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Brazilian activists fighting to protect the Amazon from deforestation face violent opposition — sometimes, death. Scores of people fighting to protect the forest have been killed in recent years.

The 15-year-old Pakistani school girl shot by the Taliban has been flown to the United Kingdom for treatment. Malala Yousafzai leaves behind her a country that is full of outrage and disgust over the attack. Yet the reaction to her shooting is much more complicated than that.

Over 1,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Wayne County, Mich., home to Detroit. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Michigan Advance reporter Ken Coleman about how the community is coping with the loss.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Guy Ziv of American University's Center for Israel Studies, about how the surprise attack by Hamas may change Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's political future.

This week marks 100 years since James Baldwin's birth. McKinley Melton talks about how Go Tell it on the Mountain showcases Black literature’s complex relationship with Christianity.

Beloved comic actor Goldie Hawn is back on the big screen with the movie Snatched. She stars alongside Amy Schumer, who had a breakout comedy a couple years back with Trainwreck.

IUDs are a safe and reliable form of birth control, but many people struggle to get simple answers about the device. NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Mia Armstrong-Lopez, who wrote about this for Slate.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Mary Ziegler, UC Davis law professor, about the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that says frozen embryos are people and individuals can be held liable for destroying them.

The Biden administration has again used its veto power on the U.N. Security Council to block a call for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. A U.S. ambassador suggested a different draft resolution.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Washington Post aging columnist Anne Lamott about what it means to get older in the United States.