AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Filmmaker Raoul Peck's documentary I Am Not Your Negro is nominated for an Oscar. It features the work of the late James Baldwin, American writer, poet and social critic. (SOUNDBITE OF DOCUMENTARY, I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO) JAMES BALD...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the women seeking help from the American Widow Project were young, and their husbands had been killed in combat. Today, the widows who contact the organization are older and, as Gloria Hilla...
SCOTT SIMON, BYLINE: We've been hearing stories of people who've pursued their American dream through food in bakeries, restaurants - now on a farm. Mike McCloskey is one of the biggest and most influential producers of milk in America - makes him so...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We're going to turn from financial to music news. And joining us now to do that is Jacob Ganz, senior editor with NPR Music. Jacob, thanks for coming down. JACOB GANZ, BYLINE: You're welcome, Audie. CORNISH: All right, so we're g...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: We're going to listen now to what some voters think of President Trump's dramatic first two weeks in office. And Steve - lucky guy - you got to go to my home state of Pennsylvania. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Yeah, that's true. That's tr...
OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Now it's time to crown our big winner. Let's bring back our finalists - Sonny Farnsworth, who says that people who work in the sex toy industry are very friendly, and Rob Martinez, who owns a dummy that he throws off buildings...
(SOUNDBITE OF REBA MCENTIRE SONG) REBA MCENTIRE: (Singing) Walking down some winding roads, twisting in some long shadows. SCOTT SIMON, BYLINE: Reba McEntire has sung about love and the blues, New England and the night the lights went out. In her lat...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: There's been a lot said about the new administration's hostile stance towards the news media. President Trump has criticized entire networks and individual reporters by name, yet advocates for transparency in government say there...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump and other Republican leaders are working furiously to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Millions of Americans who have health insurance through the Obamacare marketplaces are wondering what will happen t...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The CEO of Uber has resigned from President Trump's economic council. Travis Kalanick says people misinterpreted his presence on that council as an endorsement of the president, and he's quitting amid a consumer boycott. NPR's La...
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, THIS IS IT) POLLY CUTTER: (Singing) This is it. This is it. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In the 1970s and '80s, the TV show One Day At A Time pushed boundaries. It was about a divorced mother raising two teenage daughters in Indianapolis. N...
After 2 Weeks In Office, Trump Faces More Than 50 Lawsuits...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In Russia, officials say they're pleased that Rex Tillerson has finally been sworn in as U.S. secretary of state. When Tillerson was an ExxonMobil executive, Vladimir Putin awarded him Russia's Order of Friendship. Now Russians e...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: The 2016 presidential election was so much more than just a political race for Tom Forman. TOM FORMAN: It was the best reality TV show. Who knew how it was going to end? Constant elimination - a big field that got narrowed over th...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Federal health officials may soon have strong, new powers to quarantine people in order to prevent or stop outbreaks of dangerous infectious diseases. The new powers are designed to help the Centers for Disease Control and Preven...
