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Brigitte Carreño was raped at the age of 12 by a paramilitary commander, an...
Women have made significant gains across Latin America. But sexual violence against women remains a pervasive problem. As part of NPR's series on violence in Latin America, we're looking at the problem in Colombia, where decades of war made women extremely vulnerable.
Karen Danielson, who was raised Catholic, converted to Islam 30 years ago....
Karen Danielson was raised Catholic, but she became a Muslim when she was 19. The conversion came with some difficult personal decisions, but she stresses the shift was spiritual, rather than cultural.
The anti-government protests in Turkey come at a sensitive moment for the nation's economy. Long considered an economic bright spot, Turkey's recent unrest has economists wondering if they were wrong.
A new Human Rights Watch report finds that both government and opposition forces have attacked schools and endangered students. Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin speaks with the report's author, Priyanka Motaparthy.
Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Dina Temple-Raston about National Intelligence Director James Clapper's statement that NSA surveillance is "fully debated and authorized by Congress."
T-Bone Burnett, John Mellencamp and Stephen King are the creative team behin...
No, it's not the setup to a joke. John Mellencamp, Stephen King and T-Bone Burnett are the creative team behind Ghosts of Darkland County, a stage show based on a true story of small-town tragedy.