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Baltimore's Franklin Square neighborhood is hotter than about two-thirds of the neighborhoods in the city. It's also in one of Baltimore's poorest areas.

As Rising Heat Bakes U.S. Cities, The Poor Often Feel It Most

Hotter neighborhoods tend to be poorer in dozens of major U.S. cities. That extra heat can have serious health effects for those living there.

Suande, whose uncle died the previous month, lays a cloth over his uncle's coffin on the eve of the funeral.

PHOTOS: The Dead Live With Their Loved Ones On This Indonesian Island

The Toraja people of Indonesia keep the preserved bodies of their deceased relatives at home for years. They're saving up for a big funeral. But there's a deeper reason for the custom.

Over the last four decades, incomes in the United States have grown much less equal. Inequality is less pronounced in Western Europe.

Why America's 1-Percenters Are Richer Than Europe's

The share of total income of the top 1% of earners in the U.S. more than doubled over four decades. But in Europe, the gains were less dramatic. What accounts for the difference across the Atlantic?

The waters and mountains of the Inian Islands, near Glacier Bay, Alaska.

In Alaska's Wilderness, A New Vision Of Higher Learning

The Arete Project in Southeast Alaska brings very different students from around the world together to learn from nature and each other, and earn college credit along the way.

Teri Smith is one of over 130,000 workers who shop for and deliver groceries for Instacart. Smith, 46, has worked for Instacart in Arlington, Texas, since August 2018.

At The Mercy Of An App: Workers Feel The Instacart Squeeze

The grocery-delivery app faces a new wave of discontent. Working for an algorithm means tweaks can upend a livelihood — and being a faster, nicer, more experienced worker doesn't guarantee better pay.

Suriya Paprajong moved to Greenland in the winter of 2001. Some 18 years later, he has built up a life, including opening his own restaurant.

A Tiny Thai Restaurant In Remote Greenland Serves Up Spice (And Whale Skin Soup)

When Suriya Paprajong arrived in Greenland in 2001, he didn't even have a coat. These days, his eatery in Qaqortoq, population 3,000, is a local favorite, melding Thai flavors with an Arctic twist.

Patients line up for remote health consultation sessions on a char near Rangpur, Bangladesh.

The Doctor Will Skype You Now: Virtual Checkups Reach Bangladesh's Isolated Islands

As residents of "char" islands grapple with poverty and climate change, they are often cut off from medical services. A new service could help.

Top: Bruce Inglangasak (left) and his friend Herman Oyagak look for a way through the sea ice that is close to shore near Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in 2018. Left: Coco chases his ball. Inglangasak and his daughter adopted Coco while visiting their relatives in Aklavik, Canada, in 2017. Right: Polar bear art outside of the home of Marie and Eddie Rexford in Kaktovik, Alaska.

A Nomadic Start To Photographing Inuit Culture Across Countries

Photographer Brian Adams documents Inuit culture in Alaska and Canada. In his new project, he is looking for connections across geographic divides.

In Memoriam 2019: The Musicians We Lost

NPR Music celebrates the alt-rock heroes, Hollywood idols, Pulitzer-winning composers, jazz luminaries, cult legends, bold activists, old masters and rising stars the world lost this year.

'Chicken Of The Sea' Is So Wacky — Of Course It Was Created By Kids

Ellison Nguyen, 6, wrote the book, and Hien Bui-Stafford, 13, illustrated it. They got a little help from Pulitzer Prize-winner Viet Nguyen (Ellison's dad) and cartoonist Thi Bui (Hien's mom).

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