Grandma and Easy

Producer Aviva DeKornfeld tells the story of Bill Edgar, who accidentally ended up helping people have a say at a moment when most people don’t get to say anything at all.

Vauhini Vara lost her sister when she was in college.

Senior editor David Kestenbaum helps his kids set up an ant farm.

Andrew Forsthoefel's story continues.

So much kidnapping happens in Colombia that the biggest radio station in the country has a show aimed specifically at an audience of kidnapping victims.

More stories of travelers and workers at a highway rest stop.