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Louisa Lim

Beijing Correspondent Louisa Lim is currently attending the University of Michigan as a Knight-Wallace Fellow. She will return to her regular role in 2014.

As Black representation in pro-baseball dwindles, the MLB tries something new

The MLB once led the way on integration. Now, it's attempting to address the dwindling number of Black players in the league by hosting events like the HBCU Swingman Classic.

A Canada fan dons an Olympic mascot Phryge hat before the women's quarter-final football match between Canada and Germany during the Paris Olympics.

12 things that wowed us at the Paris Olympics

A team of NPR journalists spent more than two weeks covering the Paris Summer Olympics. Here are some of our highlight moments from seeing the Games up close.

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive to visit members of the U.S. military during an unannounced trip to Al Asad Air Base in Iraq on Wednesday. Reporters traveling with Trump, as has happened with past presidents, were not allowed to report that the president was in Iraq until the end of the visit for security purposes.

'Can You Come To The White House?' A Reporter's Tale Of A Surprise Trip To Iraq

NPR White House correspondent Tamara Keith was one of 13 reporters to go with President Trump to Iraq, an assignment that meant keeping a big secret — even from family.

Two 12-year-olds comfort each other while sharing stories about their families. Some say it's only at camp that they don't feel alone because they meet other children in their situation. Some children have seen their parents overdose and some have had to call 911. Many have been taken away to foster care multiple times.

At This Camp, Children Of Opioid Addicts Learn To Cope And Laugh

Camp Mariposa in Dayton, Ohio, is designed just for them. The program lets these children share their experiences, learn coping strategies and, most importantly, get to be kids.

Review: 'Hillbilly Elegy' A Disappointing Comic Book Version Of Best-Selling Memoir

When a popular book is made into a movie, you expect the story to be condensed into the Cliff's Notes version.Not a comic book.That's what Ron Howard did…

A Mother Documents Her Final Months Of Life In 'Julie' Podcast

At age 37, Julie Yip-Williams was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer. She died in March 2018 and documented the final months of her extraordinary life for the new podcast, Julie.

Caregiver Fajriya Khaled holds a child at an orphanage in northeastern Syria, home to 41 children of Yazidi mothers and ISIS fathers. The Yazidi community in Iraq forces the women to leave their children behind if they want to return home.

In Syria, An Orphanage Cares For Children Born To Yazidi Mothers Enslaved By ISIS

Because their fathers were ISIS fighters, the Yazidi community rejects the children and forces their mothers to give them up. Some willingly do so, but others are desperate for news of their children.

Movies you missed: Back to the Future

Scott Simon speaks with Marc Rivers, a producer on NPR's Morning Edition, about the 1985 movie "Back to the Future," which he watched recently for the first time.

A health worker administers the oral polio vaccine to a young girl as other children wait for their turn at a school in Karachi, Pakistan on February 28, 2022. In response to an uptick in cases of vaccine-derived polio — a form of the disease that stems from the oral vaccine — many countries are rolling out a new oral polio vaccine.

How the U.S. case might tie into the global upswing in polio

Countries in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia are counting more cases of vaccine-derived polio. Now there's a likely U.S. case. Researchers are looking for ways to stop it.

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