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Lulu Garcia-Navarro leaves Weekend Edition

Lulu Garcia-Navarro

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro bids Weekend Edition listeners a fond farewell after 17 years at the network.

A view down a busy street in Port au Prince, Haiti. Kidnappings in the country have already been worse in 2021 than years before.

Haiti's kidnapping crisis is plunging the country even further into turmoil

Seventeen missionaries were kidnapped by an armed gang in Haiti on Saturday. It was the latest in what experts are calling a kidnapping crisis in the country — a crisis largely driven by one gang.

Joy Crookes' first album embraces power, heartbreak and racial justice

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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with singer and songwriter Joy Crookes about her debut album, Skin.

Politics chat: Congress wants answers to Trump's role in the insurrection

Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Mara Liasson

Congress wants to know about ex-president Donald Trump's role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Trump and his former aids are pushing back, and it looks like things are headed for a major showdown.

'Squid Game' is the latest example of when subtitles are a little off

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Netflix's Squid Game is a huge hit, but some say its subtitles are inaccurate. Podcast host Youngmi Mayer and translation professor Denise Kripper explain why things got lost in translation.

Is it still too risky to hug? We answer that question and more

Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Marc Silver

At the start of the pandemic, greeting someone with a hug, handshake or a peck on the cheek was considered high risk for the spread of the virus. But now, post vaccine, what are the rules?

Shaandiin Parrish, who was then Miss Navajo Nation, grabs a box filled with food and other supplies to distribute to Navajo families on May 27, 2020, in Counselor on the Navajo Nation Reservation, New Mexico.

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As Miss Navajo Nation, she helped her community through the pandemic

Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Deepa Shivaram

When Shaandiin Parrish was crowned Miss Navajo Nation in 2019, she didn't expect to win. She also didn't expect to be carrying the honor two years later and through the health crisis.