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South Africans dressed in traditional attire protest against illegal migration on April 29 in Johannesburg.

'They can kill you': Immigrants fear a surge in xenophobic violence in South Africa

Kate Bartlett

Foreign-owned businesses have been attacked, migrants driven from their homes, and several killed. A leading xenophobic group has given all undocumented immigrants until June 30 to leave the country.

A voter casts their ballot at a polling station in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood as New Yorkers head to the polls on June 23 in New York City.

Trump keeps sabotaging legislation over a voting bill. Here's what's in it

Ashley Lopez

President Trump blew up what could have been a win for his party — and he did it to force lawmakers to pass an elections overhaul bill that has been all but doomed in the Senate.

To get on the same page about whether or not to start a family, psychotherapist Merle Bombardieri says to aim for 80% certainty — and do your best to compromise. But take note: "people never have a child to please their partner," she says.

How to find middle ground when your partner wants kids — and you don't

Andee Tagle

Psychotherapist Merle Bombardieri has been helping couples with this conundrum for decades. She shares four exercises to bring clarity to the situation — and find a solution that minimizes regret.

Abortion opponents demonstrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 24, 2022 the day the court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

4 surprising things to know about abortion in America since Dobbs

Selena Simmons-Duffin

A confusing patchwork of state laws began to take shape hours after the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. Here's where things stand now on the abortion issue.

American farmers were already grappling with high fertilizer and diesel prices before the closure of the Strait of Hormuz created a further spike.

Eager for a break, farmers don't expect much relief after the Iran peace deal

Kirk Siegler

Fertilizer prices have gone down with the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the prospect of a U.S.-Iran peace deal. But struggling American farmers won't likely see any relief for months.

Counselors and campers pictured at YMCA Camp Kern in Oregonia, Ohio, in 2024.

When going to 'camp' meant Roman military lodgings — not summer fun

Natalie Escobar

In this installment of NPR's Word of the Week, we go to camp: from 16th-century military lodgings to the wilderness adventures of the 1880s designed to turn boys into "manly men."

Oleksandr "Sasha" Ostapchuk (left) heads a ball while playing for a tournament squad of the Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals soccer team in a match against a club with roots in Belarus at Tryzub Ukrainian American Sport Center in North Wales, Pa., on June 21.

Long before the World Cup, Ukrainian immigrants built a soccer powerhouse in Philly

Brian Mann

World Cup games are underway in Philadelphia. Long before Americans caught the world's soccer craze, Ukrainian migrants made Philly a soccer town. Today, the sport helps sustain their culture.

Military veterans are given food, clothing and other supplies during a Stand Down event designed to help veterans who are homeless or housing insecure on June 16, 2023, in Chicago.

Trump is pushing to institutionalize homeless people. That may include veterans

Quil Lawrence

A Trump executive order pushes involuntary treatment for homeless people; the VA denies that would include homeless vets.

Norman Rockwell's 1943 series So You Want to See the President! Click to enlarge.

Norman Rockwell art that ignited a lawsuit and a love story is now on public view

Elizabeth Blair

So You Want to See The President! depicts a procession of visitors waiting to see Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The original 1943 Rockwell suite of illustrations goes on public view Thursday in D.C.

Folarin Balogun (r) of the U.S. celebrates scoring his team's second goal with Weston McKennie during their World Cup match against Paraguay on June 12 in Inglewood, Calif. The U.S. defeated Paraguay and, later, Australia. The U.S. wraps up group play against Turkey on Thursday evening. Win, lose or draw, the U.S. has already won its group and will advance to the knockout round.

With a Round of 32 spot already clinched, the U.S. takes on Turkey in the World Cup

Becky Sullivan

Two U.S. wins and two Turkey losses already on the books mean the Americans have won this World Cup group no matter the outcome of Thursday's game. Still, the Americans say they're playing to win.