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MSF doctors Stig Walravens (2nd R), 33, and Yaroslav (L), 39, care for Oleh, 58, a patient on a medical evacuation train on its way to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on April 10, 2022. - (Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)

As the number of wounded Ukrainians mounts, Doctors Without Borders struggles to fill medical gaps

Wounder Ukrainians are suffering injuries most doctors there have never seen.

Feminist Press Resurrects Women's Pulp Fiction

Pulp fiction novels are usually filled with hard-boiled men, dangerous dames and a surprise around ever dog-eared corner. It was a genre dominated by male authors, but the Feminist Press has saved from obscurity some of the best pulp fiction written by women. View a photo gallery of classic cover art, and hear more examples of feminist purple prose.

Low-Wage America: Rafael Romero

NPR's Noah Adams continues his series on low-wage workers. On a visit to Pennsylvania, he found Mexican immigrants at work harvesting mushrooms.

Yuri Zastavny, co-owner of Pravda Brewery in Lviv, Ukraine. (Courtesy)

A 'now or never moment': Brewery owner in Lviv, Ukraine, reflects as Russian military advances

Yuri Zastavny, co-owner of Pravda Brewery, explains what life is like after sending his family away for their safety and describes his brewery's pending victory beer.

Winnie Kondo with son, Bellington, on the banks of the Mukuvisi River in Harare, Zimbabwe. Kondo says Bellington's twin sister Belinda would still be alive if the government hadn't destroyed their home in last year's urban cleanup campaign.

Suffering Persists After Zimbabwe Razing Campaign

As Zimbabwe's economy collapses under 1,000 percent inflation, many of the people uprooted by a slum-clearance campaign last year remain homeless and unemployed. Human-rights activists in the Southern African nation say the country is on the verge of social upheaval.

From left, MAX School students Adjoni Gibson, Jeremy Johnson, Torrie Lawson, Arielle Johnson, Alexander Antrum and Lorielle Ausama.

New Orleans Students Describe Coping After Katrina

The MAX School in New Orleans combines youngsters from several Catholic schools damaged by Katrina. A group of seventh and eighth graders talks about how the storm touched their lives.

Lynn Miles Looks at 'Love Sweet Love'

Canadian folk singer-songwriter Lynn Miles has never been afraid to explore the darker sides of her own life, and the result is a bittersweet collection of tunes for her latest CD, Love Sweet Love.

Getty House: Yours rent-free with occupancy of the L.A. mayoral office.

Lavish L.A. Mayoral Residence Stands Unoccupied

Karen Grigsby Bates looks at why no one seems to want to take advantage of one great perk of being Los Angeles mayor: living rent-free in a gorgeous mansion.

Dr. Chris Heringlake, a dentist at the St. Cloud Correctional Facility in Minnesota, first saw "meth mouth" eight years ago. His dental colleagues on the outside couldn't imagine what he was describing. Now the dentist works on meth mouths every day.

'Meth Mouth' Strains Prison Health-Care Budgets

The rise in meth abusers behind bars is taking a heavy toll on prison health-care systems. Many users of the drug wind up with teeth that are little more than black stubs. As a result, prisons and taxpayers are paying a fortune in emergency dental care.

Finding Fortune 500 Firms

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Lisa Straus from Folsom, Calif., who listens to Weekend Edition on member station KXJZ in Scaramento). She fields questions on anagrams for Fortune 500 companies.

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