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Framed photographs of John Feal (left) working as a first responder in the days before his injury at the World Trade Center, and during his time serving in the 101st Airborne Division.

Honoring The Other Fallen Of Sept. 11: Sickened Ground Zero Volunteers

First responder John Feal created a memorial for other Sept. 11 responders who died not on the day, but of health issues related to working at ground zero.

Week In Politics: Presidential Candidates Outline Foreign Policy Goals

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with our regular political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss the presidential candidates' latest comments on foreign policy and how the GOP will function after Donald Trump.

Young People Grapple With Whether To Follow Colin Kaepernick's Lead

Riley Lockett of Youth Radio talks to young people in the San Francisco Bay Area about the decision by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's to not stand during the national anthem.

Donald Trump speaks to the media on April 27, 2011, in Portsmouth, N.H., after President Obama released his original birth certificate earlier that morning.

Tracking The Rebirth Of The 'Birther' Conspiracy

Several surrogates close to Donald Trump have insisted this week that he actually believes President Obama was born in the United States, but Trump hasn't actually said it himself.

U.S. Halts Construction On Oil Pipeline In North Dakota After Protests

The Obama administration is halting construction on the pipeline after concerns were raised by a nearby Native American tribe. A federal judge previously ruled construction could proceed.

Police crime tape marks the scene where a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed and an 18-year-old man was wounded in April in Chicago. The grim milestone of 500 homicides already passed this year in Chicago.

In Effort To Curb Violence In Chicago, A Professor Mines Social Media

Desmond Patton is studying how gangs in Chicago use social media to communicate. Now he is helping to create an algorithm to predict when a social media threat might spark real life violence.

Seeing A Mother's Alzheimer's As A Time Of Healing And Magic

Dana Walrath used her skills as an artist and medical anthropologist to chronicle her mother's final years with dementia. The process helped her see beyond the loss and embrace the moment.

Thinking Of Leaving Home? Here's A Bit Of Advice From Young Adult Authors

Starting that next chapter can be difficult in any young person's life. And YA writers know it well. Sandra Cisneros, Jacqueline Woodson, Tamora Pierce and Jason Reynolds offer some words of wisdom.

A boy in the Philippines is vaccinated for dengue fever on April 4. In a new survey, only 2 percent of people polled in the Philippines thought vaccines were unsafe.

Who Has More Faith In Vaccine Safety: Parents In France Or Bangladesh?

A survey of nearly 66,000 people worldwide reveals where parents have the most — and least — confidence in vaccines.

Native American protestors gather at a construction site for the Dakota Access pipeline to perform a daily prayer ceremony. Over 1,000 people, most Native American, have gathered at two prayer camps along the Cannonball River near its confluence with the Missouri in North Dakota to protest the Dakota Access pipeline.

At The Sacred Stone Camp, Tribes And Activists Join Forces To Protect The Land

Hundreds of Native Americans and their supporters have gathered in North Dakota to protest the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

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