Military's Brain-Testing Program A Debacle
The U.S. military has spent more than $42 million to test every service member's brain to find out who suffered a traumatic brain injury, or TBI, during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. But an...
View ArticleA Year That Was Good To Beets
Children hate beets. Many adults hate beets. In fact, so few people in the U.S.
View ArticlePentagon's Spending On Key Injuries Isn't Being Tracked Well, Auditors Say
The Defense Department has spent close to $3 billion since 2007 to treat and study traumatic brain injuries and post traumatic stress disorder — the leading injuries suffered by U.S. military personnel...
View ArticleOne Soldier's Progress Against Traumatic Brain Injury
One of the guests in the congressional gallery at last week's State of the Union address was Roxana Delgado, an advocate for soldiers returning home with traumatic brain injuries. Her husband, an army...
View ArticleFor One Soldier, Rap Is A Powerful Postwar Weapon
When Jeff Barillaro came home from fighting the war in Iraq, he felt lost, like thousands of veterans do. He didn't have a mission anymore.But now, through music, he's found one: Under the stage name...
View ArticleNew Shooting Revives Old Questions About Mental Health In Military
The mass shooting at Fort Hood, the second at the same Army base in just five years, is renewing questions about the state of mental health treatment on U.S. military bases.
View ArticleMilitary's Brain-Testing Program A Debacle
The U.S. military has spent more than $42 million to test every service member's brain to find out who suffered a traumatic brain injury, or TBI, during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. But an...
View ArticleA Year That Was Good To Beets
Children hate beets. Many adults hate beets. In fact, so few people in the U.S.
View ArticlePentagon's Spending On Key Injuries Isn't Being Tracked Well, Auditors Say
The Defense Department has spent close to $3 billion since 2007 to treat and study traumatic brain injuries and post traumatic stress disorder — the leading injuries suffered by U.S. military personnel...
View ArticleOne Soldier's Progress Against Traumatic Brain Injury
One of the guests in the congressional gallery at last week's State of the Union address was Roxana Delgado, an advocate for soldiers returning home with traumatic brain injuries. Her husband, an army...
View ArticleFor One Soldier, Rap Is A Powerful Postwar Weapon
When Jeff Barillaro came home from fighting the war in Iraq, he felt lost, like thousands of veterans do. He didn't have a mission anymore.But now, through music, he's found one: Under the stage name...
View ArticleBefore Reaching War Zones, Troops Risk Concussions
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View ArticleOnce Denied A Purple Heart, A Soldier Gets Her Medal
In 2010, NPR reported that some Army commanders refused to award the Purple Heart to many troops who got concussions in combat because they didn't consider these "real" injuries. As a result of our...
View ArticleIs Sustainable-Labeled Seafood Really Sustainable?
Part one of a three-part series by Daniel Zwerdling and Margot Williams.Rebecca Weel pushes a baby stroller with her 18-month-old up to the seafood case at Whole Foods, near ground zero in New York.
View ArticleConditions Allow For More Sustainable-Labeled Seafood
Part two of a three-part series by Daniel Zwerdling and Margot Williams.Next time you walk up to the seafood counter, look for products labeled with a blue fish, a check mark, and the words "Certified...
View ArticleFor A Florida Fishery, 'Sustainable' Success After Complex Process
Part three of a three-part series by Daniel Zwerdling and Margot Williams.The long, clunky-looking fishing boat pulls up to Day Boat Seafood's dock near Fort Pierce, Fla., after 10 days out in the...
View ArticleNew Mortgage Program Helps Cambodia's Poor Find Better Homes
If you've applied for a mortgage recently, you know how hard it can be. The bank demands all kinds of obscure documents and wants proof of almost every asset you own. But an innovative mortgage program...
View ArticleFrom Family To Digital Footprints: A Portrait Of Tsarnaevs
NPR's Daniel Zwerdling reports on what's known about the two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombing, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
View ArticleAfter Deadly Chemical Plant Disasters, There's Little Action
You might think that everything would have changed for the chemicals industry on April 16, 1947. That was the day of the Texas City Disaster, the worst industrial accident in U.S. history. A ship...
View ArticleAt Cambodia Hotel, The Workers Are The Boss
This story is part of NPR's ongoing series about social entrepreneurs— people around the world who are dreaming up innovative ways to develop communities and solve social problems.If you walk into the...
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