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Liese Siegenthaler (left) and Maggie Feldman-Piltch attended the recent conference. #NatSecGirlSquad creates opportunities for networking and mentorship and provides professional development support to women at various stages of their national security careers.

From A Hashtag To A Movement: #NatSecGirlSquad Empowers Women In National Security

#NatSecGirlSquad is focused on placing and promoting women in national security, a field that's overwhelmingly white and male. "We don't want anything special. We just want equal footing."

Residents outside their home, damaged by Typhoon Phanfone at Concepcion town, Iloilo province, central Philippines on Friday.

Death Toll Rises In Wake of Philippines Typhoon: At Least 28 Dead

As tens of thousands of people struggle to rebuild their homes and lives in the Philippines, officials say the number of casualties is expected to rise.

Paul Collins-Hackett works at Youth Opportunity Office in Albany, N.Y. He helps children and teens who often face tough conditions. Collins-Hackett draws on his own personal or family struggles to help young people get through theirs.

'Somebody's On My Side': 3 Men Who Escaped Poverty Help Others Find A Way Out

In Albany, N.Y., three men use their own experiences to set teens on the right path. Efforts by individuals can sometimes have an outsized impact in the fight against poverty.

A woman holds a poster in support of Swaiti Maliwal, chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women. Maliwal is demanding justice for victims and survivors of rape. In India in 2017, the most recent year for which data was available, there were nearly 33,000 cases of rape reported, according to national crime statistics. But most rape cases in India, as in many parts of the world, go unreported.

What Headlines And Protests Get Wrong About Rape In India

Researchers say the country's fixation on the rape of urban women in public settings distorts the reality of sexual violence in India.

'Chicken Of The Sea' Is So Wacky — Of Course It Was Created By Kids

Ellison Nguyen, 6, wrote the book, and Hien Bui-Stafford, 13, illustrated it. They got a little help from Pulitzer Prize-winner Viet Nguyen (Ellison's dad) and cartoonist Thi Bui (Hien's mom).

A Holiday Feast Of 'Fry Bread'? Yes, Please!

Our kids' books columnist, Juanita Giles, gave her daughter Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story for Christmas; she says the book's depiction of food and history mirrors her family's experiences.

Demonstrators against the Trump administration's push to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in April.

Census Bureau Finds Latinos, Asians Sensitive To Now-Blocked Citizenship Question

The question would have likely lowered census response rates in some areas, according to the Census Bureau's final report on its experiment testing public reaction to the controversial inquiry.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at the Capitol on Friday.

The Trump Impeachment Saga Is About To Heat Back Up

Last month, the House of Representatives voted for only the third time in history to impeach the president. Then something else unusual happened amid the holidays. Nothing.

Congress returns to Washington on Monday to face the challenge of fallout from President Trump's military strike in Iraq that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

House To Vote On Measure Limiting Trump's Military Actions In Iran

Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the killing of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani was "provocative and disproportionate."

(L-R) Steve Norman, Martin Kemp,Tony Hadley and Gary Kemp of the band Spandau Ballet perform live in 2015.

Zane Lowe On The Power Of Spandau Ballet

As part of NPR's series "One-Hit Wonders / Second-Best Songs," BBC Radio legend Zane Lowe nominates "Gold" by Spandau Ballet. The group is mostly known for its 1983 Top 10 hit "True."

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