Nation Oct 06 A playground for everyone, no matter your age or ability When Olenka Villarreal couldn’t find a playground for her daughter, who was born with disabilities, she launched an effort to build one. The Magical Bridge Playground in Palo Alto, California, is touted as the most accessible playground in the country.
Arts Oct 05 Writer called a Minnesota county ‘the worst place to live.’ Then he moved there After being convinced by locals to visit Red Lake County, Washington Post data reporter Christopher Ingraham found that he loved it.
Arts Sep 29 Why music has such profound effects on the brain Why does music give us chills, motivate us to work out and make us feel connected to one another? Neuroscientist and opera singer Indre Viskontas explains the power of music and its effects on our brains in her new book,…
Arts Sep 28 What’s it like to be in charge of security at the Met Museum? The retired head of security at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art talks about his new book based on his extraordinary 40-year career.
World Sep 21 Indigenous leaders call attention to disastrous forest fires Fires have destroyed millions of acres of rainforest in the Amazon and in portions of Indonesia in recent months. This week, an international coalition of indigenous leaders met in New York during the United Nations climate summit to call attention…
Nation Sep 14 Convicted of murder, but a police officer pulled the trigger In 2015, an Alabama police officer shot and killed a teenager burglarizing a home. While the officer was cleared, four other teens who were involved in the crime were all charged with their friend’s murder. But how can that be?…
Nation Aug 31 Americans waste up to 40 percent of the food they produce If food waste were a country, it would be the third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases behind China and the United States. NewsHour Weekend's Megan Thompson sat down with Elizabeth Balkan, director of food waste for the Natural Resources Defense Council,…
Nation Aug 04 El Paso shooting is domestic terrorism, investigators say Investigators of the El Paso mass shooting, which left 20 people dead and wounded at least 26 others, are treating the massacre as a case of domestic terrorism and will file capital murder charges against the suspect, now in custody.
Nation Aug 04 A deadly massacre in under one minute Less than 13 hours after the massacre in El Paso, Texas, a gunman killed nine people, including his own sister, in downtown Dayton. Police said the carnage lasted less than a minute before they arrived on the scene and killed…
Health Jul 21 Mark Bittman’s recipe for McBitty’s Bean Burgers McBitty’s Bean Burger is tasty, easy to make and there’s no meat involved.