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A circus performer whose act is called "The Leap For Life" loses his nerve and gets a regular job as an elevator operator. Then a moment comes when The Great Zapfino must finally perform.

Ten months after U.S. Marines effectively leveled Fallujah in a major counter-insurgency offensive, NPR's Anne Garrels visits the city and has this report.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Ayoade Alakija, co-chair of the Africa Vaccine Delivery Alliance, about the ongoing challenges of addressing COVID-19.

"It is either die or leave. We had no other way," says one woman who arrived in Zaporizhzhia after three attempts at escape. Officials say nearly 100,000 people are still trapped in the besieged city.

As pandmic cases and hospitalizations drop, the CDC is expected to change masking guidelines soon. Doctors are urging people to resume regular health screenings that they stopped during the pandemic.

250 years after Thomas Paine published 'Common Sense', what can we learn from the revolutionary work today?

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jasmyne Aseff, a travelling ICU nurse, about what it's been like fighting the pandemic, from the initial outbreak in New York City to her current position in Missouri.

Seventy years ago Monday, Muslims on the Indian subcontinent got their own country: Pakistan. But in the decades since, the idea of who belongs there has changed.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with author Sungju Lee, who defected from North Korea, about the current discussion of human rights in denuclearization talks between Pyongyang and Washington.

President Obama faced strong criticism from immigrant rights activists. Steve Inskeep talks with former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Leon Fresco about immigration and family separations.