Daniel Ofman
Stories
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A week in Beijing shows Putin is keeping China very close
Russian president Vladimir Putin spent the week in China, attending a summit and very publicly aligning himself with Xi Jinping. Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, explains why this matters to the US and Ukraine.
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Covering Katrina in the days after the storm
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, NPR journalists were there to cover the developments day by day. Greg Allen reflects on covering the catastrophe and digs into the archives to remember the feel of the city after the storm.
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Darker cars absorb more heat and make cities feel hotter
In urban environments, heat gets absorbed and released by the pavement, buildings and other objects. A new study says that an underestimated factor in urban warming is heat radiating from parked cars.
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Israeli writer Etgar Keret talks about the need for a new language to discuss the war
The Israeli writer Etgar Keret has talked to NPR about the importance of stories in a time of war. Keret tells Scott Detrow why he recently wrote an op-ed in the New York Times about the need for a whole new language after the war.
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Where does Russia's opposition stand today, with shifting U.S.-Russia relations?
Now that multiple countries are talking about negotiating an end to Russia's war in Ukraine, where does the Russian opposition movement stand today, 5 years after Alexei Navalny's death?
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New Yorkers are in the middle of their once-a-decade tree census
Every 10 Years, New York City counts all its trees.