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Much of Asia has managed to keep omicron in check even as the variant rages elsewhere, but the region that is home to most of the globe's population is bracing for what may be an inevitable surge.

Former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch explains why she was once an early advocate of No Child Left Behind, school vouchers and charter schools — and what changed her mind.

Two hugely important recordings, made by pivotal musicians an ocean apart, were made on the same day in 1936.

Twenty-five years of experimentation under race-neutral admissions policies — and a half-billion dollars later — the University of California system says they still can't meet their diversity goals.

The British band Roxy Music, led by singer/songwriter Bryan Ferry, released their fourth album in 1974. It would go on to crack the Billboard top 40 — and it remains thrilling today.

As October brings vivid mountain colors, the post Helene hospitality industry in Asheville, North Carolina hopes for a big return of tourists.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw the signing of over 40 cooperation agreements in trade, technology, and media on Wednesday and praised each other as friends.

Michael Lewis explains how Wall Street continues to be controlled by large banks, and introduces the small group of Wall Street men that's trying to change that, in Flash Boys. It appears at No. 6.

Grace Spruch has a thousand stories about the squirrels she's been inviting into her fifth floor Greenwich Village apartment. She shares some of those stories -- and squirrel time -- with NPR's Margot Adler. (6:00) Squirrels at My Window: Life With a Remarkable Gang of Urban Squirrels, by Grace Marmor Spruch, is published by Johnson Books. ISBN # 1555662579.

This interview was recorded before his Seinfeld fame. Comedian, a new documentary following Seinfeld on a recent stand up tour, is showing in theaters now. The hit TV show, Seinfeldwhich catapulted the comedian to fame, won 6 Emmy Awards before ending its run in 1999. Seinfeld is also author of the bestselling book SeinLanguageand a new children book, Halloween. (REBROADCAST FROM 9/2/87)