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Yoani Sanchez is an outspoken critic of the Castro regime, with a social media pulpit that is translated into 20 languages. In Miami this week to receive an award, she called on Cuban-Americans to tear down the wall of "lies, silence and bad intentions" that divides the community.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

In 2021, the USDA launched its Indigenous Food Sovereignty Initiative. The goal is to rethink the USDA’s food and nutrition programs from an Indigenous perspective.

Nursing homes are often thought of as grim places. But a new approach is being tested. Instead of an institutional setting, the goal now is to provide a homelike — but safe — atmosphere for residents.

As the war with Iran intensifies, Trump is demanding that allies help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz. And, a federal judge halts RFK Jr.'s changes to children's vaccine policies.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Abby Livingston of The Texas Tribune about Rep. Mac Thornberry's retirement. It marks the sixth such announcement from a Texas Republican in the last few weeks.

At a special session this week, the World Health Organization hopes to start sketching out a new world order. "We don't have rules of the game," says WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin will not seek reelection. The decision by the red-state Democrat means the party faces an uphill climb to keep its narrow Senate majority.

President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at preventing transgender athletes from competing in women's sports. It's the latest in a series of actions focused on "gender ideology."

Plus: more Olympics, the Super Bowl and some monks.