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As NPR marks its 50th anniversary, we look back at an innovation that also changed the world in 1971: the unveiling of the first commercially produced microprocessor.

Charities are always looking for an answer to one big question: What is the best way to help people? Increasingly the solution they are trying is pretty simple: just give people money.

Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of West Bengal state, is one of Narendra Modi's fiercest critics. She's especially beloved by women and the impoverished. But gaining national traction may be tough.

President Biden meets virtually with China's president. Poor nations are disappointed by the climate summit. Catholic bishops consider whether abortion rights supporters should be denied communion.

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.

Nick Von Turkovich plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben.

Did someone order another weird holiday shopping season? Goods stuck on ships, pricier gas and food, fewer sales, workers demanding higher wages, and through it all: shoppers spending record money.

Pro-democracy activists and artists in Cuba say they will hold public protests on Monday, despite the government's statement that such demonstrations will not be permitted.

Vice President Harris is back from France, where she took center stage among a large group of world leaders.

Danielle Kurtzleben talks to Dr. Patricia Nez Henderson, expert on tobacco prevention in Native American communities, about the Navajo Nation's new ban on indoor smoking in public places.