This year, as Nicole Ogburn prepares her classroom, her first priority is not the decorations she usually spends the summer picking out. Instead, it's buying things to make the classroom safer.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks to parents in Uvalde, Texas who have chosen to home school their kids rather than send them back to classes following the May 24th shooting at Robb Elementary School.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Kimberly and Felix Rubio, who lost their daughter, Lexi, in the Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde, Texas, about how they are coping with the loss.

In Uvalde, Texas, the community is still grieving three months after a deadly shooting at Robb Elementary, and are now responding to school district police chief Pete Arredondo's firing.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Uvalde, Texas, city manager Vince DiPiazza about where his community is three months after the deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Gregg Gonsalves of the Yale School of Public health about the public messaging challenges around monkeypox, which is primarily affecting men who have sex with men.

When 14-year-old Hudson Rowan drew his spider-robot-humanoid character for an "I Voted" sticker competition, he didn't realize just how far the illustration would travel.

Hudson Rowan, age 14, was doodling away on his iPad when a creature appeared. It's now the winning design of the Ulster County "I Voted" Sticker contest.

Underground musician Sam Mehran died four years ago, but his music continues to be published. His entire found body of work now lives online.

As the Taliban struggles to maintain control over Afghanistan, India may become an unlikely ally to help them stabilize.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with international security expert, Asfandyar Mir of the U.S. Institute of Peace, about India's budding, unexpected relationship with the Taliban.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Kim Mutcherson, dean and professor of law of Rutgers University, about the impact President Biden's executive order on abortion access will have.

In the last two years, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia have decriminalized or fully legalized abortion. Here's what Latin America's green wave can teach the movement in the U.S.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Ipas Central America and Mexico director Maria Antonieta Alcalde about what the U.S.'s abortion rights movement can learn from reproductive rights wins in Latin America.

Rents are up 15% nationwide and as much as 30% in some cities. Inflation and rising interest rates are also pricing many buyers out of the housing market — increasing the pressure to rent.

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last week, many have turned to music to express the emotion that has overwhelmed them in this moment. We examine five songs and what they mean today.

What makes a song of the summer? And are there any early contenders for 2022? NPR Music's Stephen Thompson makes his predictions.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with NPR music critic Ann Powers and music scholar Shana Redmond about how old and new protest music reflects political moments, following the Supreme Court overturning Roe.

A dedicated minority of conservative activists has been working for decades to dismantle Roe v. Wade. One man in particular has played an outsized role in that effort: Leonard Leo.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Washington Free Beacon editor-in-chief Eliana Johnson and Washington Post politics reporter Amber Phillips about the overturning of Roe and developments on gun laws.