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There is another election today: voters are going to the polls in Haiti, where former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide is running for another full term. Opposition candidates are boycotting the election, citing fraud. Voters have been scared away from polls due to a spate of explosions from homemade bombs around Haiti's capital. Host Lisa Simeone talks to NPR's Gerry Hadden from Port au Prince.

From Port Au Prince, NPR's Gerry Hadden previews today's Presidential election in Haiti. Former President Jean Bertrand Aristide, the country's first democratically-elected president 10 years ago, is expected to regain office. Aristide was ousted in a military coup in 1991, but a U.S. invasion three years later restored him and his party to power.

One of Mexico's most popular bands has a new song deploring the unsolved murders of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juarez. The hit song, "The Women of Juarez," is getting international airplay and attracting human rights activists, much to the chagrin of local politicians. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports.

You've seen them during the coronavirus pandemic: ordinary people on the streets wearing surgical masks or other face-coverings.

Wednesday marked the easing of many COVID-19 restrictions in New York, but at the State Capitol in Albany many mandates and the public is still closed to…

Walmart and Sam's Club, as well as Kroger, join a growing list of retailers making masks mandatory in stores. The National Retail Federation is urging all stores to adopt the same policy.

The department says the public should ignore the fraudulent cards, which purport to carry the authority of the "Freedom to Breathe Agency," which is neither a federal nor a state agency.

The country singer, known for "He Stopped Loving Her Today" and many other hits, died Friday at age 81. Fresh Air remembers Jones with excerpts from a 1996 conversation with Terry Gross about his autobiography, his addictions and his perspective on his celebrated but troubled marriage to Tammy Wynette.

On October 11, The Eleanor Roosevelt Center in partnership with PEN America presented the 2025 Banned Book Awards at The Bardavon in Poughkeepsie, New York. This year’s Eleanor Roosevelt Lifetime Achievement honoree was best-selling author Margaret Atwood and Joe Donahue had the great honor of speaking with her at the event.In her latest work, "Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts," Atwood explores her past and reveals connections between real life and art.

Alan speaks with Jerry Komisar about his many years in public higher education and his new book The Last Believer.