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Facebook is about to find out how many friends it has. The social networking giant wants to sell shares to the public. It filed papers for an initial public offering Wednesday. With about 800 million users, Facebook is one of the most visible companies in the world. But until now, the financial side of Facebook has remained largely a mystery. For more, Melissa Block talks to NPR's Steve Henn.

The crisis appears to be stoked by the leader of Belarus over the country's tensions with the bloc. Polish border guards have used water cannons and tear gas to turn back stone-throwing migrants.

The new, multimillion-dollar Democratic push to mobilize voters of color in 2022 includes voter protection and combating disinformation. Republicans had some gains with nonwhite voters in 2020.

We have the latest on negotiations on congressional efforts to avoid another government shutdown as the tax overhaul bill works its way through reconciliation.

For some perspective on the current tax bill speeding through Congress, NPR's Rachel Martin talks to David Wessel of the Brookings Institution about the last major tax cuts, in the 1980s.

The wildfires in Southern California continue to grow, whipped by strong, hot Santa Ana winds.

Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam spent more than a half-century being thought of as murderers of one of the nation's most important Black leaders in 1965.

Deep in the heart of Texas, the Kronos Quartet reflects on race relations and social unrest with At War with Ourselves – 400 Years of You, by composer Michael Abels and poet Nikky Finney.

The leaders of Canada, Mexico and the United States will meet in Washington, the first such summit in five years. They're expected to discuss topics like COVID-19, climate change and migration.

Mississippi, a battleground in the struggle for civil rights, has been slow to embrace its racist past. A new state-funded museum tells the story.