Morning Edition’s Michel Martin speaks with kids who are incarcerated in the Northern Virginia Juvenile Detention Center in Alexandria. The kids did a special performance with the Sound Impact collective where they used music and poetry as a way to work through and express their emotions while being incarcerated. Click here to hear their stories.

Dr. Jorim Reed prepares Morga State University’s “Magnificent Marching Machine” Band for their debut appearance in the Honda Battle of the Bands Classic on Saturday, Feb. 18. How is the band director helping his band reach new heights during his first year at the Baltimore? Click here to find out.

Sandlot baseball is about having fun and building community — and everyone’s a winner. Click here to learn about this version of America’s pastime.

The Gullah Geechee community on Sapelo Island has reached a settlement with the state of Georgia and McIntosh County after filing a lawsuit in 2015 alleging their civil rights were violated when both the state and county failed to maintain basic resources like a police or fire station and the ferry that connects the island to mainland Georgia. Click here to hear the details from the settlement.

Morning Edition’s Steve Inskeep talks with Iowa State University professor Dave Peters about his research on why inflation is effecting people in rural and small town worse compared to people in bigger cities. Click here to hear that conversation.

Students from Ukraine are among the finalists in this week’s Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair. They’re researching topics from cancer treatments to cockroaches. Click here to hear their experiences.

Three-time Guinness World Record holder Russell Cassevah donated $5,000 worth of Lego sets to children being cared for at Massachusetts General Hospital. Click here to hear the story.

NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Getty Israel, founder and CEO of Sisters in Birth, about what’s driving the high rate of abortion among Black women in conservative states like Mississippi. Click here to listen to that conversation.

Brian McCarty uses toys as part of art therapy to help children who have been traumatized by war. The kids meet with a trained art therapist who helps them draw and talk about their experiences.