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The island nation is one of the world's biggest exporters of tea, an industry that employs a sizable part of the population. We visit one organic tea farm that shares revenues with its workers.

The characters in Here Comes the Sun are working-class women, struggling with money, sexuality and the pressures of tourism. It is a debut novel for Jamaican author Nicole Dennis-Benn.

Ikea's unyielding sameness is a stabilizing force in my life — but I wanted novelty anyway, at any cost. So I traveled thousands of miles to the Ikea Museum.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Canadian journalist Anna Maria Tremonti about her new podcast, which explores at the lasting trauma of her marriage to an abusive partner.

Nearly every building on the barrier island in Southwest Florida was damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Ian's 15-foot storm surge. It's left the town with almost a clean slate for redevelopment.

When can you break a promise? NPR's Debbie Elliot and New York Times ethics columnist Randy Cohen respond to one listener's dilemma over whether or not he should break a committment and leave his job.

Author Henry Grabar says parking codes, parking lots and garages have shaped the landscape of cities and suburbs, and limited the creation of affordable housing.

In our second episode of Promise of Paradise, which aired on Thanksgiving Day, 2018, we'll hear from Ross Walker and Kate Magruder, who came to Greenfield…

NPR's Joe Palca reports that in less than a year, scientists have been able to find at least one promising drug for SARS, and more may be on the way. Although testing is underway, a drug suitable for human use may not be available in time if there's another outbreak this fall, as many officials fear. Scientists are also looking for a better test to detect SARS, as doctors try to distinguish SARS from bad cases of the flu.

At the Rural Life Museum in Baton Rouge, La., evacuees who fled from Hurricane Katrina and flooding in New Orleans have a range of reponses to President Bush's speech to the nation Thursday.