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With a protective safety mask on, a man welds a steel sculpture sitting on a desk. It's a steel woman sitting cross legged. Her hand is still just a wire frame, and his tig torch sparks the wires around the fingers.

How a towering dragonfly and 20-foot deer are bringing people to Appalachia

Rural welder David Griesmeyer created the Ohio Arts Corridor, a quirky public art trail, to bring people into Appalachia in hopes they’ll stay awhile.

Joshua Ray, a social worker with the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians, inside one of the apartments of the building tribal leaders bought in Lakeport, Calif., through Homekey.

California Turned Pandemic Rentals Into Permanent Housing For Homeless People

California leased hotel rooms for unhoused residents during the pandemic to move them out of crowded shelters. Then it bought some of those hotels to create long-term homes for them.

Sitawa Wafula found out she had bipolar disorder at the age of 24.

When I Was Diagnosed With Bipolar Disorder, People Thought I Was Cursed

She's become an activist and here's her message: Talk to us, text us, give us data. Don't just build another mental institution.

A long drought in Zambia has left people with no crops or money for food

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Cindy MCcain, executive director of the World Food Programme, about her current trip to Zambia, where people are enduring a severe drought and going hungry.

Country Singer Mickey Guyton Opens Up About Race And Gender In 'Black Like Me'

Guyton's hit song, off her EP Bridges, is about feeling like a stranger in one's own land. The issues Guyton raises pose new challenges — not just to country music, but to our country itself.

Some 350,000 Haitian migrants are set to lose their temporary legal status next week. Many have had children in the U.S., and now face an agonizing choice: if deported, should they take their U.S. citizen children to a still-dangerous Haiti? Families at this Haitian church in San Diego are leaning on faith as they brace for an uncertain future.

Families brace for separation as Haitians set to lose protected status next week

A Supreme Court ruling stripped Haitian migrants of their temporary legal status. Those with U.S.-born children face an agonizing choice if deported: Should they take them to a still-dangerous Haiti?

How one legal team is building support for people with cognitive disabilities

The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with defendants who have cognitive disabilities. The office helps these people access treatment.

Lebanese civil defense workers inspect the rubble at the site of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Hussein Malla/AP)

Human rights groups warn of deepening humanitarian crisis in Lebanon following Israeli invasion

Since Israel began its invasion of Lebanon last month, more than 1 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes.

Start Hear: Halo Top, Relisha Goes Missing, and Selena and Me

Maintenance Phase: Wellness & weight loss, debunked & decoded.http://maintenancephase.com/Anything for Selena: In this intimate journey, Maria Garcia explores what Selena's legacy shows us about belonging in America.https://www.wbur.org/anythingforselenaThrough the Cracks: Through the Cracks investigates gaps in our society and the people who fall through them.https://www.npr.org/podcasts/959614430/through-the-cracks

New classical music for our times: To 'give people a sense of hope'

Up and coming classical composer Kevin Day and cellist Leo Eguchi of the Sheffield Chamber Players talk about the premiere of Day's "String Quartet No. 5."

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