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The Biden-Harris administration is poised to revive proposals that could change how LGBTQ people and people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa can identify themselves for the next census.

Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, one of the co-chairs of the Biden coronavirus advisory board, detailed plans for reaching minority communities with a vaccine and for messaging around pandemic safety.

Nebraska's governor is under pressure to take action as coronavirus cases soar. Meanwhile, Colorado's governor says his state will be the next hot spot if people don't change their behavior.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Canadian poet Margaret Atwood about her new collection, Dearly.

Doctors who helped stop Ebola call on Joe Biden's transition team to address COVID-19's racial and economic inequities. The evidence shows a safety net under the most vulnerable protects us all.

NPR's Noel King talks to Fair Fight CEO Lauren Groh-Wargo about how the organization founded by Stacey Abrams to fight voter suppression is preparing for Georgia's Senate runoffs.

House Democrats are on track to begin 2021 with the slimmest majority in decades. Members on the progressive left and moderates are again at odds over whose policies should drive the Democratic party.

A researcher in Minneapolis is exploring the impact police violence could be having on pregnant Black women and their babies.

Concerns about the accuracy of the census after Trump officials cut the count short have led to calls for a do-over. But the proposal comes with major legal, financial and logistical complications.

The legal fight continues over whether President Trump can alter numbers that set up the next Electoral College map, and there's a question of whether Congress will give more time for quality checks.