Christian Leaders Say Turkish Invasion Of Syria Raises Risk Of 'Genocide' MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Today, Turkey launched its long-expected offensive on Kurdish-controlled areas in northern Syria. The attack comes just three days after President Trum...
How Vaping Nicotine Can Affect A Teenage Brain STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Across the United States yesterday, people held rallies aimed at encouraging teens and young adults who vape to quit. In Washington, D.C., activists demonstrated outside the offices...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Public health officials say the number of people who have died or gotten sick after using e-cigarettes or other vaping products is rising. And they're still trying to figure out why. It has led to plenty of warnings about e-cigar...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In high schools and colleges across the country, you can hear some version of this. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) DANNY HENSEL, BYLINE: (Unintelligible). SHAPIRO: Debaters making their points at such a machine gun speed that th...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: How viable is Beto O'Rourke's plan to confiscate assault-style weapons from gun owners? That's what two Texans wanted to know from the Democratic presidential candidate. They met with O'Rourke and NPR's Michel Martin for NPR's se...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: How do you talk to your kids about race, about ethnicity, gender, religion or class? Those conversations can be hard. For the past year, NPR and the team behind Sesame Street have been collaborating on a podcast for parents. It's...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Susan Rice, who has held some vital U.S. government jobs, once said no to one of them. Before she was a top adviser for President Obama, President Clinton's administration offered her work on issues relating to Africa. SUSAN RICE...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Events of the past few weeks can make Robert Mueller's investigation seem ancient. But it was only months ago that the special counsel presented findings on Russia's participation in the 2016 election. The special counsel was app...
China Has Begun Moving Xinjiang Muslim Detainees To Formal Prisons, Relatives Say RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The U.S. has added 28 Chinese organizations to a trade blacklist - this over China's alleged abuse against ethnic Uighurs in China's western region...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: You know the common advice when it comes to your diet. Try for moderation, people say. You don't want too much of anything. It turns out that advice applies even to the way you think about your diet. An extreme focus on eating on...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: We have reached the first Monday in October. And that, among other things, means that the United States Supreme Court formally opens a new term. It is a very different place since 2018, with conservatives now holding a firm majori...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Tomorrow the Supreme Court considers the issue of discrimination against LGBTQ people in the workplace. Most states do not have explicit protections, and in those states the court's decision could have a significant effect. NPR's...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: And now to this week's big happening in Alaska's Katmai National Park. It's Fat Bear Week, Katmai's annual celebration of bears eating as much as they can before winter hibernation. As NPR's sports correspondent Tom Goldman...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: A new U.N. report says the Earth's oceans are heating up quickly, causing, in some cases, ocean heat waves for the first time. One place where that's happening - the Gulf of Maine. So that's where we begin our story. It's a...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Natalie Portman has played lots of different royalty, from a galactic Queen in Star Wars to a first lady in Jackie. But in the new movie, Lucy In The Sky, Portman plays a member of an even more rarefied club - an astronaut...
