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Palestinians desperately need food aid. How did the war in Gaza make food political?

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of using food deprivation as a weapon of war while other humanitarian organizations warn the risk of famine in Gaza is growing.

Missouri's GOP aims to amend the state's constitution so there's no right to abortion

It's the hectic final few days of the Missouri legislative session and abortion is one issue on everyone's mind. Republican lawmakers want to fortify restrictions, making some voters very concerned.

Louise Vincent has used street drugs since she was 13. She has emerged as a leading voice trying to humanize and help people who use drugs as they face the most devastating overdose crisis in U.S. history.

One woman's controversial fight to make America accept drug users for who they are

Louise Vincent has used drugs since she was 13. Research shows millions of Americans like her aren't ready or able to stop. Vincent believes it's time people accept that.

Zaporizhzhian Cossack traditions are making a comeback during the war

On a wooded river island, a Ukrainian family guards the legacy of the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks, whose history and traditions are making a comeback during the war.

Duncan Trussell says there is value in transcendent experiences.

How do you make peace with your shortcomings? This man has an answer

Comedian Duncan Trussell speaks on the value of transcendent experiences and how he thinks about life after death.

Texas prisoners go on hunger strike to protest solitary confinement

Dozens of men held in solitary confinement in Texas prisons are on a hunger strike to protest the practice. They want the state to limit who is held there and for how long.

Thuso Mbedu as Cora Randall in <em>The Underground Railroad.</em>

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and listening

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: the documentary series How It's Made, the series The Americans and The Underground Railroad, and more.

Graphic novelist Daniel Clowes makes his otherworldly return in 'Monica'

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with graphic novelist Daniel Clowes about his much anticipated newest work, Monica.

Zaporizhzhian Cossack traditions are making a comeback during the war

On a wooded river island, a Ukrainian family guards the legacy of the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks, whose history and traditions are being remembered because of Russia's war on Ukraine.

Where are all the protest songs?

Protest requires people to take a stand and hold firm. Pop songs are designed to appeal across demographic lines. In music, as in the rest of the world, resistance takes place closer to the ground.

Trump officials propose testing a citizenship question amid a push to alter the census

The Trump administration proposes to include a question about U.S. citizenship status in this year's field test of the 2030 census, as Republicans push to alter the counts behind voting maps.

Philadelphia 76ers' James Harden gives his sneakers to John Hao after Game 4 in an NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinals playoff series, Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Philadelphia. Harden invited Hao, a student severely wounded in a Feb. 13 mass shooting at Michigan State University, to view the game.

76ers player James Harden invited a Michigan State shooting victim to a playoff game

Harden contacted John Hao after learning he was a Philadelphia 76ers fan. Hao was paralyzed in a February shooting at Michigan State University that left three people dead and five injured.

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