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Borders between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been closed since October, disrupting trade around the region. It's part of a broader dispute over how to handle increasingly active militant groups.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with scholar and technology policy expert Alondra Nelson about the ways artificial intelligence is posing challenges to electoral integrity around the world.

"Prose to the People," edited by Katie Mitchell, chronicles the legacy of past and present Black bookstore's throughout the country. NPR spoke with five booksellers profiled in the vast collection.

The National Eating Disorders Association is shutting its telephone helpline down, firing its small staff and hundreds of volunteers. Instead it's using a chatbot — and not because the bot is better.

The Centers for Disease Control has revised recommendations for treating ME/CFS and now says that vigorous exercise can make symptoms worse. Patient advocates say it's a huge victory.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with ProPublica reporter Alec MacGillis about the relationship between social media and an increase in gun violence, often resulting in homicides, among young people.

Many people around the world rely on fish not just for protein but for critical micronutrients like iron and zinc. So declining fisheries pose major risks for global health, scientists warn.

"Horror, which is my favorite genre, works best for me when there's a metaphor," Misha Green says. Her HBO series mixes the real horrors of the Black experience in the '50s with supernatural terrors.

For Rachel Dratch's 50th birthday, Poehler gathered her friends and fellow SNLalumni for a vacation to Napa Valley. For her directorial debut Wine Country, she basically did the same thing.

Little Brothers, which operates in San Francisco and several other cities, sends volunteers to brighten up the lives of isolated elderly people, helping them reduce the risk of serious illness.