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A year ago, Karen Schock's farm was mostly under water in southeastern Iowa; she could barely see the top of her windmill. Guy Raz checks back in with Schock, who, with her husband Bill, is still farming, bolstered by the support of their church community.

Touted in the state-run media, "the Chinese dream" is Beijing's latest official slogan. The man who made the phrase famous says it means China becoming the world's No. 1 superpower. But as censors scrub unapproved versions of the concept from the Internet, people wonder: Just whose dream is it anyway?

President Biden has faced a number of major setbacks to various parts of his agenda — from COVID-19 to the economy to voting rights and the rest of his agenda in Congress.

A year ago, President Trump was laughed at during his address to the U.N. General Assembly. This year, he'll face an audience of world leaders increasingly unclear about America's role in the world.

New York Rep. Elise Stefanik is leading a new PAC to recruit Republican women candidates. Congressional leaders are taking notice, but President Trump's impact is a matter of dispute in the party.

Half a dozen top executives at the U.S. Agency for Global Media were ousted this week, the latest in a shake-up that started with the arrival of a conservative filmmaker as the agency's new chief.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with David Sirota, former speech writer for Sen. Bernie Sanders, about how Democrats may block Republicans from confirming a new Supreme Court justice.

Washington Post reporter Adam Entous speaks with Steve Inskeep about the paper's report that Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke with the Russian ambassador twice last year.

Two hugely important recordings, made by pivotal musicians an ocean apart, were made on the same day in 1936.

Twenty-five years of experimentation under race-neutral admissions policies — and a half-billion dollars later — the University of California system says they still can't meet their diversity goals.