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Philip Connors has spent 17 summers as a fire lookout in the Gila National Forest. Lookouts are the eyes in the forest, even as the forests they watch have changed, shaped by developers, shifting land management policies and climate change. Nathan Rott/NPR hide caption
Microsoft President Brad Smith says governments need to set rules for big technology companies. "Almost no technology has gone so entirely unregulated, for so long, as digital technology," he says. Gary He/Reuters hide caption
Edward Snowden Tells NPR: The Executive Branch 'Sort Of Hacked The Constitution'
Samantha Power speaks on Jan. 13, 2017, during her final press conference as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption
In New Memoir, Samantha Power Describes Going From Idealist To Diplomat
Christopher Ingraham, his wife Briana, and their three children — twins Charles (center) and Jack (right), 6, and William, 2, who was born after the family moved to Red Lake Falls, Minn. Courtesy of the Ingraham family hide caption
A Throwaway Line Led 'Washington Post' Reporter To Call Rural Midwest His New Home
Jackie Robinson draws his family close to help him blow out a birthday candle in 1954. From left, his children Sharon, David, and Jackie Jr., with his wife Rachel, above. AP hide caption