Open Spaces show rundown for May 9, 2025

Abdalrahim Abuwarda’s family has made a life in Laramie, where he and his wife are attending UW. He told WPR he’s “terrified” at the prospect of losing their newfound stability.

With the future of abortion rights in Wyoming in limbo, two residents share how their pregnancies led them to opposite sides on the issue.

Annie Eisenberg argues that assumptions about rural communities are often based on old mythologies. She says it’s time to replace those myths with a modern vision for the future of rural America.

In his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages and delivery of aid

High-end accommodations for pooches are thriving in one of the world's most unequal countries. They have their defenders and their critics. Who's barking up the right tree?

"Work hard my children." That's what my mother always told me and my siblings. All I wanted to do was play hide and seek and netball. Years later, we had a good talk about her parenting style. Essay by Esther Ngumbi. Editor: Marc Silver. Publishing Sunday morning. Adapted from an earlier essay by Esther Ngumbi from a few years ago.

NPR received nearly 500 submissions from around the country and beyond from people who shared favorite memories of their mothers — whether she's still present for them to hug or lives on in their hearts.