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'Mothers' Tells Stories Too Often Silenced

Bonnie Jo Campbell's confessional, unforgettable new story collection gives a voice to mothers and daughters, struggling to get by, desperate to be heard, but despairing of an audience.

A judge watches contestants sleep during the Siesta Championship in Madrid in 2010. Prime Minster Mariano Rajoy said it's time to end the afternoon break. Many Spaniards call it an outdated stereotype and have been annoyed with the way the foreign media has reported it.

Spain Debates: Is It Time To Scrap The Siesta?

Spain's prime minister says it's time to end the mid-afternoon break and move to a more 9-to-5 workday. But many Spaniards say the siesta is an outdated stereotype that's no longer part of daily life.

A Hindu holy man in Kathmandu smokes a chillum, a traditional clay pipe, on March 6, the eve of a festival honoring the god Shiva.

Shiva Is A God Who Likes Marijuana — And So Do Many Of His Followers

At a festival celebrating the Hindu god today in Nepal, many of the holy men and women follow in the footsteps of the deity and have a little hashish.

Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, speaks during an enrollment event in Grand Park, in front of Los Angeles City Hall, on Nov. 14.

Repeal Ripples: 5 Insurance Exchange Chiefs Contemplate An Uncertain Future

States running their own insurance exchanges instead of relying on the federal site had hoped the marketplaces would become thriving businesses. Now, the states aren't sure what the future holds.

"When there is danger, when there is destruction, we kind of feel like we're on the edge of life, fully alive, and that can really bring out some strong prose," says author Mitchell Zuckoff.

Travel Disasters Bring Out The Best, The Worst ... And The Cannibalism

Tales about travel don't always end well: Planes crash into jungles and ships run aground. For NPR's "Book Your Trip" series, Lynn Neary considers the rich genre of travel disaster literature.

Younger and older generations at the St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Church in the Bronx grapple with how much of their faith and culture to retain, honor, and leave behind.

'Products Of The Soil': Identity Crisis In An Indian Catholic Church

In a small church in New York, a sect of Catholics from south India struggle to hold on to a piece of ancient culture that is intertwined with an evolving faith community.

How One 72-Year-Old Aims To Stop Bullies

Difference Makers International, a bullying prevention nonprofit, put 3,000 Chula Vista high school kids in a room to hash out bullying problems.

Cars and homes in Middletown, Calif., lay charred by the Valley Fire, which was 15 percent contained as of Tuesday afternoon.

Fast-Moving Wildfires Destroy Hundreds Of Homes In Northern California

The Valley Fire alone has claimed 585 homes and hundreds of other structures since it started Saturday. At least one person has died.

Chef Eddie Huang On Cultural Identity And 'Intestine Sticky Rice Hot Dog'

Huang and his brothers, Evan and Emery, headed to China to reconnect with their culture, to eat lots and lots of food — and to cook. He's documented his travels in his new book, Double Cup Love.

Does Addiction Treatment Require A Higher Power?

Author Maia Szalavitz argues that it's impossible to destigmatize addiction while also rendering it the only diagnosis in medicine for which the treatment is explicitly moral.

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