a variety of health problems, both physical and cognitive, after they leave the hospital.

The hot job market has opened up opportunities for formerly incarcerated people who may have had a harder time finding work in the past. (Story first aired on Weekend Sunday on May 8, 2022.)