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A sampling of the stories NPR staff believe made some of the deepest ripples this year — reminders of what rigorous, compassionate journalism can do, and why the work remains as urgent as ever.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Confidencial editor Carlos Fernando Chamorro about the Nicaraguan government's brutal crackdown on press freedoms.

The court is poised to decide whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to sexual orientation and gender identity, along with factors such as race, religion, sex and national origin.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, about Attorney General William Barr's testimony on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

"I am still a Baptist, but I can no longer identify with Southern Baptists," said Moore, a popular author and Bible teacher who has expressed frustration with the church's attitudes toward women.

Tourism is at a record high in Bethlehem this Christmas, but the wider economy is in the dumps, and with no prospect for an independent state, Palestinians are expressing record levels of depression.

Around the world, people are experimenting with new ways of expressing friendliness — without touching skin.

At least five churches have been vandalized since Friday ahead of Francis' visit, some with firebombs as anger persists years after a major sex-abuse scandal that many see as a coverup by the Vatican.

The acclaimed jazz pianist and Harvard music professor talks with NPR's Scott Simon about the Vijay Iyer Sextet's new album, Far From Over, and the politics that inspired it.

Some senators want the tax overhaul to come with a built-in trigger: If budget deficits grow, tax cuts will be reversed. But several key senators strongly oppose the idea.