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How musicians in Lebanon are dealing with an escalating conflict
by Scott Detrow
Lebanon is a cultural hub for Arab music. Lebanese music writer Danny Hajjar has been talking with musicians there about how they're dealing with escalating conflict in the region.
Carmen Rita Wong reckons with her identity after learning a secret hidden for decades
Carmen Rita Wong's mother was Dominican and father was Chinese, or so she thought. In her memoir, Why Didn't You Tell Me, she reckons with the truth that was kept from her for 31 years.
As wealthy nations push 4th booster shots, Africa is being left behind
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Ayoade Alakija, co-chair of the Africa Vaccine Delivery Alliance, about the ongoing challenges of addressing COVID-19.
Today's Jan. 6 hearing looked at the role of Q-Anon, Proud Boys and Oath Keepers
by Tom Dreisbach
The committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol held a hearing on Tuesday focused on the role of the conspiracy theory QAnon and extremist groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.
Biden heads to the Middle East for meetings
President Biden is heading to Israel and Saudi Arabia Tuesday in his first visit to the Middle East as president for meetings that he says he hopes will help advance regional security and stability.
A man is using his nose to push a peanut up to the summit of Colorado's Pikes Peak
by Abigail Beckman
A Colorado man is attempting to push a peanut with his nose all the way to the 14,115-foot summit of Pikes Peak.
Michigan organizers petition to enshrine abortion rights in state constitution
by Kate Wells
Organizers in Michigan submitted 750,000 signatures for a November ballot initiative to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution.
Encore: Garbage collectors in Kharkiv dodge mortars to pick up the trash
by Jason Beaubien
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night — nor even threats of Russian missiles shall keep the garbage haulers of Kharkiv from their appointed rounds. We hit the streets with one crew.
A look at one of the thousands of gun deaths that didn't make national headlines
In one year, 45,000 died by gun in the U.S. Most of those lives were taken one by one in homicides or suicides. They didn't make national headlines but left huge holes in their communities.
Sisters remember their parents, Kenneth and Terry Bridwell, with the songs they loved
COVID has taken more than 1 million lives in the United States. Sisters Allison Leaver and Shelly Noble remember their parents, Kenneth and Terry Bridwell, with the music of Johnny Cash.