Neda Ulaby
Stories
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Smithsonian's new series is tied to 50th anniversary of Equal Credit Opportunity Act
Fifty years ago women couldn't apply for a loan or a credit card without their husband or a male relative to co-sign. NPR looks at the law that changed women's financial power -- five decades later.
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One of Ukraine’s most celebrated poets is currently touring the U.S.
Marianna Kiyanovska lives in Ukraine, but she’s reading her poetry at more than a dozen U.S. universities in October. Her latest poetry collection is called The Voices of Babyn Yar.
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One of Ukraine’s most celebrated poets is touring the United States
Marianna Kiyanovska, one of Ukraine's leading poets, has been speaking about writing in wartime. Her latest collection, "The Voices of Babyn Yar," is about victims of the Holocaust.
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Han Kang becomes the first South Korean writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature
The citation commended Han Kang's "intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life." She won the International Booker Prize for The Vegetarian in 2016.
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See a loopy landlady in a caftan? Mrs. Roper may be romping through your town
Hundreds of costumed "Helens" are cheerfully invading bars across the country in honor of Helen Roper, from the 1970s sitcom Three's Company.
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You'll be able to spot Anna Delvey on 'Dancing With the Star' by her ankle monitor
A quarter of a million people in the U.S. wear electronic ankle monitors, in lieu of prison time. One of them will be a contestant this month on the ABC reality show “Dancing with the Stars.”
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Ofra Bikel, documentarian who exposed injustice, dies at 94
Longtime documentary filmmaker Ofra Bikel has died at 94. Her films for the PBS series 'Frontline' in the 1990s contributed to the release of 13 wrongfully incarcerated people.
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Black Southern and Filipino BBQ meet on the grill
A chef in New Orleans is bringing two grilling traditions from opposite ends of the world together on one plate.
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This July 4 marks 100 years since Caesar salad was invented in Tijuana
The Caesar salad was invented at a hotel in Tijuana, Mexico, on July 4, 1924, to feed hungry American tourists. We've been enjoying it in various incarnations ever since.
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Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert Towne dies at 89
Robert Towne, whose Oscar-winning work established him as one of the leading screenwriters of the so-called "new Hollywood," died Monday. He was 89.
