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Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
A New Destination For Kayakers: The L.A. River?
September 20, 2011 Los Angeles city officials have opened once-polluted and often-ridiculed Los Angeles River to kayaks and canoes. NPR's Mandalit del Barco rode on it with a group of 10-year-olds and a City Council member — where they discovered herons, carp and 32 discarded shopping carts.
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Boy Scouts Look Forward To New Site
September 8, 2011 Two Boy Scouts eagerly await the opening of the more than 10,000-acre new camp planned in West Virginia. The camp is expected to be completed and open by July 2013.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Monday, August 01, 2011
Yemen's Capital: A City Of Chaos
August 1, 2011 NPR's Kelly McEvers takes a tour of Sanaa, the chaotic capital of Yemen. The city looks like an armed camp, with heavily armed combatants on guard and tens of thousands of young anti-government protesters still on the streets.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Olympic Triumph Amid Tragedy At 1996 Games
July 30, 2011 It's been 15 years since the Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta. NPR's Kathy Lohr covered the games and remembers how the Olympic spirit rose above the tragic bombing.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Fear, God And Family Pervade Migrants' Journey
July 10, 2011 The number of migrants from Central America and Mexico who are trying to cross illegally into the United States has dropped dramatically over the last few years, in part because the trip has become incredibly dangerous. NPR's Jason Beaubien recently traveled along much of the migrant trail in Mexico.
Friday, July 08, 2011
Dreams And Danger: Notes From The Migrant Trail
July 8, 2011 NPR's Jason Beaubien has traveled from Central America through Mexico in recent weeks, following a route that many migrants take trying to reach the U.S. He reflects on the increasingly dangerous journey and the dreams that continue to propel migrants northward.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Tripoli's Lone Chinese Restaurant Still Delivers
June 30, 2011 Many foreigners fled the crippled Libyan capital as the uprising there turned to war. But one Chinese restaurant is still open for business — though customers are few. "If I left, I would lose everything I have here," owner Dai Songxian says.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Monday, May 09, 2011
A Young Hitchhiker's Guide To The Road: Smile
May 9, 2011 NPR's John Burnett recently picked up hitchhiker Dereck "Chip" Williams, 23, in West Texas. Williams, who was on his way to British Columbia with a backpack and a new fiddle, says it's good for a hitchhiker to smile: "You don't want to be a bucket of misery on the side of the road."
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
In A Land Of Few Rights, Saudi Women Fight To Vote
May 4, 2011 A group of women in Saudi Arabia told NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson they feel they have the least freedom or fewest rights of any women in the world. So when the government recently reneged on a promise to grant them the ability to vote in municipal elections this fall, they'd had enough.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Backpacking Through The Revolutions Of North Africa
April 10, 2011 For much of Moammar Gadhafi's 42-year dictatorship, few Western tourists traveled around Libya. And now, amid the ongoing conflict between Gadhafi's forces and rebels, there are almost none. But one intrepid backpacker from Germany is defying the statistics. NPR's Eric Westervelt found him in eastern Libya this past week.
