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Workshop participants learn to create <em>pysanky</em>, or Ukrainian-style decorated eggs, at a workshop in Troy, N.Y. on Mar. 21.

These intricately decorated eggs are raising money and good wishes for Ukraine

The Ukrainian springtime tradition of intricately decorating eggs has taken on new urgency during the war with Russia. Now, people are using this art to fundraise and bring awareness for Ukraine.

Ron Howard on 'Cinderella Man'

Director Ron Howard discusses his latest film, Cinderella Man, a rags-to-riches true story of boxer James Braddock, whose improbable rise during the Great Depression embodied the hopes of the suffering. Howard says that what makes the movie intriguing is the combination of the protagonist's actions both in life and sport.

Members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front were seen marching near the National Archives in Washington, D.C., in January.

Far right groups shift focus to LBGTQ events. Their hateful aim hasn't changed

As anti-LGBTQ narratives ramp up in the mainstream, far-right groups Patriot Front and Proud Boys have used the moment to target Pride events. But their goal remains the same, extremism trackers say.

Left: Jeanette Taylor, her mother and her youngest child in 2006. Right: Taylor, her five children and her granddaughter after she became an alderwoman in 2019.

She has waited 29 years for housing assistance. Now she is fighting for change

A woman's viral tweet exposed the inefficiencies in Chicago's public housing. Jeanette Taylor, now an alderwoman for the city, is pushing for change.

A pediatric neurosurgeon reflects on his intense job, and the post-Roe landscape

Jay Wellons has operated on children's brains and spinal cords. He knows the anguish of losing a patient and the exhilaration of saving a child's life. His memoir is All That Moves Us.

Jewish pilgrims gather at a lake to perform Tashlikh, an atonement ritual that involves symbolically casting one's sins into a body of water, during the Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Rabbi Nachman's tomb in Uman, Ukraine on Monday. Despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a reported 23,000 adherents made the trip, which was complicated by the grounding of civilian aviation throughout Ukraine.

War didn't stop Hasidic pilgrims from gathering in Ukraine for the Jewish new year

Orthodox Jews gathered in Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, at the tomb of a rabbi who preached his vision of a joy-filled life in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Poll: Black, Native American and Latino families face serious problems from inflation

Those households are struggling to stay afloat, according to a new poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

A Syrian rebel in the city of Kfar Nbouda holds a grenade launcher in February, part of a recent weapons shipment to the rebels by the Saudi government. Arms are not the only thing flowing from Saudi Arabia to Syria. Young Saudis are joining Islamist rebels in a "holy war" against President Bashar Assad.

With Official Wink And Nod, Young Saudis Join Syria's Rebels

GlobalPost has learned that hundreds of young Saudis are flocking to Syria in a "holy war" against Syrian President Bashar Assad. They are taking up arms with the tacit approval of the Saudi government and financial support from wealthy Saudi elites.

"The egg is a lens through which to view the entire craft of cooking," says food writer Michael Ruhlman.

Think You Know How To Cook Eggs? Chances Are You're Doing It Wrong

Food writer Michael Ruhlman has a new cookbook that's an homage to eggs. And where do Americans so often go wrong? Ruhlman says we usually overcook even the simplest dish of scrambled eggs.

Eyeballs and AI power the research into how falsehoods travel online

Getting a sense of falsehoods online might sound straightforward, but it isn't. Researchers use state-of-the-art algorithms but it also comes down to lots of scrolling and reading.

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