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As the death toll in Syria climbs and critics blast the Obama administration for not taking more decisive action, former ambassador Christopher Hill points instead to a failure of diplomacy in an op-ed in the New York Times. Hill talks about what the U.S. faces in facilitating talks between the regime and Syrian rebels.

Since the beginning of April, more than 2,000 people have died in bombings and other attacks in Iraq. NPR foreign correspondent Kelly McEvers, just back from a trip to Baghdad, explains what's behind the recent rise in violence and what's changed since U.S. troops left the country in 2011.

President Biden and others have lauded Mandy Cohen's pandemic leadership in North Carolina. Those in the state's most vulnerable communities tell a more nuanced story about the new CDC director.

Social media sites, including Facebook and Twitter, have been important parts of this year's presidential campaigns. As Americans prepare to head to the polls, experts discuss social media's influence on politics, and whether Twitter can predict who will win the election.

NPR's Kelly McEvers has looked at the lives of Syrian rebels and people in areas under their control. And Janine di Giovanni has spent time in Damascus and Homs, reporting on Syria's elite, who, until recently, have clung to many aspects of normal life, despite violence erupting around them.

In the US, there's a widespread notion that Mexicans fleeing cartel violence go north. In reality, most of these people move somewhere else in Mexico, becoming internal refugees in their own country.

Gaby Rodriguez Corona, 17, decided to teach people a lesson about stereotyping and ostracizing pregnant teens: she faked her own pregnancy and lived the life of a pregnant teen.

Latino USA's Senior Producer, A.C. Valdez, takes us to the border city of Laredo, Texas, to meet people conducting research into paranormal occurrences and strange happenings.

People gather in El Barrio of Spanish Harlem to celebrate the unveiling of Young Lords Way, a street named for the human rights group of the same name.

Last month, over 100 Univision employees in Puerto Rico were fired; people flocked to social media to protest. We look at the role of social media in Puerto Rico.