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America's kids are going back to school. Not all of their teachers will join them

Teachers across the U.S. are battling challenges on multiple fronts, and it's driving many to leave. Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Education

America's kids are going back to school. Not all of their teachers will join them

It's a new school year and Jake Miller is not setting up his classroom in Pennsylvania. He's not getting to know a new group of eighth-graders. After 15 years of teaching, he quit.

America's kids are going back to school. Not all of their teachers will join them

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Sunday

His hometown didn't have a veterans memorial, so this teen built one himself

Dominique Claseman stands in front of the memorial he built for his Eagle Scouts project. Mark Jurgensen hide caption

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National

His hometown didn't have a veterans memorial, so this teen built one himself

For his Eagle Scout project, teenager Dominique Claseman built a veterans memorial in Olivia, Minnesota. With help from his community, he raised more than $77,000 to complete it.

His hometown didn't have a veterans memorial, so this teen built one himself

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Tuesday

A librarian collects all the things left in books — from love letters to old photos

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Culture

A librarian collects all the things left in books — from love letters to old photos

The Oakland Public Library has spent years collecting items its patrons have left in library books, from old photographs to love notes. The archive is available publicly on their website.

A librarian collects all the things left in books — from love letters to old photos

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Monday

Education

Life Kit: The importance of inclusion in sex education

Some state lawmakers are working to restrict the rights of LGBTQ youth. For some students, that means sex education can miss some important points.

Life Kit: The importance of inclusion in sex education

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Friday

The Supreme Court's majority and dissent opinions on Dobbs reveal a massive schism

A group photo of the justices at the Supreme Court in Washington on April 23, 2021. Seated from left: Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor. Standing from left: Brett Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. Erin Schaff /AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Reproductive rights in America

The Supreme Court's majority and dissent opinions on Dobbs reveal a massive schism

"The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion," Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority. The court's liberals warn that other rights could now be vulnerable.

MUNA's new album features growth and an 'astral projection anthem'

MUNA. Foreground: Josette Maskin; center-right: Katie Gavins. Back: Naomi McPherson. Isaac Schneider/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Music Interviews

MUNA's new album features growth and an 'astral projection anthem'

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Naomi McPherson, Katie Gavin and Josette Maskin of the band MUNA about their third album: MUNA.

MUNA's new album features growth and an 'astral projection anthem'

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Wednesday

A child trauma expert explains how parents can support kids in Uvalde and elsewhere

People mourn outside of the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption

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Uvalde elementary school shooting

A child trauma expert explains how parents can support kids in Uvalde and elsewhere

Melissa Brymer says talking to kids about school shootings can be upsetting; you may need to have conversations in small chunks for them to understand.

Monday

Tuesday

Rick Martínez brings 'rapture' to the kitchen with his new cookbook 'Mi Cocina'

Rick Martínez's regional Mexican cookbook Mi Cocina is out now. Ren Fuller/Rick Martínez; Clarkson Potter hide caption

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Food

Rick Martínez brings 'rapture' to the kitchen with his new cookbook 'Mi Cocina'

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Rick Martínez about his new cookbook Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico.

Rick Martínez brings 'rapture' to the kitchen with his new cookbook 'Mi Cocina'

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Monday

World leaders weighed in on the war in Ukraine on Victory in Europe Day

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, right, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hold a joint news conference Sunday in Kyiv, Ukraine. Earlier in the day, Trudeau visited the suburb of Irpin to look at devastation left in the wake of Russia's invasion. Alexey Furman/Getty Images hide caption

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Ukraine invasion — explained

World leaders weighed in on the war in Ukraine on Victory in Europe Day

Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned peace is impossible under Russian dictatorship, saying "freedom and security will win the day, just as freedom and security triumphed over oppression, ... 77 years ago."

Thursday

What a U.N. team has seen while documenting possible war crimes in Ukraine

Blood is seen on a sidewalk in a residential area following shelling in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, on Wednesday. Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Ukraine invasion — explained

What a U.N. team has seen while documenting possible war crimes in Ukraine

"Unfortunately, the longer this conflict goes on, the more violations we're finding," says the head of a U.N. team documenting possible human rights abuses in Ukraine.

Tuesday

An expert says it may be hard, but not impossible, to prove genocide in Ukraine

International legal experts must decide how to formally describe Russia's actions in Bucha, Ukraine, where mass graves were found. Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images hide caption

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Ukraine invasion — explained

An expert says it may be hard, but not impossible, to prove genocide in Ukraine

Should the atrocities in Ukraine be called war crimes, ethnic cleansing or genocide? The terms can be tricky to differentiate, but experts say the separate labels are crucial when seeking justice.

Monday

Ocean Vuong's new poems examine the 'big, big yesterday' since his mother was alive

Poet Ocean Vuong writes about loss and grief, but also discovery. Tom Hines hide caption

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Books

Ocean Vuong's new poems examine the 'big, big yesterday' since his mother was alive

Ocean Vuong's second poetry collection, Time is a Mother, grapples with time and its impermanence following his mother's death in 2019.

Ocean Vuong's new poems examine the 'big, big yesterday' since his mother was alive

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Tuesday

Here's how propaganda is clouding Russians' understanding of the war in Ukraine

A resident cleans her balcony in an apartment building damaged by shelling in Kyiv on Tuesday. Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Ukraine invasion — explained

Here's how propaganda is clouding Russians' understanding of the war in Ukraine

The truth about the war is hard to find in Russia and is mostly discovered only by people who already distrust the Kremlin and its state-sponsored media, says Russian-born journalist Julia Ioffe.

Friday

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