All Things Considered
Policemen try to stop activists during a rally to mark International Women's Day in Islamabad on March 8 — and demand equal rights for women in Pakistan. Thousands of women took part in rallies across the country despite efforts by authorities in several cities to block the marches. Aamir Qureshi/ AFP via Getty Images hide caption
National Security
Top U.S. security officials discuss Russia, China in assessment of worldwide threats
Top U.S. security officials discuss Russia, China in assessment of worldwide threats
Remembering Joseph Zucchero, a pioneer of the Italian beef sandwich
After landslides killed three locals in Sitka, the Alaska city responded with science
Researchers meeting in London this week concluded that techniques that have made it easier to manipulate DNA still produce too many mistakes for scientists to be confident any children born from edited embryos (such as these, photographed in 2018) would be healthy. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
Ethical concerns temper optimism about gene-editing for human diseases
What awaits Labor Secretary nominee Julie Su on the path to Senate confirmation
Without retirement options, many undocumented farmworkers keep working into old age
Policemen try to stop activists during a rally to mark International Women's Day in Islamabad on March 8 — and demand equal rights for women in Pakistan. Thousands of women took part in rallies across the country despite efforts by authorities in several cities to block the marches. Aamir Qureshi/ AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Goats and Soda
Police try to stop International Women's Day protests in Pakistan. Protesters persist
Police try to stop International Women's Day protests in Pakistan. Protesters persist
John Buettner (front), a 5th grader at Glen Lake Elementary School in Hopkins, Minn., looks at drawings of playground designs while on a tour at Landscape Structures with his classmates in Delano, Minn. Caroline Yang for NPR hide caption
These students raised hundreds of thousands to make their playground accessible
The DOJ says the Louisville police routinely violated civil rights
To help the housing crisis, California is letting developers circumvent some rules
Medical tourism in Mexico isn't new, but the recent tragedy put it in the Spotlight
Merriam-Webster asked for words that don't have translation to English. Here are some
Senate blocks criminal justice reform bill passed by local lawmakers in D.C.
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