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Said Noor was 11 in 2001, growing up in an Afghan village. He later served as a U.S. Army interpreter, moved to Texas and became a U.S. citizen. Then he had to help rescue his family from the Taliban.

We don't know the full impact of nonfatal firearms-related injuries. Unreliable data and political pressure have obscured the picture for researchers, the media and the public. That may soon change.

President Biden's infrastructure package includes $65 billion for improving broadband. That money could make a big difference for rural college students, who are especially disconnected.

Alex is back from Italy and breathing all over everyone. Bradley takes on Maggie in an interview that is meant to seem a lot cooler than it is.

NPR faces tough questions about race after the departures of prominent hosts Audie Cornish, Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Noel King. Yet their decisions also reflect major forces transforming the media.

Writer and student Detrice Jones reads from "Just Surviving Another Day," her semi-autobiographical story about a teen struggling with her parents' crack addiction. The story is featured in The Cocaine Chronicles, a new collection of short stories about the drug's impact on America.

Since the Writers Guild strike, Saturday Night Live has earned some of its highest ratings in two years. Introducing 27-year-old Casey Wilson, the newest member of the cast and one of the resurgent show's prime-time players.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with musician Jason Isbell about his new album out called Weathervanes.

I was in Windows On The World the day before 9/11. It took me two years and folding a thousand origami cranes before I could write this essay; it's taken another 18 years for it to be published.

The Rio Grande Valley is the busiest stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border for crossing. NPR recently spent time on both sides of the border here, where immigration is part of everyday life.