Nation Sep 24 Why unexpectedly high ambulance bills are still a problem in the U.S. In a medical emergency, you want to get to a hospital as quickly as possible. But what happens when the cost of that transportation is hundreds or thousands of dollars, even with insurance? NewsHour health reporter Laura Santhanam joins Ali…
Education Sep 23 College hopefuls face changing admissions landscape after Supreme Court ruling This fall is the first college application season in which schools are prohibited from considering race and ethnicity when making admissions decisions, after June's landmark Supreme Court ruling. Sandy Baum, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute's Center on Education…
World Sep 16 What’s changed for women in Iran one year after Mahsa Amini’s death It has been one year since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died after morality police arrested her in Tehran. Her death unleashed decades of pent-up anger over Iran’s clerical rule and sparked the country’s biggest protests in years. Human rights activist Nazanin…
Nation Sep 15 More people are dying in Louisiana prisons, some before getting a trial A new report sheds light on a rise in the number of people dying behind bars in Louisiana prisons, jails and juvenile detention centers. The Incarceration Transparency Project at the Loyola University Law School says there's been a 50 percent…
Education Sep 10 Why millions of students are chronically absent from schools in the U.S. At the height of the pandemic, school closures disrupted many students’ lives. In 2022, nearly 16 million students across the U.S. were chronically absent, double the pre-pandemic truancy rate, according to a new Stanford University analysis. To learn more, Ali…
World Sep 09 What Africa’s climate summit means for investment in the continent’s future Africa is the continent most vulnerable to climate change, despite being responsible for just 2 to 3 percent of global carbon emissions and receiving only 3 percent of funding committed to climate mitigation and adaptation. Caroline Kimeu, The Guardian’s East…
Health Sep 03 Arkansas Medicaid recipients fight to stay covered after federal protections end Medicaid enrollments reached unprecedented levels when Congress temporarily blocked states from kicking people off of the health insurance plan during the pandemic. But that policy has ended, and now states have until 2024 to check people’s eligibility and remove those…
Health Aug 27 Gene variant found linking people of African descent to higher Parkinson’s risk One million Americans live with Parkinson’s disease, a progressive condition that causes problems with body movement. New research has identified a genetic variant that increases the risk of Parkinson’s in people of African descent, and is not seen in those…
World Aug 20 Ukrainian nonprofit helps thousands of amputees injured in the war get artificial limbs As the war in Ukraine rages on, a critical need has emerged, with some 20,000 to 50,000 Ukrainians forced to amputate one or more limbs. The Ukrainian non-profit Superhuman Center is helping survivors move forward, offering reconstructive surgery and physical…
Nation Aug 12 Child care advocates seek solutions as pandemic-era federal funding winds down The federal government has been using COVID relief funds to support child care programs across the country. That funding is set to expire at the end of September. Susan Gale Perry, CEO of Child Care Aware of America, joins Ali…