How a ‘pay it forward’ woman helps improve education in Kenya and Tanzania
Inching along at 5 a.m. in Silicon Valley traffic, Erna Grasz wondered whom she could call at that early hour. Across the world in East Africa, her friends Hellen Nkuraiya in Kenya and Emmy Moshi in Tanzania would be awake. Ms. Grasz and her husband …
Iranians Cast Blame As U.S. Sanctions Hurt Iran’s Economy
Iranians contacted by NPR are losing income and looking for who’s at fault as U.S. sanctions start to bite.
Norway Embarks On Its Most Ambitious Transport Project Yet
Norway’s rugged west coast features glaciers, waterfalls and fjords that are beautiful — but take a long time to navigate. A major infrastructure plan could cut travel time in half.
Administration Sends Mixed Messages On When Troops Will Leave Syria
President Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton will be in Turkey on Tuesday to discuss the terms of the withdrawal from Syria. How are Kurds and Syrians responding?
Authorities In Thailand Say Young Saudi Woman Awaiting Deportation Can Stay — For Now
A young Saudi woman is holed up in a hotel in Bangkok hotel after flying to Thailand en route to Australia, where she said she hoped to seek asylum from her abusive family.
The Stakes Are High As China And The U.S. Resume Trade Talks.
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Wendy Cutler, vice president of the Asia Society Policy Institute and a former U.S. trade negotiator, about the U.S.-China trade talks which resumed Monday in Beijing.
Xinjiang: Beijing’s chilling attempt to erase and replace Uyghur identity
The sky is pitch black in this town in China’s far western region of Xinjiang. Suddenly, the predawn stillness is shattered as “Ode to the Motherland,” a classic Communist propaganda song, blasts from loudspeakers, issuing a shrill wake-up call for mi…
Arab-Israeli ‘pragmatist’ was a big hit. Elections loom as daunting Act II.
In his trademark dark suit and no tie, Ayman Odeh enters a cafe here in his hometown, on a hill overlooking the Mediterranean. Soon after, a father approaches, hands Mr. Odeh his infant daughter, and takes their picture. When Odeh eventually gets up …
Gangstas to Growers uses hot sauce to keep young people out of hot water
As soon as the backpack appeared, Abiodun “Abbey” Henderson knew she had a problem. In a room of formerly incarcerated youth at the Shrine of the Black Madonna Cultural Center, the first day of a pioneering criminal justice reform program called Gangs…
With no deal in sight, shutdown reveals depth of ‘trust deficit’
In December 2013, when lead House and Senate negotiators struck a bipartisan budget deal to avert a government shutdown, relations between the parties were in a deep freeze. Weeks later, Democrats exercised the “nuclear option” to muscle through confi…
In immigration standoff, a little tenderness, please
The shutdown of some of the federal government has added a new narrative to America’s debate over immigration. For years, the politics of immigration has been a contest over which of the various groups could claim the greatest victimhood. The idled f…
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