STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Residents of Chicago are wrestling with a question. We've all seen video of alleged police violence against civilians. But what to do with that knowledge? In Chicago, residents worked to design new ways to monitor police behavior...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The National Memorial Day Concert on the Mall in Washington, D.C., was held last night. And as is always the case when we remember our nation's fallen, we do it with a particular soundtrack. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, THE STAR-SPANGLED...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Hospitals around this country have been upgrading neonatal intensive care units to include personal webcams for each tiny patient. But Blake Farmer of member station WPLN in Nashville reports the video streams are for much more t...
Colombia's Presidential Election Moves To A 2nd Round Pitting Right Against Left STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The American Civil War ended in 1865. That was a long time ago. Yet there is a case to be made that many of our elections since then have replayed s...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The NFL this past week announced a ban on players kneeling in protest during the playing of the national anthem. If they choose not to stand, players may stay in the locker room. But if they violate the new rule, the team w...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: On Tuesday, Starbucks will hold implicit bias training for more than 100,000 employees in response to the arrest of two black men at a store in Philadelphia. Since that arrest in April, more and more of these instances have...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Harvey Weinstein's arraignment in New York this past week was the beginning of accountability for men in Hollywood. That industry was the catalyst for the #MeToo movement. But one of the oldest industries that's been affect...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to start today's program with the latest developments in the case of the once-powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. And, as you might imagine, this is a story with elements that may be hard for some to hear. W...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: One of the astronauts who walked on the moon has died. Alan Bean was on Apollo 12, the second lunar landing in 1969. He flew in space one more time after that, but it was what he did post-NASA that really left a mark. He di...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Newark, N.J., is taking the concept of a neighborhood watch to a whole new level. They've installed hundreds of cameras around the city to create a virtual block watch. But as New Jersey Public Radio's Karen Rouse tells us, some pe...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: On Memorial Day, we remember soldiers who were killed while serving their country. But those who have died by suicide are often overlooked. Army Specialist Robert Joseph Allen took his own life in 2012 when the suicide rate for act...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: These days, not even doctor visits are safe from data tracking by advertisers. As Bobby Allyn of member station WHYY reports, personal injury law firms in particular see opportunity there, while others see an invasion of privacy. B...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: It's Memorial Day weekend, time to reflect on the men and women who died serving in our military. For Ricardo Garcia of Lansing, Mich., that defines his idea of patriotism. RICARDO GARCIA: We had a lot of people that fought for our...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Today, we've been exploring the meaning of patriotism on this Memorial Day weekend. Now, we hear from two women who were not born in the United States but are proudly American. LAILA LALAMI: My name is Laila Lalami, and I'm a write...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Of course, it's Memorial Day weekend. And throughout today's show, we're hearing from various people on what patriotism means to them. David French, a former major in the U.S. Army Reserve and now a staff writer with National Revie...
