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Michel Martin speaks to Shomari Stone, a reporter with Washington, D.C.'s NBC affiliate, about what it's like to cover crime at a time when homicides are on the rise nationally.

The video of George Floyd's death was critical evidence in the murder trial of convicted ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. That video and others are changing trials and police training.

Immigrant advocates want those asylum protections restored quickly, erasing Trump-era restrictions. "Women, children, families are being sent back to the very dangers that they fled," one lawyer says.

Blanton describes many of the songs on her new album as "anti-fascist anthems." Critic Ken Tucker says Love & Rage doesn't sound like typical protest music — which makes it all the more effective.

"Phosphôros," made in El Salvador, is on the shortlist for a World Health Organization short film competition. Winners will be named May 13. Until then, the public can tune in — and weigh in.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Ambassador Susan Rice, who serves as the director of the U.S. Domestic Policy Council, about President Biden's first 100 days in office and his agenda.

After the meeting, the White House said the president "will not slow down work on this urgent crisis response, and will not settle for a package that fails to meet the moment."

Roughly 225,000 people who voted in January runoff elections didn't vote in November. A disproportionate number of them were people of color, a sign of where Democrats' political future lies.

In response to attacks against Asian Americans, there are efforts in some major U.S. cities to pool funds for taxi or app-based rides for people who feel unsafe walking or taking public transport.

New Orleans officials canceled all the Mardi Gras parades this year. But that didn't stop some residents from getting into the spirit anyway. They decorated their houses for drive-through parades.