Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Gabby Giffords, Simone Biles, John McCain
The 17 recipients include athletes, artists, and leaders of the civil rights and labor movements.
Education
Life Kit: The importance of inclusion in sex education
Some state lawmakers are working to restrict the rights of LGBTQ youth. For some students, that means sex education can miss some important points.
The Uvalde schools police chief resigns from city council
Pete Arredondo stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
The dealer that sold the gun used in the Oxford High School shooting is being sued
Four students were killed in the mass shooting in Michigan last November. Seven people were also injured, including a student whose parents are suing Acme Shooting Goods, the weapons dealer.
We asked 5 students: What inspired you to become a gun control activist?
NPR spoke with high school and college students who have been impacted by gun violence, and are now working to make sure others won't be.
Arizona offers free college tuition to the state's Native students
The University of Arizona joins schools in a number of other states in covering tuition and fees for tribal members, who have been less likely than other Americans to pursue higher education.
Debt relief for veterans who say they were cheated by for-profit colleges
The government is settling a case that will grant billions in debt relief to students, many of them veterans, who say unscrupulous colleges cheated them into overpaying for useless degrees.
Texas law student talks about her current and future fight for abortion rights
NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks to Nikita Mhatre, co-president of a student chapter of the advocacy group If/When/How, about students mobilizing for abortion rights.
These college students talked to NPR about applying to schools. Now they've graduated
NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with recent college graduates McKenna Hensley, Justice Benjamin and Johnny Dang about their hopes for the future and attending college during a pandemic.
Biden's Title IX reforms would roll back Trump-era rules, expand victim protections
The administration proposed an overhaul of regulations to expand protections for LGBTQI+ students and require schools to respond to all sexual discrimination complaints.