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Music was a buoy during the turbulent times of 2021. Here's a sampling of some meaningful tracks.

The pandemic is the issue driving much of American politics these days and could either doom or boost the Biden presidency.

Desmond Tutu will be remembered for helping end apartheid. But also for his memorable laugh, an infectious, cackling howl employed in the service of easing tensions in a very tense nation.

A huge network of resistance committees has transformed public protest in Sudan, challenging the new junta.

It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.

Mark Vande Hei and Tom Marshburn will spend this Christmas further away from home than any other beings in the universe.

The father of NPR's Uri Berliner packed a stuffed monkey when he fled the Nazis as a child. He kept the toy for decades before donating it to a museum, an act that led to a remarkable discovery.

The country's economic health is largely being defined by the coronavirus pandemic. The omicron variant is now changing expectations for the economy in 2022.

Adoption has had a troubled history in the U.S. For decades during the mid-20th century, millions of unwed mothers were sent away to have their babies in secrecy and shame.

A reporter's experience with COVID in his young family after a gathering of relatives could help you navigate the Christmas holidays.