Ashley Brown

Watch: Michelle Obama tells young people to be 'rageful' — but have a plan

Juana Summers

In The Light We Carry, Michelle Obama opens up about generational life lessons - both personal and public - and how "going high" is more than just a motto.

With measuring tape and notepad, marine ecologist Enric Ballesteros surveys the organisms living on a healthy reef in the islands. When author Enric Sala and his team first visited here in 2009, they found these reefs in a pristine state, with a profusion of species, many of them rare.

This coral reef resurrected itself — and showed scientists how to replicate it

Jonaki Mehta

While scientists studied a coral reef ecosystem in the South Pacific, rising temperatures led them to believe it was doomed. Then, something miraculous happened.

We see rituals in almost every part of our lives, from celebrations to methods of alleviating stress.

Your everyday rituals do impact your life — just not how you might expect

Ari Shapiro

In his new book, scientist and author Dimitris Xygalatas explores how performing all kinds of rituals will have tangible impacts on our everyday lives

Kimberly and Felix Rubio are mourning the death of their daughter, Alexandria "Lexi" Aniyah Rubio.

Three months after the tragedy in Uvalde, this is how these families are coping

Alejandra Marquez Janse

In the months since the mass school shooting at Robb Elementary, some parents are turning their grief into action, while others are dealing with guilt and trying to make sense of their new lives.

Eloyd, 11, left, plays online video games with his brother Emmanuel, 12, right, at his home in Uvalde, Texas.

Uvalde kids go back to the classroom this week. These parents chose other options

Jonaki Mehta

This week, as in-person school resumes for the first time since the shooting, some Uvalde parents have chosen to homeschool their kids rather than send them back to the classroom.

Nicole Ogburn shows the new tool that she will use this year to know the emotional state of her students.

This teacher survived the Uvalde shooting. Here's why she is returning to the job

Juana Summers

This year, as Nicole Ogburn prepares her classroom, her first priority is not the decorations she usually spends the summer picking out. Instead, it's buying things to make the classroom safer.

A head injury gave Ingrid amnesia. Then came the journey to rediscover her history

Ari Shapiro

Author Ingrid Rojas Contreras was forced to relearn the supernatural legacy of her family when faced with an injury that left her with amnesia.

Jayland Walker (right) with his former wrestling coach Robert Hubbard in February 2020.

Jayland Walker's wrestling coach remembers 'one of the sweetest kids'

Juana Summers

Youth wrestling coach Robert Hubbard remembers his former student, Jayland Walker, the Black motorist who was shot dozens of times and killed by Akron police on June 27.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) says the House Jan. 6 committee investigation will reveal new details of the insurrection for the public.

American democracy is more vulnerable now than on Jan. 6, Schiff says amid hearings

Mary Louise Kelly

American democracy is more vulnerable today than it was on January 6 because the "big lie" that Donald Trump won the 2020 election has spread, says Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA).

Past measures to tax farmers have met strong resistance, but New Zealand's climate change minister thinks it is a good start

New Zealand announces world-first plan to tax cow and sheep burps

Ayen Bior

New Zealand has announced a plan to tax livestock burps in an effort to curb the country's greenhouse gas emissions. It would be the first time a country has done this.