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Maartje Duin and Peggy Bouva are examining painful issues in the Netherlands' colonial past. "We wanted to show people that you can talk about this openly, even if it's uncomfortable," says Bouva.

David Greene talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts and David Yepsen, formerly of the Des Moines Register and now director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Gaza's health ministry announced Thursday that 30,035 Palestinians have been killed in the war. A close look at how the ministry counts those killed reveals a system buckling under the weight of war.

People who are immunocompromised continue to worry about COVID. A raft of products promise protection. Is there any evidence they can protect from infection or lessen severity of disease?

The idea got a boost from the pandemic, when an array of cash relief helped cut child poverty and keep people housed. Researchers are studying how much money, for how long, may have lasting impact.

As the debate over cancel culture grows, NPR's Ari Shapiro takes a look back at a similar phenomenon in the early 1990s: the moral panic over political correctness.

Some state and local governments have started tapping in to opioid settlement funds for law enforcement expenses. Many argue it should go toward treating addiction instead.

Surfside, Florida, is marking five years since a beachfront condominium collapsed, killing 98 people. It was one of the largest structural failures in U.S. history.

In one of the oldest cities in Lebanon, once besieged by Alexander the Great, ordinary people struggle to survive Israeli attacks.

Baltimore police and the mayor are under fire for being slow to respond to Monday's violence. Crowd control is a sensitive matter in the U.S., especially since this summer's protests in Ferguson, Mo.