ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: When Donald Trump was running for president last year, he gave a primary night victory speech that's telling. He stood in front of a row of American flags and a display of Trump-branded products - Trump water, Trump wine and... (SO...
Why Child Marriage Persists In Mexico ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The world has made huge strides in ending child marriage over the past few decades. Back in the 1980s, 1 of every 3 young women were married as teenagers worldwide. Today, it's fewer than 1 in...
ELISE HU, HOST: Some major changes may be coming to how the U.S. government collects data about who we are. The Trump administration is looking at proposals to ask about race and ethnicity in a radical new way on the census and in other surveys. A de...
ELISE HU, HOST: There is now a long list of prominent men who face sexual misconduct claims and, with that, a long list of apologies. One of the latest came from the animation chief of Pixar and Disney. John Lasseter's apology referenced unwanted hug...
ELISE HU, HOST: A woman in London gives birth to her first child just as the city is submerged in floodwaters from global warming. That's the opening of a slim debut novel by Megan Hunter. MEGAN HUNTER: Because of the magnitude of the disaster, they...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The new movie Call Me By Your Name is based on a beloved novel. It tells the story of two young men who fall in love one summer in northern Italy. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME) ARMIE HAMMER: (As Oliver) What does one do...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Pixar's animators seem willing to go anywhere in pursuit of fresh enchantment. They plunged to the ocean's depths in Finding Nemo, levitated with helium balloons in Up and entered a child's mind in Inside Out. Now in the movie Coco...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: News reports about jellyfish often have an ominous flavor. (SOUNDBITE OF DOCUMENTARY, RISE OF THE JELLYFISH) UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Jellyfish are invading all over the world. The Baltic, the Black Sea, Australia, the Bering Sea, the wat...
'Just Time Together': For Some Workers, A Thanksgiving Off Is A Rare Treat STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: One in 10 workers in the United States works in retail, selling everything from clothing to groceries. For those millions of Americans, this week marks th...
Trump Organization Cuts Ties To Controversial SoHo Hotel ELISE HU, HOST: The Trump Organization said today it's cutting ties with one of its New York City hotel properties. The 46-story Trump SoHo has been plagued by questions about its financing fro...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Astronomers are building the world's largest digital camera to capture images of the night sky. This thing is two stories tall, a scientific marvel. So of course NPR's science correspondent Joe Palca traveled to California to che...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: There may still be terrorist attacks carried out in its name, but the state of Islamic State is really no more. ISIS is down to a handful of enclaves, but there are still hundreds of U.S. forces fighting ISIS in Syria. And the Pen...
ELISE HU, HOST: More fallout here at NPR today over sexual harassment concerns. The chairman of NPR's board of directors has decided to step down from that role, and a senior editor is now on leave. NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik and NPR re...
ELISE HU, HOST: A federal corruption trial against a sitting U.S. senator has ended in a mistrial. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) ROBERT MENENDEZ: To those who were digging my political graves so that they could jump into my seat, I know who you a...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All right, thousands of politicians and scientists are wrapping up a climate conference in Germany. Maybe on the way out, they'll stop through wine country. And if they do, they'll find new varietals made possible by climate chan...
