Aborting girls increasingly common practice in India
Story from PRI's The World. Listen to audio for full report.According to the most recent census, India has far more boys than girls. Public health experts say the skewed sex ratio is the result of an...
View ArticleAfrica myth #3: Africa needs help from US celebrities
Story by Here and Now. Listen to audio for full report.In 2005, Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina published a satirical article in Granta, headlined, “How to Write about Africa.”Wainaina wrote:Always...
View ArticleGlobal mental health issues woefully overlooked
Story by Joanne Silberner for PRI's The World. Listen to audio for full report.At a small health clinic in western Uganda, it is medication day for psychiatric drugs, an event that happens every month...
View ArticleAfricans want fair shake from Chinese investors
Story by Mary Kay Magistad, PRI's The World. Listen to audio for full report.China's investment in Africa is vast and growing. In Zambia, it has cropped up as a campaign issue. The newly elected...
View ArticleChildren struggle to survive on the streets in Kabul
Story by Laura Lynch, PRI's The World. Listen to audio above for full report.Chicken Street in Kabul is a destination for the few foreigners who are willing to take the risk of shopping downtown,...
View ArticleWorld is ticking toward a milestone: 7 billionth person expected on Halloween
Story from The Takeaway. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.The world is marching toward a miletone.Statistically speaking, the 7 billionth person is expected to be born next Monday, Oct....
View ArticleAmerican businesses looking to build ties with Iraq, even as soldiers withdraw
Story from PRI's The World. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.As American troops leave Iraq, they'll be leaving behind a series of business relationship that are likely to endure for...
View ArticleWith global population marching toward 7 billion, a problem: Where's the food?
Story by Living on Earth. Listen to audio above for full interview.As the world ticks toward the 7 billionth person being born, a sobering reality.How will we feed ourselves?Janet Ranganathan, Vice...
View ArticleBrown Revolution: Preserving soil quality by changing grazing patterns
Story from Here and Now. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.As environmentalists talk about the need for a Green revolution, ranchers are talking about their desire for a Brown...
View ArticleIn wake of U.S. legislation, Congolese mines cleaning up act
Story from PRI's The World. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.Your mobile phone, your computer, most of your electronics have minerals in them that can be found in the Democratic...
View ArticleThe sex talk: How a European country might help Americans get a handle on it
Story from The Takeaway. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.It's an issue that vexes American parents: how and when to talk about sex with their teens.In the Netherlands, however, it's not...
View ArticleIn Armenia, schools bring chess into the classroom
Story from PRI's The World. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.Armenia’s public schools started mandatory chess classes for every second, third and fourth grader this year.Twice a week, 7-...
View ArticleLarger social networks — especially earlier in life — leads to larger brain...
Story from PRI's The World. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.New research suggests human social interactions leave a physical trace in our brains and scientists say it reveals the...
View ArticleBelgium Beer Cafe: Coming to an American airport near you
Story from The World. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.Belgium has already pushed its cherished libation heavily in Asia and the Middle East.Now its sights are set on the American...
View ArticleKnow a risky teenager? Evolutionarily speaking, that's good behavior
Story from Here & Now. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.When you think of teenagers, words like “responsible” or “careful” probably aren’t the first to come to mind.Teens often drive...
View ArticleNearly a decade after genocide, Rwanda aspires to high-tech future
Story from PRI's The World. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.If you’re a small, landlocked country with few natural resources, and a population that’s mostly poor, rural and crowded, you...
View ArticleAmerica's middle class: New study suggests it's shrinking
Story from The Takeaway. Listen to the above audio for a complete report.The American middle class is shrinking. That's the conclusion of a new study from the Russell Sage Foundation and Brown...
View ArticleSouth Africans prepare for life after Mandela
Nelson Mandela, now 93, spends most of his time at home in Qunu, his ancestral homeland in rural South Africa.The former president and anti-apartheid campaigner has made few public appearances in...
View ArticleGroup trying to develop new list of 7 Wonders of the World, with natural twist
If you think of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Colossus of Rhodes when you hear about the Seven Wonders of the World, that makes sense.But a new group, New 7 Wonders, is trying to revise the...
View ArticleAmerica set to become a net exporter of petroleum fuel products
For the first time in more than 62 years, the United States will export more petroleum fuel products than it imports into the country.While the United States still imports 8 to 9 million barrels of...
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