A growing movement of events — called Repair Fairs — want to help people learn to fix their broken things and, in turn, keep them out of landfills. NPR visits an event in northern New York. KUOW is ...

ATLANTA — Volunteers at a local Repair Cafe are helping community members fix their broken items for free, from jewelry to kitchen appliances. The Repair Cafe initiative allows residents to bring in ...

When something breaks, most of us reach for our wallets, ready to order a replacement on Amazon. But volunteers at Repair PDX reach for their toolboxes instead. And for the community gathering in a ...

If you've ever felt magnetically pulled toward partners who seem broken or lost, you might be unconsciously revealing deep ...

SCOTIA — At Schenectady’s Repair Café, more than a dozen volunteers move about the community hall at the Our Redeemer Lutheran Church on a Saturday afternoon, busy fixing everything from lamps and ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. In my spare time, I’m an obsessed photographer, and through the years I’ve used dozens of cameras. A ...