Sarah Handel
Stories
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Politics
Texas welfare workers are resigning over orders to investigate trans kids' families
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune about the child welfare workers who are leaving their jobs over state orders to investigate the families of trans kids.
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World
Communities have formed among those who have stayed in Kyiv through Russian attacks
Misha Smetana lives in Kyiv, and has stayed there throughout Russian attacks on Ukraine. He tells NPR's Scott Detrow what that's been like, and about the communities forming between people who stayed.
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Health
How a Ukrainian hospital, still recovering from COVID, pivoted to a new crisis: war
Once war began in Ukraine, COVID ceased being the top-level medical concern. NPR's Scott Detrow spent 24 hours with a doctor doing everything he can to help with a whole new overwhelming crisis.
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National
With rising costs and expiring pandemic benefits, food banks face increased need
NPR's Kelsey Snell speaks with Brooke Neubauer, who owns a non-profit that works to end hunger in Las Vegas, about how inflation and rising food prices have impacted food insecurity in her community.
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Arts & Life
A new test looks at the way Muslim women are portrayed onscreen
The few Muslim women in American television shows or movies tend to be portrayed in contexts of oppression. A new test seeks assess the onscreen representation of Muslim women.
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National
Remembering Chuck Flaum, a man who got things done
Charles Flaum died of COVID-19 in September 2021 in Springboro, Ohio. To his granddaughter, Michelle, he was larger than life.
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Arts & Life
'Flee' creators on being a refugee: It's not an identity, it's a circumstance of life
The film Flee opens with a question: "What does the word 'home' mean to you?" For Amin Nawabi, the answer is complicated.
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Law & Courts
Black women form the first line of defense for a historic Supreme Court nominee
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman nominated to the court. For many activists, her confirmation hearings bring pride and inspiration — and resolve against conservative attacks.
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National
This journalist started owning her identity at work when covering anti-Asian violence
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with CNN journalist Amara Walker about the persistence of violence against Asian American women, a year after the Atlanta area spa shootings.
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National
The child tax credit was a lifeline. 2 months after it ended, families are struggling
Payments from the child tax credit were closing the gaps on child hunger and poverty. But Congress failed to renew it. Now families who need it most have already slipped back into financial trouble.