Opinion: No taxpayer handouts for pro stadiums
With several sports teams looking to taxpayers to fund the construction of new stadiums, NPR's Scott Simon wonders how those public funds could be spent elsewhere.
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Opinion: Navalny's spirit and legacy live on
NPR's Scott Simon remembers Alexei Navalny. The Russian opposition leader died Friday in a penal colony.
Weight-loss drugs aren't a magic bullet. Lifestyle changes are key to lasting health
A doctor argues that the current focus on fighting obesity with drugs like Ozempic ignores the bigger picture: We need a medical system and society that support healthy life habits.
Opinion: This Valentine's Day, I'm giving the gift of hearing
For people with damaged or diminished hearing, hearing aids are helpful devices that shouldn't carry stigma.
New Grammy category for African music ignores almost all of Africa
Grammy is unveiling an award for "Best African Music Performance." Do the nominees fulfill the goal of "recognizing recordings that utilize unique local expressions from across the ... continent"?
Opinion: Their deaths leave holes that will never be filled
A string of shooting deaths of Chicago high-schoolers shocks and saddens, despite a decrease in the city's homicide rate.
Time loop stories aren't all 'Groundhog Day' rip-offs. Time loop stories aren't all...
Here we go again: Time loop stories were around long before the 1993 movie Groundhog Day. So a friendly reminder that one person's discovery of something isn't the same as its invention.
Readers' wishes for 2024: TLC for Earth, an end to AIDS, more empathy, less light
As a new year dawns, we asked our readers to send us their global wishes. Here's what they're hoping for.
Opinion: Women with obesity are often restricted from IVF. That's discriminatory
Despite the lack of medical evidence for doing so, fertility clinics bar women over a certain BMI from their services. One writer makes the case such limits are unfair and unscientific.
Global wishes for 2024: Pay for family leave. Empower Black men. Respect rural voices
We asked leaders in global health and development to share their wishes for the new year. Here's what they hope will happen in the year ahead. And readers, we'd like to hear from you.