Malaka Gharib
WBUR
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What do you want to accomplish in 2023? This New Year's resolution guide can help
Scroll through Life Kit's expert guides to discover practical and inspiring ways to grow in 2023. → Read More
8 listeners share the powerful ways they keep in touch with their ancestors
Last month, we asked our audience to tell us how they stay connected to their late loved ones. They tell us about the objects they keep, the altars they built and how they pay their respects. → Read More
Traveling for the holidays? 7 tips to help you keep your cool
There will probably be long lines, delays and overbooked flights, says aviation journalist Benét Wilson. So take steps to prepare for these situations and make the journey a little more pleasant. → Read More
9 more ways to show your friends you love them, recommended by NPR listeners
Last month, we asked NPR's audience to share creative ways they show affection in their platonic relationships. Some ideas? Ask friends how they're really doing ... and give them the gift of time. → Read More
How can we help humans thrive trillions of years from now? This philosopher has a plan
William MacAskill's book, What We Owe the Future, urges today's humans to protect future humans — an idea he calls longtermism. Here are a few of his hardly modest proposals. → Read More
11 more tips on how to stay cool without an A/C, recommended by NPR's readers
NPR readers share their favorite tips on how to cope with heat without an air conditioner. Among the tips: take a shower with a sheet on, then wear it to bed. → Read More
'Scream for Me, Africa!': How the continent is reinventing heavy metal music
Africa's metalheads have a bold vision. We talk to Edward Banchs, author of a new book about Africa's metal scene, and to a heavy metal singer in Botswana known as "Vulture." → Read More
Former U.N. 'relief chief' shares his secret for coping with crises: a 'sunny gene'
From 2017 to 2021, Sir Mark Lowcock was the U.N.'s "relief chief," the world's most senior humanitarian official. He talks to NPR about what inspired him and why crises are getting worse. → Read More
Global reproductive and women's rights groups react to overturn of Roe v. Wade
Some nonprofit groups have welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court decision. But many global reproductive and women's rights groups condemned the ruling. → Read More
#SwedenGate sparks food fight: Why some countries share meals more than others
A Reddit user claimed that while visiting a friend's house in Sweden, he had to sit in another room while the family ate dinner. The story ignited a conversation about how the rest of the world eats. → Read More
Fighting the horror of wartime rape, Nobel Peace Prize winner won't give up hope
Dr. Denis Mukwege has spent decades treating women who have been raped in his homeland of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He's calling on the world to take action for women in Ukraine. → Read More
The Utang Clan
Utang na loob is the Filipino concept of an eternal debt to others, be it family or friends, who do a favor for you. It goes back to pre-colonial times in the Philippines, and can pass from one generation to another. And some Filipino-Americans want to do away with utang all together, especially when it butts up against "American" values of independence and self-reliance. On this week's episode,… → Read More
If you've ever wanted to take a break from the internet, try these tips
The world has changed a lot since the internet. Remember asking people for directions? If you miss the days pre-internet (or wonder what it was like), Pamela Paul, author of 100 Things We've Lost To The Internet, gives us a few ways you can reconnect with an analog way of life. → Read More
White House summit leads to big promises to fight COVID in needy countries
The second Global COVID-19 Summit aimed to refocus the world's attention on the pandemic. Here's what governments and members of the private and public sector pledged to do. → Read More
We asked, you answered: Have you taught your children to run errands on their own?
Nearly 100 NPR readers gave their views on encouraging kids to do tasks on their own at home and in the community. Some are opposed to the practice for safety reasons. Others shared personal stories. → Read More
The pandemic inspired a cartoonist to explore their Wuhanese roots and queer identity
In the funny and heartfelt coming-of-age graphic memoir 'Messy Roots,' artist Laura Gao unpacks their relationship with their Asianness, queerness and their ever-changing home city of Wuhan. → Read More
PHOTOS: How this Bolivian all-female skate crew is celebrating their indigenous roots
The young women skateboard while wearing polleras, colorful, layered skirts worn by their country's indigenous Aymara and Quechua women. They want to show girls and women it's OK to be themselves. → Read More
COMIC: How children are coping in Ukraine — and how parents can help
Two psychologists in Ukraine tell what they are hearing from traumatized children — and how to give support to these youngsters. Although in the chaos of war, that can be a daunting task. → Read More
Not every war gets the same coverage as Russia's invasion — and that has consequences
Ongoing wars in, say, Yemen or Ethiopia get minimal attention compared with the media focus on the fighting in Ukraine. And there are ramifications on the humanitarian front. → Read More
Global health champion Dr. Paul Farmer has died
Known for his efforts to improve global health and as the founder of the nonprofit health organization Partners in Health, Farmer died in Rwanda at age 62. → Read More