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Scott Simon talks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about sports and politics this week, sports betting legalizing in New York, the National Championship game, and the passing of Dodgers' Tommy Lasorda.

"This is a national emergency. Four hundred thousand people have died. Everything is on the table across the whole supply chain," said Jeffrey Zients, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator.

A disproportionately small number of Black and Hispanic Americans have gotten vaccinated so far. Samantha Artiga of the Kaiser Family Foundation discusses barriers to access and what needs to be done.

Amazon's CEO will be Andy Jassy, the head of its cloud computing division. "As much as I still tap dance into the office, I'm excited about this transition," Bezos says.

A handful of people trying to establish a "trans and queer haven" in rural Colorado say their neighbors are continually harassing them. Critics say they're overstating that to solicit donations.

The legislation, which had overwhelming support in the House and Senate, aims to make reporting hate crimes easier and puts resources into monitoring and preventing those crimes.

With hospitalizations continuing to set new daily records, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (Dec. 1) discussed changes to the state’s trauma system to coordinate COVID-19 care, and efforts to expedite bringing teachers into the state’s beleaguered public schools.

The Biden administration will offer temporary protected status to people who fear returning to Myanmar after the military coup and ensuing suppression of protesters that has killed at least 70 people.

The president said he doesn't want to forgive the loans of people who went to "Harvard and Yale and Penn." The real picture of student debt in the U.S. is much more complicated.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Brooklyn-based musician Nick Hakim about creating little worlds with music and the artist he is grateful for: Laraaji.