Mexican transgender people celebrate new gender-affirming IDs

Published March 31, 2022 at 12:33 PM EDT

The Mexican government recently decided to allow consulates across the U.S. to issue new documents to transgender Mexicans living here, to affirm their gender identity.

María Inés Zamudio of WBEZ tells us how the Mexican trans community in Chicago is responding.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Voting in India opens Friday for elections to choose prime minister, parliament

There are some 960 million eligible voters in India. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Chietigj Bajpaee of Chatham House, a U.K.-based public policy think tank, about the importance of the election.
Experts: Boeing's safety culture is broken and defective airplanes are being put out

David Schaper

Boeing was on the congressional hot seat as senators opened several hearings into a whistleblower's allegations and the aircraft maker's safety and production protocols.
Why a campaign has started to bring back some plants that have been forgotten

Dan Charles

The world depends on just a few crops for most of its food. Because that dependence could be risky, a new international effort supports research and development of overlooked plants as food sources.