Summer Thomad

Jason Reynolds talks about the realities of caregiving for his aging mom

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Author Jason Reynolds talks about the realities of caregiving for his aging mom.

Books We Love: Recommended reading for romance

Candice Lim, Summer Thomad, Ari Shapiro

NPR's Books We Love has reading recommendations from our staff and contributors. Today, we hear about three new romance novels: "An Arrow to the Moon," "Young Mungo" and "Ramon and Julieta."

NPR's top picks for 2022 fiction books

Summer Thomad, Natalie Escobar, Rommel Wood, Karen Grigsby Bates

Four NPR staffers recommend new novels in an early taste of our annual Books We Love round-up: "How High We Go in the Dark," "Vladimir," "Mecca" and "The Candy House."

Girls gather at a gender-segregated school in Kabul on Sept. 15. When older secondary students returned to classes, female students were told to wait.

International headlines

Aid Official Warns Of A Bleak Situation In Afghanistan As Winter Approaches

Leila Fadel, Kat Lonsdorf, Amy Isackson, Summer Thomad

The head of Save the Children in Afghanistan says it has been difficult to operate under the Taliban and their restrictions on women. Without humanitarian aid, he predicts serious casualties ahead.

International headlines

Some Schools In Afghanistan Are Back, But Only For Boys. Girls Have Been Told To Wait

Leila Fadel, Amy Isackson, Summer Thomad

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Chris Nyamandi, Country Director of Save The Children in Afghanistan about a restriction on girls' education and other threats to children's welfare under the Taliban.

Demi Adejuyigbe's "September" videos have raised nearly $1 million in charitable donations, he announced hours after the latest edition went live online.

NPR Headlines

The Man Behind Those Annual 'Sept. 21' Videos Has Made His Last Masterpiece

Patrick Jarenwattananon, Mallory Yu, Summer Thomad

Since 2016, Demi Adejuyigbe has made increasingly lavish videos dancing to the Earth, Wind and Fire hit "September." "It just feels like doing the impossible with a bunch of friends," he says.

Teens Leylah Fernandez And Emma Raducanu To Face Off At The U.S. Open Women's Final

Ailsa Chang, Justine Kenin, Justine Kenin, Summer Thomad

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with sports writer Lindsay Gibbs about Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez, the two teen tennis players who will go head-to-head at the U.S. Open women's final on Saturday.