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Remembering Rev. Cecil Williams, champion of equality in San Francisco, dead at 94
by Scott Shafer
The legendary pastor of Glide Church died this week at the age of 94. He was known as a champion of racial equality, LGBTQ rights and San Francisco's most impoverished residents.
One last check-in before we say goodbye to the 2023 Women's World Cup
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Meg Linehan, who covers women's soccer and is a senior writer with The Athletic, about the World Cup madness.
Some customers are confused as Netflix sends out disks before ending DVD mail program
by Chloe Veltman
Netflix is sending DVD subscribers extra discs before ending the service on September 29th. But questions remain about what will happen to the company's stockpile of plastic.
What BRICS is talking about at its summit this week
by Philip Reeves
The trade block formerly known as BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — will meet this week with the expansion and the impact of the war in Ukraine high on the agenda.
Kate Zernike's book explores the long battle for gender equality at MIT
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Kate Zernike about her book The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science.
The honey industry in Yemen is feeling the impacts of war and climate change
by Fatma Tanis
Yemen produces some of the best honey in the world, from trees in the mountainous north. But the war and climate change make it difficult for beekeepers to produce it.
Coral rescued from heatwaves in Florida have made babies in a lab
by Jenny Staletovich
Scientists racing to protect coral amid an ocean heat wave that is blistering reefs off south Florida got some rare good news this month. Some of the rescued corals made babies in their lab.
A border strategy that gives more migrants a legal pathway to the U.S. to go on trial
by Joel Rose
A key White House border strategy is going on trial. The U.S. has admitted tens of thousands of migrants under a legal authority known as parole. But critics say that's stretching the law too far.
Guatemala astonishing victory of an anti-corruption presidential candidate
by Eyder Peralta
In Guatemala, an anti-corruption campaigner has swept to an astonishing victory in the presidential elections there, but will the ruling elite honor Bernardo Arevalo's landslide result?
Ukraine and Bulgaria say commercial vessels are defying Russia in the Black Sea
by Brian Mann
Ukraine and Bulgaria sounded a defiant tone on the future of grain and other shipments on the Black Sea. They say Russia's effort to strangle Ukraine with an embargo and missile strikes isn't working.
Texas has quietly changed its abortion law
by Selena Simmons-Duffin
It will no longer be illegal to terminate a pregnancy in Texas if the pregnant person's water breaks too early for the fetus to survive.
A look at Wisconsin's current political identity before the first Republican debate
Republicans are investing in Wisconsin. The state will host the first Republican debate and the GOP convention next year. But how much of a battleground state is it in 2024?