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The nation's largest grocery store chain ends its so-called "hero pay" — an extra $2 an hour — this week. But with no end in sight for the pandemic, unions and workers are asking for an extension.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the Marshall Project staff writer Eli Hager about the increasingly challenging conditions of the teenagers in the U.S. juvenile facilities amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The U.S. was deeply divided before the coronavirus hit. Now, researchers worry that the pandemic is worsening what they call a dangerously polarized climate.

Gabrielle Mayer graduated from medical school early to help out with coronavirus patients in New York City. Some of her patients have died, she says. But there have been small, profound moments.

Lawyers for Gregory McMichael, one of the two men charged in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, said the facts of the case "can not be shoehorned into a narrative that's being told so far."

Singer-songwriter Jason Isbell talks about releasing his new album early to independent record stores and reconnecting with a younger version of himself after being sober for almost a decade.

The House approved the massive package with aid to states, local governments, individuals. Senate Republicans already dismissed the proposal and it's unclear when parties will reach bipartisan deal.

The pandemic has disrupted the supply of illegal opioids, making it harder for those addicted to adjust their use.

Congress has another huge coronavirus economic relief plan. Meanwhile, a former U.S. health official warns of a shrinking window of opportunity to deal with the pandemic before winter.

As some restaurants reopen amid the pandemic, the businesses have to contrive ways to keep customers a safe distance from one another.