Emma Bowman
Stories
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World
She Struggled To Reclaim Her Indigenous Name. She Hopes Others Have It Easier
A new Canadian policy answers a 2015 call for government action. Danita Bilozaze hopes it means that no one will face the resistance she did to rescue her name from a history of forced assimilation.
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Environment
Coming Soon To An Atlas Near You: A Fifth Ocean
National Geographic has recognized the Southern Ocean as the fifth official ocean. The cartographic update doesn't surprise researchers who study the importance of the waters surrounding Antarctica.
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National
The Buffet Can Stay: What The Future Of The Cruise Line Industry Looks Like
The first post-pandemic cruise from a U.S. port will embark next month. Despite CDC measures, the go-ahead puts wind in the sails of cruise lines, which have high hopes for an in-demand industry.
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Arts & Life
After A Year At Home, Listeners Ask Us 'How To Human' Again
As people start to re-emerge from isolation, there's a lot to navigate and re-learn. Dr. Lucy McBride and theologian Ekemini Uwan field questions from listeners about how to navigate our new reality.
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National
Green, Violet, Oh My: NASA Rocket Launch Lights Up Eastern Skies
The mission, to study energy transfer in space, had a brilliant upshot for nighttime viewers. East Coasters saw the green and violet vapor clouds glowing above — and have the pictures to prove it.
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Health
Pfizer Seeks Full FDA Approval For COVID-19 Vaccine
The agency's approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine — shown to be 95% effective — would go beyond the speedier and less rigorous emergency use authorization currently granted to the vaccine.
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National
4 Dead, Dozens Injured After Suspected Smuggling Boat Capsizes Near San Diego
Emergency responders found a "severely overcrowded" boat early Sunday that had crashed into a reef off the shoreline. Officials believe it was a "smuggling vessel."
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Latin America
Brazil COVID-19 Deaths Top 400,000 Amid Fears Of Worsening Crisis
Daily death tolls have dropped, but experts are wary of another surge. President Jair Bolsonaro, amid a Senate probe into the country's pandemic response, continues to attack health measures.
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Arts & Life
Burning Man Canceled: 'Relief' As Burners, Locals See Bright Side Of Informal Events
For the second straight year, the communal arts festival isn't happening because of the pandemic. But the community that hosts the pilgrimage doesn't mind.
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National
Sheriff Releases Names Of 7 Deputies On Scene Of Andrew Brown Jr. Death
The Pasquotank County, N.C., Sheriff's Office said three deputies who fired shots will stay on leave pending investigations but that it's "obvious" from videos that four deputies didn't shoot.