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Senate Expected To Pass Long-Delayed Farm Bill

The Senate is heading toward final passage of a five-year, half-trillion dollar farm bill Tuesday afternoon. Proponents are pointing to its elimination of direct subsidies and replacement with crop insurance. But critics say crop insurance continues to provide overly generous subsidies to even wealthy corporate farms.

During the three-day lockdown, the government of Sierra Leone is sending teams of workers door-to-door to talk to people about how to protect themselves from Ebola.

Workers Hand Out Soap And Advice As Sierra Leone Locks Down

Under the country's three-day experiment to control the deadly Ebola virus, people must stay home while health care teams go door-to-door to spread the word on prevention.

Apple's Siri Helps Autistic Teen With Communication Skills

We hear from author Judith Newman, a mother with an autistic son, who wrote in The New York Times about how Siri, the voice from her iPhone, touched her autistic son.

GMO Labeling to Come Before FL House and Senate

GMO’s, Genetically Modified Organisms, are coming before the Florida House and Senate for a second time when the legislative session opens this spring. At…

Oregon Braces For Latest Round Of Food Stamp Cuts

There has been no action to circumvent the latest round of food stamp cuts in Oregon. About 140,000 Oregonians will lose a significant portion of their benefits if the cuts are allowed to continue there, and recipients and food banks alike are bracing for the change.

Paul Herringshaw says farmers like him have been taking steps to reduce crop runoff for years.

Lake Erie's Toxic Bloom Has Ohio Farmers On The Defensive

Ohio farmers say they are not the only ones to blame for Toledo's polluted drinking water. They say they are using only as much fertilizer as they need to grow their crops.

"It's this year that's the worst," says Gamra al-Khalil, a refugee from Syria living outside Saida, Lebanon. "We're dying of cold." During the recent winter storm, a tree crushed half of the corrugated-metal shack that she and her family call home in Lebanon. They live in an informal settlement that has been badly affected by torrential rains and harsh winds this winter.

Syrian Refugees Suffer Double Threat Of Severe Winter, Less Aid

As the Syrian war nears its fifth year and a bitter storm hits, refugees say this is the worst winter yet. To make matters worse, cash constraints mean they're getting less help from aid groups.

Work can be rough, but a researcher has found that for many people, being at home is more stressful than being at the office.

Think Work Is Stressful? For Many, It's More Relaxing Than Home

Many people say their jobs stress them out, but new research finds that for most people — parents and nonparents alike — the most relaxing part of the day is when they're at the office.

Cleaning Around Barricades, Kiev Protesters Still Camping In Square

Dump trucks are carrying away piles of trash from Independence Square in Kiev. But this is not the end of the protests in the Maidan. People who've been camping there for months see it as a transition to the next stage.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (second from left) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry next to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (far left) and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (far right) after a statement on early November 24, 2013 in Geneva.

A Poet's Advice For Unlikely Partners: Just Dance

Earlier this week, international negotiators agreed on a deal to curb the Iranian nuclear program temporarily. Author Ariel Dorfman offers context to the reactions that have followed. He suggests a book of poetry by the Sufi master Rumi, a fascinating glimpse into the lives and ideas that shape Persian identity.

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