Can I Just Tell You: With So Much To Mourn, We Must Allow Time To Grieve
A reflection on the pandemic, the Tulsa Race Massacre and grief.
Opinion
A Letter To My Mother — Just In Case
Rapper and hip hop professor A.D. Carson witnessed Black people getting killed by the police over and over again. It made him start to doubt his own safety, and make plans for the unimaginable.
Opinion: Remembering Lives Lost In The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
NPR's Scott Simon remembers some of the more than 200 people killed during the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Opinion: Let Us Now Praise Masks
With new CDC guidelines saying those vaccinated against COVID-19 can ditch face masks except for certain situations, NPR's Scott Simon ponders how masks have become a symbol for this age.
Opinion: Africans Shouldn't Have To Pull Strings To Get COVID Treatment
When Maji Hailemariam and her dad got sick with COVID in Ethiopia, she was frustrated by how difficult it was to get tested and treated. She urges governments that it doesn't have to be that way.
Opinion: What Native Americans Can Teach Rich Nations About Generosity In A Pandemic
It's inspiring when a spirit of generosity goes global. But to fight this pandemic, well-off nations must do their part. That's why we think Biden's stand on vaccine patents is a vital step.
Opinion: How Latin America's Kids Suffer From World's Longest COVID School Closings
Education was already a problem area in much of Latin America. But the coronavirus made a bad situation worse, writes journalist Alejandro Tarre.
Opinion: 2 Students On A Bus Discover The Connection Of A Lifetime
NPR's Scott Simon shares the story of two Liberty University students who met on a bus and, while making small talk, discovered they had met many years ago and many miles away.
Radio Diaries: 25 Years Of Telling Complex Stories Through Everyday Moments
Surprises and lucky accidents are part of the DNA of audio diaries. There's something magical about handing someone a tape recorder, because you never know what will happen.
OPINION: Doctors Should Be More Candid With Their Patients
As a doctor, I was eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in December, but I also was pregnant, and there wasn't yet much data to inform my decision. What I needed was a different kind of information.