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After a year and a half of pandemic life, many people are nervous about in-person socialization. Experts explain the factors influencing our awkwardness and exhaustion, and the best path forward.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to journalist Jon Wertheim about tennis star Naomi Osaka's decision to withdraw from the French Open after facing penalties and fines for her decision to boycott media.

Iran has approved the final list of seven candidates in June's presidential election, giving the upper hand to hard-liners. The election could have an impact on relations between Iran and the U.S.

Naftali Bennett is poised to end Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year run as Israel's prime minister. The hardline conservative and former settler leader once vowed that Palestinians would never have a state.

After Syria announced the expected victory of President Bashar Assad in an election widely condemned as fake, three Syrians talk about the country's future.

"Glaring gaps" in access to COVID-19 vaccines are partially to blame for increasing infection rates in Peru, Argentina, Brazil and many other Latin American and Caribbean countries .

Data collection for race and ethnicity vary among states, complicating efforts to distribute COVID-19 shots to all groups. In Missouri, health officials have questioned the data's usefulness.

The president met with survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre as the nation pauses to mark the anniversary of an attack that remains one of the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. history.

Facebook says it's working on a safer version of Instagram just for kids. Many parents worry about their kids' use of social media — but they don't trust Facebook's solution.

The intense political backlash over the academic approach of examining U.S. institutions through the lens of race is shaping up to be a major cultural battle ahead of next year's midterm elections.