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Officials across the U.S. are pledging to divest public pensions from Russian funds to protest the invasion of Ukraine. But disentangling the money from Russia is easier said than done.

Ukraine's focus on maintaining education during a war is in line with an emerging philosophy of disaster response.

Despite a difficult 2022 election ahead for the Georgia GOP, lawmakers are pushing to the right on education, passing a parents' bill of rights and changes on trans sports and "divisive concepts."

Last week Radio Diaries brought us the story of Sofia Bretl, who was trying to get her mother — who was caretaking an elderly family member — to evacuate Ukraine. We have a sad update.

Russia has stationed troops in Transnistria, Moldova, since the break up of the Soviet Union. It illustrates Russia's influence and the political complexity of this frontline state in Eastern Europe.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Douglas Stuart about his latest book Young Mungo, centers on a romance between two teenage boys: one Protestant, one Catholic.

Though the city still feels empty, people are slowly starting to return to Kyiv. Signs of war are everywhere in the form of sandbags and big steel and concrete barricades in the streets.

In the western Ukraine city of Ivano-Frankivsk, a bakery that closed for two weeks during Russia's invasion has resumed business, feeding the masses and providing refuge in wartime.

Tiger Woods said Tuesday that he plans to play at the Masters. It's his first major tournament since a terrible car accident last year. Woods has won the Masters five times, including in 2019.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Kathy Gannon of The Associated Press about the Taliban backtracking on some of its promises for a more inclusive, less repressive Afghanistan.