An Idaho community college faces closure due to criticism from conservative trustees Transcript Conservative trustees fired a community college president over a mask mandate and events since then look likely to shut the school down. At stake are esse...
Report: Railroads cut costs, prioritize speed and efficiency over safety Transcript A ProPublica report on a railroad cost-cutting approach called Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) concludes that a strategy that employs longer trains with fewer e...
Why it's unlikely ethics rules on Supreme Court gift disclosures will work Transcript The Supreme Court is facing ethics questions since a ProPublica investigation reported that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas received luxurious trips from Repu...
In more and more states, filing taxes can help people find health insurance Transcript A growing number of states are using the tax filing system to connect people to Medicaid or subsidized health insurance at a time of incredible churn for health in...
Australian Michelle Lee rows 237 days in solo trip across the Pacific Transcript The Australian rowed 237 days solo across the Pacific. She said she wasn't lonely maybe because of the creatures that kept her company, including about 50 baby sharks th...
More Midwest farmers are planting 'cover crops' in the off-season to help the climate Transcript More Midwestern farmers are planting off-season crops that help protect the soil and reduce fertilizer use. The next farm bill could make it easier to ad...
Terence Blanchard's opera on the troubled life of boxer Emile Griffith premieres Transcript Terence Blanchard's work based on the troubled life of boxing champion Emile Griffith premieres at the Metropolitan Opera. (This piece originally aired on Wee...
Radio Ambulante asks 'How can you be a feminist and listen to reggaeton?' Transcript Reggaeton music is popular all over the world but sometimes its lyrics and videos are degrading to women. NPR's Radio Ambulante tried to answer whether you can be a...
Making sense of the latest on the U.S. intelligence classified leaks Transcript Many questions still remain about a data leak of classified documents related to the war in Ukraine and intelligence from other nations. A MART?NEZ, HOST: There's still a...
How will the Ukraine document investigation work? A former DOJ 'leak czar' explains Transcript Days after classified U.S. documents on the war in Ukraine surfaced on social media, the Pentagon and Justice Department are scrambling to figure out how t...
Drag queens led an Easter march in L.A. to protest anti-drag and anti-trans laws Transcript Drag queens led a march in Los Angeles on Easter Sunday to protest anti-drag and anti-trans laws being passed in state legislatures elsewhere in the U.S. LEIL...
More pollen, more allergies: Personalized exposure therapy treats symptoms Transcript If you're sniffling and sneezing you're not alone. Mild winters, like the one the eastern U.S. has had, can bring longer allergy seasons, as warmer temperatures pro...
Klaus Teuber, Catan board game creator, dies at 70 Transcript German board game designer Klaus Teuber recently died at the age of 70. His masterpiece was The Settlers of Catan . LEILA FADEL, HOST: Klaus Teuber has died. If you don't recognize the nam...
How the U.S. intelligence leaks impact the Ukrainian government and its war strategy Transcript The U.S. intelligence leaks, some of which detail the state of the war in Ukraine, have come to light as Ukraine is preparing for a counter-offensive some...
Do legislative supermajorities weaken the democratic process, as seen in Tennessee? Transcript NPR speaks with Ken Paulson, with the Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University. He says legislative supermajorities can weaken the democrati...
