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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Houston Chronicle reporter Robert Downen from the Southern Baptist Convention. Downen was on the reporting team that exposed the church's sex abuse scandal.

Venezuela's embattled president still retains the support of the armed forces, but for how much longer? A high-ranking veteran member of the security forces struggles with whether to abandon his post.

The U.S. and the Taliban are working on an agreement to end the war and bring troops home. But NPR's Scott Simon asks: what will happen to Afghanistan's women if the Taliban return to power?

Medical staff have described war-like conditions in New York City hospitals. Mayor Bill de Blasio talks to NPR's David Greene about the city's efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Noel King speaks to music therapist and musician Julie Be of the group Ants on a Log about a new all-star children's album that celebrates trans and nonbinary kids.

Iran is among the countries hard hit hit by the coronavirus pandemic. As Iranians head back to work after their New Year's holiday, fears are growing that the rate of infection could surge.

John J. Lennon, who is incarcerated at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York, describes packed conditions at the prison, where inmates had been banned from wearing protective face coverings.

Rosemary Mariner, the first American female military aviator to command an air squadron, has died at the age of 65. Steve Inskeep remembers Mariner's life with her friend and pilot Tammie Jo Shults.

After President Trump offered temporary protections for some immigrants in the country illegally in return for $5.7 billion for a border wall Democrats rejected it.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Cynthia Arnson, director of the Wilson Center's Latin American Program, about the current political tensions in Venezuela.