Perspective

World News

Who's to blame for the war between Israel and Hamas? Jordanian women look to America

5:46pm November 10, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with four women who are social influencers in Amman, Jordan — where the majority of the population is of Palestinian origin — about their thoughts on the war in Israel.

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Arts

The joy of NPR's Suzanne Nuyen's Vietnamese cooking blog

4:55pm November 09, 2023

by Suzanne Nuyen

NPR is taking time to celebrate the things we are really into — the stuff that keeps us going beyond the news. NPR's Suzanne Nuyen finds joy in the kitchen and sharing what she's learned there.

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Arts

Should my Halloween costume include a fake scar? This activist says no

12:05pm October 27, 2023

by Claire Murashima

For some, scars aren't just Halloween costumes. One activist asks us to think twice before using them.

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Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs present a dilemma for some doctors who don't want to talk about weight in a stigmatizing way with patients.

Health & Safety

I try to be a body-positive doctor. It's getting harder in the age of Ozempic

5:15pm October 04, 2023

by Mara Gordon

A physician decided to stop talking to patients about weight, and focus on health instead. But the new weight-loss drugs forced her to rethink how to help patients without feeding into stigma.

A motorcyclist rides past a mural of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, left, and revolutionary hero CÃ©sar Augusto Sandino during general elections in Managua, Nov. 7, 2021. Ortega won a fourth consecutive term against a field of little-known candidates while those who could have given him a real challenge sat in jail.

World News

I returned to Nicaragua, where I was born, and found a country steeped in fear

11:01am September 14, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

NPR's Eyder Peralta recently visited Nicaragua for the first time in a decade, gaining rare access to a nation that is hostile to journalists and known as the Western Hemisphere's newest dictatorship.

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Greg Rosalsky looks at his new son in the hospital.

I'm a new dad. Here's why I'm taking more parental leave than my wife.

10:18am August 22, 2023

by Greg Rosalsky

More than 70 percent of American fathers return to work less than two weeks after having a baby. Here is why I'm not one of them.

Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery towards Russian positions near the eastern town of Bakhmut in November 2022.

World News

From drone videos to selfies at the front, Ukraine is the most documented war ever

4:43pm August 08, 2023

by Greg Myre

NPR's Greg Myre has covered more than a dozen wars dating back to the 1980s. He says the conflict in Ukraine is the most documented war ever, providing a view we've never had before.

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The author awaits a bowl of ramen noodles in a Tokyo restaurant.

What the U.S. could learn from Japan about making healthy living easier

5:03pm August 06, 2023

by Yuki Noguchi

On a trip back to her parents' native country, a writer rediscovers what makes it different. The urban design, and a culture that values longevity, make good health come al lot more naturally.

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Doctors and nurses are experiencing burnout, including a feeling they call "moral distress" caused by the difficulties of working the health care system.

Health & Safety

Doctors have their own diagnosis: 'Moral distress' from an inhumane health system

11:48am August 02, 2023

by Lisa Doggett, Public Health Watch

A term coined to evoke the torment felt by soldiers as they process the cruelty of war, it's now used by doctors to describe the guilt and helplessness we feel when patients can't access needed care.

Poet Hanif Abdurraqib has struggled with grief from losing important people in his life. He reflects on the ways his spirituality is defined by his understanding of loss.

Religion

Why this poet sees grief as its own kind of spiritual practice

6:01am July 23, 2023

by Rachel Martin

Poet Hanif Abdurraqib has experienced a lot of loss in his life, and sees the grief from those losses as its own kind of spiritual practice.