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NPR's A Martinez talks to Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, author of "Tias and Primas: On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raised Us."

Sun Dawu has befriended and supported political dissidents. Now he may become one himself. "This is a simple administrative law case, but it has become politicized and distorted," says his lawyer.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with musician Annie Clark about her new '70s-inspired album as St. Vincent, called Daddy's Home.

There's long been opposition to the practice of forcing a woman on her period to menstrual exile in a hut, which can be unsafe and unsanitary. One charity has a new interim response: upgrade the huts.

Women play an outsized role in Ukrainian society -– including mobilizing in case Russia attacks urban areas. Women of all ages are learning self-defense and survival skills.

Ukraine's focus on maintaining education during a war is in line with an emerging philosophy of disaster response.

Former federal judge was nearly unanimously approved for a full five-year term in spring session

The National World War Two Museum and the Gary Sinise Foundation celebrate the trailblazing women who worked in the American defense industry in the 1940s, and preserve their stories for future generations.

NPR staff recommend 6 new novels for summer reading: "How to End a Love Story," "Victim," "The Women," "A Short Walk Through a Wide World," "Birding with Benefits" and "Swift River."

An elementary school in Yimianpo is now a storage yard. The number of children in the town has dropped by half and there are fewer than three births per 1,000 residents in the province — China's lowest rate.