Ashley Westerman
Stories
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World
Joy, Relief In Airports As Australia And New Zealand Open 'Travel Bubble'
Families and friends met in airports for the first time in over a year after Australia and New Zealand opened a "bubble" of quarantine-free travel between their countries.
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Health
Behind The COVID-19 Surge In Papua New Guinea
COVID-19 cases in Papua New Guinea have been surging. As hundreds become sick each day, the healthcare system is struggling to keep up. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with journalist Rebecca Kuku.
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National
'Am I Asian Enough?' Adoptees Struggle To Make Sense Of Spike In Anti-Asian Violence
Many Asian adoptees say they feel left out of the national conversation about anti-Asian racism because they don't feel like they belong in either the Asian American community or white America.
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World
In U.S., Immigrants From Myanmar Monitor Post-Coup Protests Back Home
Many in the Myanmar immigrant community in the U.S. worry about family and friends back home, where tensions between security forces and protesters continue to escalate following a military coup.
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Latin America
In 2020, Protests Spread Across The Globe With A Similar Message: Black Lives Matter
Journalists based in Colombia, South Africa and Indonesia talk about how the Black Lives Matter movement inspired activists abroad this year.
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National
How A Mother Protects Her Black Teenage Son From The World
Minnesota state Rep. Ruth Richardson doesn't want her teenage son, Shawn, a track athlete, to go running outside. "You can't do the same things that your white friends do," she remembers telling him.
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National
A Kentucky County High School Honors Class Of 2020 With A Drive-Through Ceremony
Webster County High School officials couldn't hold the big annual graduation event in the gym this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic — so the idea for a drive-through graduation was born.
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Politics
How Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch Became a Target in Ukraine
Marie Louise Yovanovitch was recalled after being targeted in a political campaign that's now a subject of a federal indictment. How did she make enemies in President Trump's world?
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World
China's Ambassador To U.S. Reflects On 70 Years Of Communist Party Rule
On the anniversary of the People's Republic of China, the country's top diplomat in Washington says it has "no interest in global dominance or hegemony; we just want our people to have a better life."
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World
Should Rivers Have Same Legal Rights As Humans? A Growing Number Of Voices Say Yes
"Environmental personhood" was once considered a fringe issue, but several countries have granted rivers within their borders legal person status. Bangladesh became the latest in July.