Guns in America: A Way of...

A father in Nebraska explains how his family has embraced hunting with rifles for generations in our ongoing series about firearms in America

Guns and Suicide

Jennifer Lugar’s husband committed suicide using a legally purchased handgun. She is now on a mission to stop the rising tide of gun suicides in the US-VOA NEWS

Americans Search for Common Ground on...

Gun owner Angela Stroud says many people have simplistic views about the subject but in fact, it’s a complicated issue. She talks to VOA Connect about regulation and her own conflicting views and what can be done to address the misconceptions

Films on Police Brutality Racism

The death of George Floyd while in police custody has sparked protests across the country and abroad about police brutality against African Americans. Acclaimed films have shone a light on racial injustice against African Americans since the 1960s

Waiting for Asylum, Cuban Doctor Saves...

Brownsville-Matamoros camp is a temporary residence for Central Americans, Haitians, Cubans and Venezuelans who are waiting for their asylum appointments that could grant them entry into the U.S. Dairon Elizondo Rojas, a Cuban doctor, became a camp doctor while seeking his asylum for the last 11 months. While waiting, Rojas is looking after patients at the camp with the hope that his court date, scheduled for June 23, will be his last

Tanzanian Mother Fights to Protect High-Risk...

Zuhura Hassan is a mother in Tanzania struggling to keep her son safe during the pandemic. Zuhura’s son, a 5-year-old boy named Hayyan Hamoud, is one of the estimated 11,000 Tanzanian children who are born with sickle cell disease each year. SCD is a blood disorder that leads to immunity deficiency. This puts Hayyan Hammnd into a high-risk group that could become more severely compromised by COVID-19 should it infect him

Pregnant Tanzanian Woman Shares Her Fears...

Like many expectant mothers, makeup artist Merry Mwihava was delighted to learn that she would be welcoming a new child into the world. But when Merry lost her job during the pandemic, she was forced to tap into her creative talents to find inventive ways to feed her family. A Coming Joy Wrapped in Fears …

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Getting by with some Help

The story of a single mother who lost her job as a caregiver and the daily adjustments she has had to make. But even through the hardship, she keeps a positive mindset and finds a way to pay it forward

Ballet Dancer Julie Kent

American ballet dancer Julie Kent was a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre from 1993 to 2015. Her farewell role was as Juliet, and in 2016 Kent was named the artistic director of The Washington Ballet. Karina Bafradzhian spoke with Kent about what it takes to be a ballerina – on and beyond the stage

Good News COVID Animal Adoptions

Governments both local and national increasingly have been calling on their citizens to stay home as a way to help slow the spread of novel coronavirus. Musicians have joined the campaign