A review of the pandemic suggests Americans have lost interest in public health Transcript NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ed Yong, a staff writer for The Atlantic who won a Pulitzer for his pandemic coverage, about the failed public health response to...
The education culture war is raging. But for most parents, it's background noise Transcript Math textbooks axed for their treatment of race; a viral Twitter account directing ire at LGBTQ teachers; a state law forbidding classroom discussion of sexua...
Despite losing a leg to cancer, Jacky Hunt-Broersma chases marathon record Transcript She claimed a record: 102 marathons in as many days. Her goal was 100 marathons, but then somebody did 100. So she did 102, and is celebrating by running two extra...
Airline ticket prices are expected to keep rising for several reasons Transcript Summer travel could be a boom for U.S. airlines, with consumer demand surging. But a pilot shortage, worsened by the pandemic, might get in the way of a return to profit...
'Dreams do still come true' in a new novel by Dolly Parton and James Patterson Transcript Dolly Parton hit a trifecta with her latest project Run, Rose, Run it's a thriller, a studio album and will eventually be turned into a movie. Parton wrote the...
As more states restrict reproductive rights, abortion options dwindle Transcript NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to legal historian Mary Ziegler about red state abortion restrictions ahead of an upcoming Supreme Court ruling that could erode the landmark R...
A family in Kharkiv refuses to leave, even as the Russians shell their city Transcript Millions have fled the war in Ukraine and left the country, but some refuse to leave. For one family in Kharkiv, their fight to simply staying alive has become the...
Oyster reefs in Texas are disappearing. Fishermen there fear their jobs will too Transcript At Johny Jurisich's family dock in Texas City, more than a dozen empty oyster boats with names like Sunshine and Captain Fox lazily float in the marina on a r...
Remembering Latasha Harlins, whose death helped setoff unrest in Los Angeles Transcript A brother and sister remember Latasha Harlins, a 15-year-old girl who was shot and killed in 1991 by a store clerk in South Central Los Angeles the same month Rod...
Some Democrats are joining with Republicans lobbying to keep Title 42 Transcript NPR's A Martinez asks Democratic analyst Maria Cardona about moderate Democrats, who have broken with the White House over plans to lift Title 42 restrictions on migrant...
How the tobacco industry targeted Black Americans with menthol smokes Transcript Left: A Kool cigarettes advertisement targeting Black communities for a sponsored event, the Kool Jazz Festival; Right: A Newport cigarettes ad targeting young Black cus...
One of the dresses from 'The Wizard of Oz' is up for auction Transcript For decades, a version of the dress Judy Garland wore in the movie was assumed lost at Catholic University of America, where it had been given to someone in the drama department...
Netflix's 'Ozark' ends as a thrilling, yet disappointing take on a criminal family Transcript It is an odd thing, to write an appreciation for a series when you're not entirely sure if it is a great television show. And yet, here I am, dissecting the...
With an increase in funds to Ukraine, the U.S. aims to help it hold off Russia Transcript The White House sent a $33 billion request to Congress for Ukraine. NPR's A Martinez talks to deputy national security adviser Jonathan Finer about the largest...
A major voice of Egypt's 2011 uprising publishes an anthology of his writings Transcript NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Egyptian human rights activist Sanaa Seif about her brother, a well-known activist involved with Egypt's 2011 uprising, who completed...
