MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: How far you'd go to help a friend is one of those classic existential dilemmas. And that question is at the heart of a new film called Crown Heights, which is out this weekend. As NPR's Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi reports, the film tell...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to switch gears now. This is a mystery story, a spy story and a technology story all rolled into one. It started one February morning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, when Soviet submarine K-129 sank to the bottom...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The movement to achieve civil rights for African-Americans is well known at this point. What fewer people probably know is that a parallel movement for civil rights for Mexican-Americans was going on at the same time. In Los Ange...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: In the town of Williamsport, Md., there's a small body shop that's built a big reputation restoring old Volkswagens. And as NPR's John Ydstie reports, it's also preserving some fond memories. (SOUNDBITE OF METAL CUTTING) JO...
DACA, A Student's Story: 'They Are The Types Of Immigrants You Want In Your Country' MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Recently, we heard from a young immigrant from Mexico - the country from which the vast majority of DACA recipients arrived. Some 79 percent are...
High-Tech 'Bodega' Falls Short Of The Real Thing SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A couple of high-tech entrepreneurs thought they'd put a personable name on an impersonal product. Paul McDonald and Ashwath Rajan, formerly of Google, unveiled a box this week with...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: People are again protesting in the streets of St. Louis. They're angry over the death of a black driver at the hands of a white police officer. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER: (Chanting) Whose streets? UNI...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Deep in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, a 30-year-old drug saved Lulabelle Berry's life. But what if the drug hadn't been there? That question haunts hospital pharmacist Mandy Langston as the drug's price continues to climb for he...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Millennials are beginning to act more like their parents. This is the generation that was born after 1980. They came of age during the Great Recession. And now, as they grow older and have children, many are doing things like buyin...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A recent study out of Philadelphia tracked young children learning English. Over four years, the researchers saw a big discrepancy among groups of students in how they mastered the language. From member station WHYY in Philadelphia...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Harry Dean Stanton has died at the age of 91. He played supporting roles for decades. And then, as NPR's Ted Robbins tells us, he became a cult favorite. (SOUNDBITE OF RY COODER'S PARIS, TEXAS) TED ROBBINS, BYLINE: The year was 198...
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, IF YOU WANTED TO HURT ME) MICHAEL MCDONALD: (Singing) La, la, la, la (ph). SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Know that voice? (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, IF YOU WANTED TO HURT ME) MCDONALD: (Singing) Hey, hey now. SIMON: Michael McDonald. He's recorded...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Cleanup is well underway in Florida and Texas and other places hard hit by the recent hurricanes. But long after the debris is cleared, there will still be mental health hurdles for the survivors, especially for those who are still...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The primetime Emmy Awards show is Sunday night. But some of this year's winners were announced days ago, among them the winner for best theme music. The right theme can command attention, set a mood, even land on the pop charts. As...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Fox News has questions to answer about its journalistic practices. The network is being sued over a story it published and then retracted. It was about the unsolved killing of a young Democratic Party staffer named Seth Rich. Up...
