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Seventy-five years ago Friday, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Scott Simon wrote this essay in 2019 for what would have been Robinson's 100th birthday.

After 8-year-old Wendy McDowell inexplicably found herself alone in an airport, a stranger took charge. Years later, the decision is still having an impact.

A St. Louis-based tech nonprofit is training inmates in computer programming while they're still incarcerated to give them a shot at landing jobs in the tech industry and avoid returning to prison.

COVID-19 is still very much here. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Monica Gandhi about prepping for holiday travel.

Fighting continues in the besieged port city of Mariupol, where Ukraine says Russia used long-range bombers for the first time.

Money from fossil fuels is directly financing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a leading climate scientist says.

Elon Musk says Twitter should be an arena for free speech. What changes does he want to bring to the social network, and how are Twitter board members trying stop his takeover bid?

Ramadan, Passover, Easter - NPR's Scott Simon remarks on an unusual weekend when three of the world's major religions are celebrating their faiths.

Scott Simon speaks with composer Danny Elfman about his latest music projects, which include an album, a long-awaited performance at the Coachella festival, and classical music concertos.

This year, the Vatican proposed having Ukrainian and Russian families carry the cross together during the annual Good Friday ceremony in Rome. Then Ukrainians objected.