A StoryCorps love story: Twin waitresses caught the eyes of twin musicians
In this week's StoryCorps, twins married to twins talks about how they fell in love.
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Afghans who want teen girls back in school have new allies: Taliban-affiliated clerics
For 9 months, teen girls have been pretty much unable to go to school. Protests have been shut down. Now clerics — including some affiliated with the Taliban – are urging an end to the school ban.
In the battle over books, Nashville library's response? 'I read banned books' cards
As efforts to control books continue, Nashville Public Library hopes to reach thousands of readers with its "I read banned books" card.
A popular program for teaching kids to read just took another hit to its credibility
Reading Recovery is one of the world's most widely used reading intervention programs for young children. A new study questions its long-term impact.
A shortage of health aides is forcing out those who wish to get care at home
Home health care workers are among the lowest paid, shifting the burden of long-term care to aging and overstressed family members or assisted living centers, which are often understaffed themselves.
Known to be toxic for a century, lead still poisons thousands of Midwestern kids
Four U.S. states are still struggling with high rates of lead poisoning from soil, pipes and paint. It impacts thousands of people each year, especially low-income communities and families of color.
Like Christmas, Eid is being commercialized – and that's a welcome thing
For many Muslims, western holiday celebrations like Christmas once felt like the kind of universal affirmation we could never attain. But, today, it's a markedly different story.
The education culture war is raging. But for most parents, it's background noise
By wide margins, parents across the political spectrum are satisfied with how their children's schools teach about race, gender and history. That's according to a new national poll by NPR and Ipsos.
Italian children should not automatically receive their father's surname, court says
Italy's Constitutional Court ruled that newborns that are automatically assigned the father's surname at birth is unconstitutional and damaging to a child's identity.
Texas families with trans kids are leaving the state
The Texas governor and attorney general say gender affirming care for trans kids is child abuse. Some families with trans kids are now relocating to continue the care they say their children need.