Raising a child with autism in Kenya: Facing stigma, finding glimmers of hope
Scovian Lillian for NPR Mary Gachoki had learned about autism spectrum disorder from a caregiving course she’d taken in college. When her son was 2 years old, she recognized that…
Why a new report on child mortality is historic, encouraging — and grim
Isabela Oside, 45, washes hands of her daughter Faith, 3, who completed doses through the worlds first malaria vaccine. Malaria is one of the preventable diseases that contributes to worldwide…
Gold mining reduced this Amazon rainforest to a moonscape. Now miners are restoring it
A woman and her child stand in front of a landscape denuded by gold mining in the southern Peruvian jungle in the Madre de Dios region. This picture is from…
Why this vote at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant is historic for the South
Some 4,300 production and maintenance workers at this Volkswagen automobile assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., are voting this week on whether to join the United Auto Workers union. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty…
Do I need a four-year degree?
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. labor market continues its hot streak, adding 303,000 jobs last month — more than expected. Many of these jobs will require a…
Supreme Court temporarily revives Idaho law banning gender affirming care for minors
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted Idaho’s emergency request to temporarily revive a state law banning gender-affirming care for children under the age of…
Trump’s criminal trial, a first for a former president, has begun in New York
Former President Donald Trump appears with his legal team ahead of the start of jury selection Monday at Manhattan criminal court. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records…
Johnson’s leadership is under threat in the House over foreign aid bills
U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., seen here at the U.S. Capitol in October 2023, said he called on House Speaker Mike Johnson to resign. Joe Raedle/Getty Images A second Republican…
New federal safety rules on silica dust aim to protect miners’ lungs
The safety rules being announced and finalized today will hold mines to the same standard for silica dust exposure as other employers. These x-rays show black lung disease. Elaine McMillion…
After catch and release, here’s how to make sure reef fish survive
University of Miami Marine Sciences student Lauren Hayes with her catch, a 7 or 8 pound mutton snapper, which was released and returned to its reef habitat more than 100…