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William Terry, of Terry Farms, looks at strawberries at his farm Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Oxnard, Calif. Terry Farms, which grows produce on 2,100 acres largely, has seen prices of some fertilizer formulations double; others are up 20%.

Russia-Ukraine war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies

The Russia-Ukraine war pushes up the price of natural gas, a key ingredient in fertilizer, and has led to severe sanctions against Russia, a major exporter of fertilizer.

Philip and Ruth Lazowski, both Holocaust survivors, married over a decade after Ruth's mother saved him from a massacre, Philip said.

A family helped a Holocaust survivor escape death. Then they became his real family

At 11, Philip Lazowski found himself alone in a Nazi ghetto as Jews were being sent to their deaths during WWII. At StoryCorps, Philip, now 91, remembers a quick decision that may have saved his life.

Temura Morrison plays the title bounty hunter in <em>The Book of Boba Fett. </em>

'The Book of Boba Fett' adds an impressive chapter to the 'Star Wars' saga

Picking up where The Mandalorian left off, this new fantasy series on Disney+ features well-defined characters, exciting action and special effects that are as good as in any Star Wars movie.

Urvashi Vaid, then-executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, protests at then-President George H.W. Bush's address on AIDS in March 1990 in Arlington, Virginia. The pioneering LGBTQ activist and attorney died last week at age 63.

Remembering Urvashi Vaid, an LGBTQ activist who spent decades fighting for equality

Colleagues, friends and admirers are paying tribute to Vaid, the pioneering attorney and organizer who died at age 63 on Friday. She worked for the ACLU and National LGBTQ Task Force, among others.

Brenna Huckaby competes during the Women's Snowboard Cross SB-LL2 Qualification during day two of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics on Sunday.

Paralympian Brenna Huckaby wins bronze after a legal fight to compete in the games

Huckaby took third in a division of women's snowboard cross, but, despite a gold in the 2018 games, she wasn't allowed to compete until a court ruled in January she could.

Radio journalist Nina Totenberg at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., May 21, 2019.

FINDING YOUR ROOTS: Against All Odds

Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces media personality Andy Cohen and radio journalist Nina Totenberg to ancestors who were determined to survive.

Then-Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, calls on members of the Assembly to approve her measure to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot to let voters decide if the state should overturn its ban on affirmative action programs, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, June 10, 2020.

California group votes to limit reparations to slave descendants

California’s task force on reparations voted to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black people.

Short-term profits and long-term consequences — did Jack Welch break capitalism?

The General Electric CEO wowed investors and mingled with celebrities. But New York Times correspondent David Gelles says Welch's aggressive tactics also caused irreparable harm to American industry.

Oleh Pokrovsky helps man a small checkpoint on a bumpy road leading to his village. "The privilege that we have of sitting here at this checkpoint is thanks directly to those who are enlisted in the military and are defending Ukraine's borders," he says. "If it weren't for them, then this would be under Russian occupation right now."

Far from the front lines, Ukrainians guard checkpoints and wait for the war to come

Checkpoints have sprung up across Ukraine since Russia's invasion. Men at a checkpoint near Lviv have Molotov cocktails ready. Even hundreds of miles from the battles, the war hangs over everything.

Trevor Reed came back home, but Paul Whelan is still imprisoned in Russia

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with David Whelan about his feelings about the release of Trevor Reese, while his brother Paul remains in a Russian prison on espionage charges.

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