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Why keeping girls in school is a good strategy to cope with climate change

Tawonga Zakeyu of Malawi graduated from Earth University in Costa Rica in December 2021 and now teaches women farmers how to cope with the challenges posed by a changing climate. One strategy: Drip irrigation using recycled plastic bottles is a big help during a drought. Hellenah Khunga hide caption

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Goats and Soda

Why keeping girls in school is a good strategy to cope with climate change

Education for girls brings numerous benefits when it comes to addressing the climate crisis. Oh, and it works for boys, too!

Monday

Author Interviews

The new book 'The Stolen Year' details how the pandemic disrupted children's lives

Extended school closings during the pandemic were a calamity for education. NPR's Anya Kamenetz writes about how COVID changed children's lives in her new book: The Stolen Year.

The new book 'The Stolen Year' details how the pandemic disrupted children's lives

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Monday

Friday

Russia is disappearing Ukrainian civilians. Their families want answers

Iryna Andrusha (left) and Kateryna Andrusha, sister and mother, respectively, of Ukrainian school teacher Viktoria Andrusha, who was taken by Russian forces from the village of Novyi Bykiv in late March. Anya Kamenetz/NPR hide caption

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Ukraine invasion — explained

Russia is disappearing Ukrainian civilians. Their families want answers

Ukrainians who were held in Russia detail their detention, hoping to help find a teacher still missing. She is one of more than 200 civilians that U.N. human rights workers say Russia has disappeared.

Russia is disappearing Ukrainian civilians. Their families want answers

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Friday

The NPR Politics Podcast

Americans Are Spending Lots — But They Still Don't Feel Good About The Economy

The Labor Department said Friday that U.S. businesses added 390,000 jobs in May, as the unemployment rate held steady at a very low 3.6 percent and, despite rising prices, American continue to spend. Nevertheless, voters remain concerned about the economy and the White House is scrambling to find a convincing message.

Americans Are Spending Lots — But They Still Don't Feel Good About The Economy

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Monday

World

A missing Ukrainian woman's family wants to know if she was forcibly taken to Russia

NPR spoke to five Ukrainian civilians who were detained, deported and subject to what human rights advocates call enforced disappearance.

A missing Ukrainian woman's family wants to know if she was forcibly taken to Russia

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Sunday

War displaced two-thirds of Ukraine's children. Keeping them safe isn't easy

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Ukraine invasion — explained

War displaced two-thirds of Ukraine's children. Keeping them safe isn't easy

NPR goes inside a school-turned-shelter in Ukraine, where children evacuated during the war face an uncertain future.

War displaced two-thirds of Ukraine's children. Keeping them safe isn't easy

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Friday

Cómo hablar con los niños cuando las noticias dan miedo. Una guía bilingüe
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Life Kit

Cómo hablar con los niños cuando las noticias dan miedo. Una guía bilingüe

Cuando ocurren tiroteos u otras tragedias, ¿cómo podemos hablar con los niños sobre lo que ha pasado? Tenemos consejos de expertos sobre cómo apoyar emocionalmente a los pequeñitos.

Cómo hablar con los niños cuando las noticias dan miedo. Una guía bilingüe

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Saturday

Europe

To fend off food insecurity, Ukrainians look to their own backyards

One in 3 Ukrainians are now food insecure, and the war could bring a food crisis all over the world. One thing that can help? Planting backyard gardens.

To fend off food insecurity, Ukrainians look to their own backyards

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How a Ukrainian teacher helped students escape Russia's invasion, and still graduate

Russian soldiers left graffiti in the school in Borodyanka, a town outside of Ukraine's capital Kyiv. Anya Kamenetz/NPR hide caption

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World

How a Ukrainian teacher helped students escape Russia's invasion, and still graduate

As residents return to a liberated town near Kyiv, a teacher and her high school students recount what it took to survive the war.

How a Ukrainian teacher helped students escape Russia's invasion, and still graduate

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Tuesday

Shelter.Lviv started on Instagram. It's now helped house 4,000 women and children

Liana Piatkovskaya holds her sister's dog, Sky, at Shelter.Lviv. Her mom and sister have escaped Ukraine, but she vowed to stay in the country. Anya Kamenetz/NPR hide caption

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Europe

Shelter.Lviv started on Instagram. It's now helped house 4,000 women and children

More than 14 million people have been displaced by the war in Ukraine. One shelter in the western city of Lviv has helped thousands of women and children. It now has only about 100 occupants left.

Shelter.Lviv started on Instagram. It's now helped house 4,000 women and children

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Sunday

Europe

The war has worsened disparities for women in Ukraine

Ukrainian feminists say their country came a long way, legally and culturally, in the past decade. Now advocates are trying to address sexual assault, economic hardship and other effects of the war.

The war has worsened disparities for women in Ukraine

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