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A U.S. postal worker delivers packages, boxes and letters in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood shortly before Christmas. The U.S. Postal Service said it faces "unprecedented volume increases and limited employee availability due to the impacts of COVID-19."

'There's No End In Sight': Mail Delivery Delays Continue Across The Country

The U.S. Postal Service is still digging out from under an avalanche of mail sent over the holidays. Plus, the system has been strained by the impact of COVID-19 on its workflow and workforce.

A woman walks in a park along Yangtze River in Wuhan on Jan. 19, 2021. Residents of the city of 11 million, which was the first epicenter of COVID-19, have conflicting emotions as they reckon with the aftermath of the virus and their 76-day lockdown.

Wuhan's Lockdown Memories 1 Year Later: Pride, Anger, Deep Pain

Jan. 23 marks the one-year anniversary of the strict lockdown imposed on the first epicenter of COVID-19. Here's what residents have to say about their experience.

Pediatrician Who Spotlighted Lead In Flint Water Weighs In On Crisis

Ex-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has been charged in the Flint water crisis. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Mona Hanna-Attisha, the pediatrician who nearly seven years ago, noticed something was wrong.

Exquisitely Detailed And Impeccably Made, 'Mank' Is A Dazzling Feat

David Fincher's new film is a playful weave of fact and fiction as it reimagines the story of Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz in the years that inspired the Hollywood masterpiece.

Bluff The Listener

Our panel tells three stories about dinner parties gone wrong, only one of which is true.

Eileen Carroll, left, sits for a portrait as her daughter, Lily, 11, attends school remotely from their home in Warwick, R.I. on Dec. 16. When Carroll's other daughter tested positive for the coronavirus, state health officials told her to notify anyone her daughter might have been around. Contact tracers, she was told, were simply too overwhelmed to do it.

Do-It-Yourself Contact Tracing Is A 'Last Resort' In Communities Besieged By COVID-19

The coronavirus is spreading so fast that cases are outpacing the contact-tracing capacities of some local health departments. Some have asked people who test positive to do their own contact tracing.

The Best Of Television In 2020

NPR TV critic Eric Deggans gives us his picks for best the TV programs of 2020 and a few more specific things viewers might want to seek out.

President-elect Joe Biden speaks after the Electoral College formally elected him president Monday.

As Democracy Holds, Trump Finds Himself Increasingly Isolated

The Electoral College reaffirmed that Joe Biden is president-elect, but the current president continues to not accept it, threatening to undermine Biden's legitimacy.

'Assassins' Explores What Happened In Killing Of Kim Jong Un's Half Brother

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with filmmaker Ryan White about his documentary Assassins, which explores the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother at a Malaysian airport.

More than 10 million people in the U.S. are out of jobs, and the hardest-hit industries are also some of the lowest paying, including retail, leisure, hospitality and tourism.

'My Bank Account Has $4': Pandemic Has Left Millions Of Livelihoods In Limbo

Lilli Rayne's dog-walking business was taking off and she was finally preparing to buy a house. Then the pandemic struck. She's among the millions of Americans struggling to stay afloat right now.

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