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The federal food stamps program is working to make sure low-income Americans are getting enough calories, but those calories are less nutritious than what everyone else eats, research finds. The USDA is funding programs to try to bridge that gap, such as initiatives that allow food stamp recipients to use their benefits at farmers markets.

How America's Wealth Gap Shows Up On Our Dinner Plates

People on food stamps on average ate fewer fruits and vegetables and had worse diets than other Americans, a study finds. It reflects the challenges of eating well on limited means.

New citizens wave American flags during a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony in Miami in July.

The White House Plan That Could Get Millions Of Immigrants To Vote

The Obama administration is kicking off a campaign to encourage legal immigrants in the country to become citizens, which could potentially swell voter rolls by millions before Election Day.

A young woman holds a placard protesting against controversial military reform bills outside Japan's parliament in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday. Lawmakers passed two measures to expand the role of Japan's military for the first time since World War II.

Japan's Parliament Approves Landmark Laws To Expand Military's Role

After days of intense debate, the controversial security bills were approved allowing the Self-Defense Forces to be deployed overseas for the first time since World War II.

View of a banner with the portrait of Pope Francis flanked by images of legendary rebels Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (right) and Camilo Cienfuegos (left), in Havana, Cuba, on Friday. Pope Francis will spend more than three days in Cuba starting Saturday before traveling on to the U.S.

Pope's Itinerary For Visits To Cuba, U.S.

Francis has a full schedule, which includes a meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro in Havana and President Obama in Washington, D.C., where he will also address a joint meeting of Congress.

In 1990 and in 2013, smoking was the No. 2 risk factor for premature death. Above: Miners take a cigarette break in Ukraine.

The Good News And Bad News About How People Die

Childhood malnutrition and unsafe water are no longer in the top 10 of risks for death. But lifestyle-related risks, from smoking to diets high in salt and low in fruits, are killing millions.

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi says, "I don't buy artworks that I think are pretty ... I buy art that is politically meaningful." That art includes Yemeni photographer Boushra Al Mutawakel's <em>Mother, Daughter, Doll</em> series.

For Arab Artists With Something To Say, This Sheikh Is A Loudspeaker

Media personality and art collector Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi spends a fortune on artworks by living, Arab artists; then he shows them to as many people as possible.

NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of September 17, 2015

At No. 11, Sarah Waters' The Paying Guests follows a widow and her daughter in 1920s London.

NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Nonfiction, Week Of September 17, 2015

In Reckless, Pretenders frontwoman Chrissie Hynde looks back on her childhood and her band's rise to fame in the 1980s. It debuts at No. 10.

NPR Bestsellers: Hardcover Fiction, Week Of September 17, 2015

Debuting at No. 14, Bill Clegg's Did You Ever Have a Family follows one woman's process of grieving after she loses her entire family in one tragic night.

Partygoers attend a Prohibition-era themed New Year's Eve party celebrating the start of retail pot sales, at a bar in Denver on Dec. 31, 2013.

Awesome Tips, Dude: Denver May Allow Pot In Bars, Restaurants

Pot is legal in Colorado, but the capitol city has outlawed pot bars like those in Amsterdam, leaving tourists who flock to Denver to get high with no legal place to do so. But that may change soon.

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