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An officer stands at the Fresnes Prison in France in September 2016. Fresnes was the first French prison to separate radicalized inmates from the general prison population.

Inside French Prisons, A Struggle To Combat Radicalization

Some of the home-grown terrorists who have struck France in recent years were petty criminals who were radicalized in prison.

Want Change In Education? Look Beyond The Usual Suspects (Like Finland)

New ideas for learning are found in the most unexpected places. Three new projects are helping them spread.

David Wildy, a prominent Arkansas farmer, in a field of soybeans that were damaged by dicamba. He says that "farmers need this technology. But right is right and wrong is wrong. And when you let a technology, a pesticide or whatever, get on your neighbor, it's not right. We can't do that."

Arkansas Defies Monsanto, Moves To Ban Rogue Weedkiller

Arkansas regulators are on a collision course with Monsanto, voting to ban use during the growing season of a drift-prone herbicide that Monsanto says is farmers' best hope for weed-free fields.

People Are Living Longer In Places You Wouldn't Expect

In lower income countries and territories, life expectancy can be quite low — below 55 years. But sometimes it is years more than you'd predict. What's up?

The mix of people in rows of tents under a bridge in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood includes homeless adults and some visitors from the suburbs who come here to inject opioids in secret.

Desperate Cities Consider 'Safe Injection' Sites For Opioid Users

Opioids were a main driver in roughly 1,200 drug overdose deaths in Philadelphia last year. That's four times the city's murder rate. It's time, some officials say, to supervise, not criminalize.

The main goal of the Paris deal was to limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius. Beyond that point, scientists worry that catastrophic impacts of warming become irreversible.

5 Changes That Could Come From Leaving The Paris Climate Deal

NPR reporters break down how the coal industry, climate, U.S. global relations, public support and budget could be affected by President Trump's decision to pull out of the agreement.

Faith leaders and members of human rights groups protest outside of the U.S. Capitol calling Congress not to end refugee resettlement programs on Oct. 15, 2019, in Washington.

Life Is 'Really Tough' For Refugees Trying To Settle In Pandemic America

Federal aid ends after 90 days, when refugees are expected to be self-sufficient. With the coronavirus on top of Trump administration cuts to the refugee program, the challenges are overwhelming.

A soldier holds a Taiwanese flag during a military exercise in Hsinchu County, northern Taiwan, in January. Taiwanese troops using tanks, mortars and small arms staged a drill aimed at repelling an attack from China.

Opinion: Don't Help China By Hyping Risk Of War Over Taiwan

"Hyping the threat that China poses to Taiwan does Beijing's work for it," write Richard Bush and Ryan Hass of Brookings and Bonnie Glaser of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Evanston, Ill., just north of Chicago, is believed to be the first place in the United States to provide reparations to Black residents after its City Council on Monday approved a plan to address racial discrimination in housing.

In Likely First, Chicago Suburb Of Evanston Approves Reparations For Black Residents

The new program, which aims to address harms suffered by Black residents due to the city's past discriminatory housing policies, is part of a larger reparations fund established in 2019.

A Yazidi woman walks through the Khanke camp in northern Iraq in February.

'We Will Never Break': In Iraq, A Yazidi Women's Choir Keeps Ancient Music Alive

Women from Iraq's Yazidi minority get together to perform centuries-old sacred songs. They've survived captivity by ISIS and loved ones' deaths. "They are trying to heal," says a Yazidi politician.

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