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We asked global thinkers like Malala, doctors dealing with the pandemic, educators and more — if you were in charge of the world, what would you like to see happen this year. (Image credit: Dola Sun for NPR) Source link

This year, Goats and Soda published a number of photo essays from photographers and artists from around the globe. One story gives a human face to the problem we’ve all heard about: food insecurity in the pandemic, from the Philippines to Tennessee. Readers were so moved they wrote in asking to make donations to the people we profiled. Another tells the story of a library aimed at kids that was started in two shipping containers in a violence-torn neighborhood in South Africa. Yet another shows the 15 things folks can’t live without in a pandemic, from ants to holy water. Here […]

Our top stories on the Goats and Soda blog in 2021 were mostly about the pandemic. But that’s not the only topic that made readers click. Even as the world worries about COVID-19, people made time for other topics. They definitely wanted advice on how to get kids to help out with chores. That was one of our top stories of the year. They read articles about other worrisome diseases — like Nipah virus and cancer (and the role that alcohol plays as a cause). And they wanted entertainment. Readers flocked to our story on the K-pop supergroup BTS speaking at […]

Left to right: An illustration of the coronavirus, an illustration of the delta variant and a mural in India. Hanna Barczyk for NPR / Juan Gaertner/Science Source / Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hanna Barczyk for NPR / Juan Gaertner/Science Source / Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times via Getty Images Left to right: An illustration of the coronavirus, an illustration of the delta variant and a mural in India. Hanna Barczyk for NPR / Juan Gaertner/Science Source / Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times via Getty Images For the second year in a row, the global pandemic has dominated our blog […]

Like any government agency, the biggest American foreign aid group has its problems. This week, its new administrator Samantha Power outlined her solutions. (Image credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images) Source link

Joel Charny, who worked in humanitarian aid for 40 years, speaks candidly about how humanitarianism has changed — and why people shouldn’t treat aid workers as if they wear haloes. (Image credit: Courtesy of Joel Charny) Source link

In his new book for Gen Z readers, Charles Kenny explains why despite all the gloom and doom, the world is getting better for billions. NPR turned to two Gen Zers to help ask him the tough questions. (Image credit: Julia Gunther for NPR) Source link

It’s the first country to receive free vaccines from the COVAX program. But that shipment of 600,000 can’t protect a nation of 30 million. And conspiracy theories about the vaccine are swirling. (Image credit: Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images) Source link

That’s the question that researcher Inga Winkler of Columbia University asks. She shares advice on how to overcome feelings of shame and embarrassment about menstruation. (Image credit: Malaka Gharib/ NPR) Source link

It seemed like there was only one global health story this year: the pandemic. But that wasn’t the only topic that grabbed our audience’s attention. According to NPR’s data on pageviews, readers were attracted to all kinds of Goats and Soda stories in 2020. The mix of content might surprise you. A 2019 story about how to teach kids to control their anger made a huge comeback. Readers loved our commentary on the Netflix reality show Indian Matchmaking — and an explainer on locusts. And photos of our beautiful planet made a big impression. Here’s a list of the most popular […]

In 2020, NPR created and published more than a dozen comics for the pandemic — everything from how to explain it to kids to how to help the older people in your life. (Image credit: Malaka Gharib/ NPR) Source link

Kids, this comic is for you. You’ve been living through this pandemic for months – and you might be feeling sad, frustrated or upset. But there are lots of different ways to deal with your worries – and make yourself feel better. Here’s some tips and advice to help you through. Print and fold a zine version of this comic here. Here are directions on how to fold it. This comic is based on interviews conducted by NPR’s Cory Turner with Tara Powell at the University of Illinois School of Social Work, Joy Osofsky at the LSU Health Sciences Center in […]

This comic was originally published on February 28, 2020 and has been updated. Kids, this comic is just for you. The coronavirus pandemic started in March and in many countries, thousands and thousands of people are getting sick. You may have questions about what exactly this virus is — and how to stay safe. Here are some answers. Print and fold a zine version of this comic here. Here are directions on how to fold it. This comic is based on interviews conducted by NPR’s Cory Turner with Tara Powell at the University of Illinois School of Social Work, Joy Osofsky […]