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This week in Arkansas a debate took place in the legislature over a law that bans mask mandates in schools. The law remains, but a judge has temporarily blocked the state from enforcing it.

Summer tourist towns are known for quirky shows and usually have an eccentric daredevil or magician that pulls in the crowd. One Adirondacks illusionist makes his mark with leather and 70s rock.

Country music legend Connie Smith has released her 54th album. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with her about forging timeless relationships and how she understands the genre after all these years.

New results from the 2020 census are out. They will be used to draw voting districts, including for Congress. But there are limitations to what the data can tell us about the country's demographics.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Roselyn Romero of the Associated Press about how college students are using forged vaccination cards to attend in-person classes, and what schools are doing to respond.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Suzanne Lynch, former Washington Correspondent for The Irish Times, about covering everything from the Trump administration to the Black Lives Matter protests.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy of Florida about the future of the infrastructure bill as it awaits a vote in the House of Representatives.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Saad Omer, the director of the Yale Institute for Global Health, on the implications of not tracking breakthrough infections.

Bob Mondello reflects on the portrayal and the despair of Afghanistan's story, as shown on film for decades — in The Man Who Would Be King, Rambo III, Charlie Wilson's War, Zero Dark Thirty and more.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with psychologist Elke Weber about the way individuals deal with the threat of climate change.