RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A case before the Supreme Court today could parse when it's OK to put limits on free speech. It started when a man who went to a city council meeting in Florida complained about local politicians and got arrested for it. His name...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The Navajo Nation is struggling with a problem. And here are two numbers that put it into perspective. Twelve hundred Navajo kids cycle through foster care each year, and there are only about two dozen licensed foster homes on the...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: On Sunday, Hollywood will celebrate itself at the Academy Awards even as sexual harassment in the industry continues to make headlines. A hundred years ago, one of the most powerful stars in Hollywood was a woman. She would go on...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Every day, Americans send information to the cloud. That smartphone in your hand, or in the hand of the person next to you, is uploading photos and messages and all sorts of information. It's not literally in a cloud, but in a da...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The box office success of Black Panther is no surprise to UCLA sociologist Darnell Hunt. His annual report on Hollywood diversity is out today, and it shows that diverse casts and creators are just good business. Here's NPR's Man...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Many teachers across the country are calling on their state pension funds to sell their stakes in gun manufacturers. The teachers say they don't want their retirement money invested in these companies. But many people, including th...
Supreme Court Declines To Take DACA Case, Leaving It In Place For Now AILSA CHANG, HOST: All right, now let's talk about something the Supreme Court chose not to do today. It said for now it would not hear a case about DACA, delivering a setback to t...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Here's something people do every day that many of us apparently do wrong - bending over, you know, to pick things up or put things down or even just to sit down. Now, a group of scientists who study bending say Americans are doin...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Lots of kids dream of growing up to be rock stars, and the British musician Jonny Greenwood was no different. JONNY GREENWOOD: I was obsessed with bands and would always listen to my favorite records with the goal of wondering -...
SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: The indie rock band Pedro the Lion is known for its sometimes dreary lyrics that take on internal conflict often filled with religious angst. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, THE FLEECING) PEDRO THE LION: (Singing) Who shall I blame for this...
'The Young Karl Marx' Looks Inside The Mind Of A Revolutionary SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: We're now going to discuss a movie about a 19th century revolutionary who'd probably have plenty to say about current times. The Young Karl Marx is a new biopic from...
SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: And now to China, where a proposal from the country's ruling party could have implications for years to come. Today, the Communist Party proposed scrapping term limits for presidents. That would mean China's leader Xi Jinping ma...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: As any parent of a teenager can tell you, teens can be moody at the best of times. So how can you tell if something more serious is actually going on? The American Academy of Pediatrics is today releasing new guidelines aimed at...
SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: In the days since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., there have been calls for more gun control from high school students around the country. There's a lot of polling that indicates young peo...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Around the world, skin bleaching is popular, particularly in India, China and parts of Africa. Some immigrants have taken the tradition to the United States. In Minnesota, where the largest Somali community in the U.S. resi...
