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A new report from UNESCO estimates the potential lifetime earnings lost to the world's children due to school closings. But there are ways to prevent this from happening.

Science shows the value of boosters against COVID, but many vaccinated people haven't gotten the shot. About 40% of people who are eligible have been boosted, which could be bad if COVID surges again.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Indivar Dutta-Gupta of the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality on the expanded child tax credit in the stimulus bill and how it'd reduce poverty among children.

Gas prices are hitting record highs in the U.S. amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. That's got a lot of people on modest incomes worried as inflation is already making it tough to scrape by.

Evictions in some once-affordable suburbs are on the rise. During the pandemic, people looking for more space left high-priced cities and moved to the burbs, pushing out lower income renters there.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Bank in Berlin, Germany, about high inflation across the Eurozone.

General Motors and Delphi, its former subsidiary, will offer early retirement and buy-out packages to more than 100,000 workers. In a deal negotiated with the United Auto Workers union, GM will offer incentives ranging from $35,000 to $140,000 each. While some workers said they were waiting to see the details, many said they doubted the package was attractive enough to induce them to retire. Jerome Vaughn of Detroit Public Radio reports.

Antonio Villaraigosa is set to become the Los Angeles' first Latino mayor since 1872 after a historic coalition of Latinos, blacks and whites buoyed his candidacy. But he says that after the publicity dies down, he will be judged by his ability to tackle problems such as L.A.'s public school system.

New Orleans has lost a huge number of jobs as a result of Hurricane Katrina. But right now, the city is experiencing a labor shortage. Fast food outlets are offering signing bonuses and paying premium wages to new hires. Other businesses also are scrambling to find enough workers.

It is about to get more expensive for many graduates to pay off college loans. Effective July 1, interest rates on two main financial aid programs, Stafford and Plus loans, will be rising. Those still in school, or who haven't yet begun paying back their loans, still have a time to lock in a lower interest rate.