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Amid high temperatures and a pandemic, green spaces are a lifeline. But new data shows parks in low-income and nonwhite areas are smaller and more crowded than those in high-income and white areas.

A broad new national survey examines media use among children and teenagers and the very different ways young people are using their devices.

Carbon emissions from global air travel are rising fast, and U.S. passengers make up the largest share. But some are vowing not to fly at all, motivated by guilt and concern for the environment.

"Lebanese people have to help each other in the absence of a functioning state," says Hussein Kazoun of Nation Station, a volunteer disaster relief effort operating out of an abandoned gas station.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with writer and director Alan Yang about his new film Tigertail — a movie about immigration, family and lost love.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with chef and food writer Samin Nosrat about the virtual dinner party she'll be hosting on Sunday, May 3.

Coronavirus testing is commonly an unpleasant, even painful experience in which a health care provider pushes a torturously long swab up your nostril....

Upright Citizens Brigade, the improv mainstay and launchpad for many comics, will no longer have a physical space in New York City. Despite UCB's flaws, "people are grieving," a former UCBer says.

NPR's Noel King talks to Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio about ex-Vice President Joe Biden, who won nine states and beat expectations in others on Super Tuesday. It's pretty much a two-man race now.

NPR Shanghai correspondent Frank Langfitt once drove a taxi. He's gone back to his former job, offering free rides around Shanghai in exchange for stories about one of the world's most dynamic cities.