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Minority Advocacy Groups Feel Left Out of National Efforts, Funding

Despite the support of local donors, some small, minority-led immigrant rights groups express frustration at not being included in the latest national organizing campaigns.

A new ad in India shows women mocking men who answer nature's call in nature. It's part of a national effort to encourage men to put a toilet in the family home.

Watch Women Shame Men Who Pee In Public

The idea behind this viral ad is to convince men how important it is to have a toilet in the house. That's a major issue in India, where more than 500 million people are loo-less.

Martha Stewart shares mouthwatering regional favorites from the Northeast, including mini chocolate whoopie pies filled with chocolate ganache.

MARTHA BAKES: Northeast

Airs Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

America's Schools Are 'Profoundly Unequal,' Says U.S. Civil Rights Commission

More than 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education, the fight for equity in America's schools rages on.

Kennedy Odede has gone from street boy to social activist. He says: "When you do kindness that you don't expect to come back to you, you are spreading the light in the world."

The Kindness Of Strangers Saved This Mango Thief's Life

As a child, Kennedy Odede lived on the streets of a Kenyan slum. Now he is a social activist and best-selling author.

Acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York today. The acting U.S. Attorney announced Federal criminal charges against ten people, including four college basketball coaches, as well as managers, financial advisors, and representatives of a major international sportswear company.

4 College Basketball Coaches Arrested In Bribery Case; Adidas Exec Also Named

The case exposes the "dark underbelly of college basketball," Acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim of the Southern District of New York said.

U.S. Marines march along a mountain road as they withdraw south through the Funchilin Pass in North Korea. Dec. 10, 1950.

A Campaign Hoping To Collect 1 Million Letters From US Soldiers Arrives In San Diego

The goal is to collect war-related correspondence from every conflict in U.S. history, from handwritten missives penned during the American Revolution to emails sent from Iraq and Afghanistan.

A woman wearing headphones dances in a disco during the Clockenflap Music Festival in Hong Kong, China last year.

#NPRreads: Turn Up The Volume This Weekend With These 3 Great Reads

Correspondents, editors and producers from our newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the #NPRreads hashtag. Each weekend, we highlight some of the best stories.

Helen Gurley Brown in her office at Cosmopolitan magazine in the 1960s .The legendary editor, subject of two new biographies, knew sex sells – and food brings in ad money. She cannily combined them with features like "After Bed, What? (a light snack for an encore)."

Collards And Canoodling: How Helen Gurley Brown Promoted Premarital Cooking

The legendary Cosmo editor, subject of two new biographies, knew sex sells – and food brings in ad money. She cannily combined them with features like "After Bed, What? (a light snack for an encore)."

Last summer, South Koreans left messages of their sexual harassment and assaults on Post-it notes at an exit of Gangnam subway station.

South Korea's Sex Ed Guidelines Suggest Victims Are To Blame For Date Rape

When South Korea issued its sex education guidelines for public schools in 2015, there was an outcry and there were calls for them to be withdrawn. Two years later, the guidelines remain in place.

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