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The Challenge of Filling the Army's Ranks
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1980s the U.S. Army launched a recruiting drive around the slogan, "Be all you can be." They've relaunched the slogan now as the push is on to ...
With McCarthy Out What's Next for Republicans in the House?
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It took just eight Republicans, voting with Democrats, to oust Kevin McCarthy from the House speakership. His removal may have been unprecedented, but...
The CFPB On Trial
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court heard a case Tuesday that threatened the existence of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on the l...
The Chair Of the Joint Chiefs Is Retiring. What's His Legacy?
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had a tenure marked by a relentless series of challenges. He served through the U.S. ...
Does Sam Bankman-Fried's Fraud Trial Spell the End of Crypto?
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Not too long ago, crypto was being trumpeted as the next big thing. Celebrities were getting in on it, including Kim Kardashian, Matt Damon and Tom ...
How Mortal Kombat Konquered Gaming
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When the video game Mortal Kombat released in 1992, it took arcades — and later the American home — by storm. Thirty years on, the franchise is st...
Here's How a Government Shutdown Could Impact Millions of Americans
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The federal government will shut down on October 1st if Congress doesn't pass funding legislation for the next fiscal year before then. That looks inc...
Could The Big Antitrust Lawsuit End Amazon As We Know It?
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. government and 17 states sued Amazon on Tuesday in a landmark case that could take down the tech giant.The Federal Trade Commission and a bip...
Biden On The Picket Line
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden made history on Tuesday when he joined members of the United Auto Workers union on a picket line outside Detroit as they strike for be...
WGA Reached A Tentative Deal With Studios. But The Strike Isn't Over Yet
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
146 days.That's how long it took for the WGA to reach a tentative agreement with major Hollywood studios.WGA leadership is scheduled to vote Tuesday o...
How Important Are Biden And Trump's Ages? We Asked Older Voters.
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As president Joe Biden's campaign for a second term gets underway, a slew of recent polls show that voters have concerns about his age. At the end of ...
Why Are So Many Inmates at This Federal Prison Dying?
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Close to five thousand people have died in federal prison since 2009.There are 100 federal prisons across the U.S. An NPR investigation found that a ...
How New York City Became the Center Of a Debate Over Immigration
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
New York City has become an unlikely battleground for migrant rights.The city, like others, has struggled to deal with the arrival of tens of thousand...
What the US-Iran Prisoner Swap Means For the Family of a Man Freed After 8 Years
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, five Americans detained for years in Iran stepped off a plane back onto US soil. They were released in the US-Iran prisoner swap that also...
California's Big Oil Lawsuit Strategy Mirrors Fight Against Big Tobacco
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The state of California has filed a massive lawsuit against oil companies. The charge is that oil companies knew they were causing climate change, an...
U.S.-Iran Exchange Prisoners – A Year Since the Death of Masha Amini Sparked Protests
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, five Americans who were imprisoned in Iran, stepped off a plane in Doha, Qatar. They were freed as part of a prisoner exchange deal between...
Speaker McCarthy and the Impeachment Inquiry
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Since becoming Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy has faced the constant threat that members of the right wing of his own Republic...
Rotten Tomatoes Changed The Role Of Film Critics. But Is That A Good Thing?
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you're over a certain age and you love movies, when you think "movie critic", you probably picture Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert and their popular TV...
Without Expanded Child Tax Credit, Families Are Sliding Back Into Poverty
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It can be hard to see how big government policies have a direct effect on an individual's experience. But it was easy to measure the difference made b...
How Concerns Over EVs are Driving the UAW Towards a Strike
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The president of the United Auto Workers says the union is planning to carry out sudden, strategic and partial strikes at plants should contract talks...
New Shots and a New Era for COVID
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Right now it seems like people all around us are testing positive for COVID. But for the most part, they are not getting seriously ill. The Food and D...
What Putin And Kim Jong Un Stand To Gain By Meeting
11 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2019, both countries were in a different position. Russia had yet to ...
Sports Betting And The NFL Are Profitable Partners, But Controversies Continue
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The National Football League's regular season is finally underway. And for loyal fans who have been devouring all the news of their favorite teams, it...
Climate Change is Making It Difficult to Protect Endangered Species
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Endangered Species Act turns 50 this year. The landmark law has been successful for decades at stopping extinctions of several plants and animals....
Fran Drescher on How the Hollywood Strikes Can End
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The writers and actors strikes have been grinding on for months with no end in sight. Many on the picket lines are struggling to pay for basics.NPR's ...
When Big Oil Gets In The Carbon Removal Game, Who Wins?
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Giant machines sucking carbon dioxide out of the air to fight climate change sounds like science fiction, but it's close to becoming a reality, with b...
Google Turns 25
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Google was founded 25 years ago by two Stanford PhD students, Larry Page and Sergei Brin. The company went on to shape the internet and now, after a q...
What Is The Future Of Remote Work?
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's been over three years since the pandemic started and changed the way millions of Americans work. The possibilities of remote work gave a new kind...
Student Loan Payments Are Back. Now What?
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After three and a half years, the pause on federal student loan payments is coming to an end. Getting more than 40 million borrowers back into repayme...
Do Youth Curfews Help Curb Crime?
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hundreds of towns, cities and counties across the country impose curfews on young people. On September 1st a curfew went into effect in seven neighbor...
What Do Mitch McConnell's Silent Episodes Tell Us?
31 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the second time this summer the top Republican in the Senate, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, abruptly went silent at a news conference. He was a...
Here's What Goes Into a Hurricane Evacuation Order
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When people find themselves in the path of a hurricane they are faced with the question: should they evacuate or not? Who makes that call and how? NPR...
Biden's Push to Make Some of the Most Expensive Prescription Drugs Cheaper
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, the Biden administration released a list of 10 medications that it's planning to negotiate prices for Medicare in an effort to bring down ...
The Latest Mass Shooting in Florida Was Racist. What Role Do State Politics Play?
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The latest mass shooting in Jacksonville, Florida left three people dead.All of the victims were Black and the white gunman left behind racist, hate-f...
Biden's Climate Moves
27 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is preparing for the next major climate summit, in Dubai. He's calling for an end to permitting new, unabated coal-fired...
The New Space Race Is On - And Everyone Is Headed To The Moon
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The South Pole of the Moon is the coolest place to be. And nearly every country with a space program is vying for a spot there - for a chance to expl...
The Dangers of Grass Fires
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the wildfires in Maui contained, the recovery process has begun.The focus has also turned to how the island can prepare for similar disasters in ...
The End for Russian Mercenary Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin?
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Russia's state news agency Tass reported that the country's most famous mercenary, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was on the passenger list for a flight that cras...
A Trumpless Debate
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Former president Donald Trump is the frontrunner in the Republican presidential primary. And with a healthy lead in the polls, he's skipping the first...
In Puerto Rico, Natural Disasters Take A Mental And Academic Toll On Children
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Puerto Rico has seen a string of natural disasters in the past few years – hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and landslides. When COVID-19 hit in 202...
Cities Voted For Progressive Prosecutors. Republican State Leaders Are Pushing Back.
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The last few elections have brought a wave of self-styled progressive prosecutors into office. They've won elections by campaigning on issues like bai...
Fighting Noise Pollution
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A growing body of research makes it clear that noise pollution can have severely harmful impacts on our health. It has been tied to heart disease and ...
NPR Investigation Reveals 'Barbaric' Conditions in ICE Detention Facilities
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Biden administration is under intense political pressure from Republicans over immigration, who accuse the president of being too lenient toward m...
COVID Nearly Sunk the Cruise Industry. Now it's Trying to Make a Comeback.
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The CDC says that a new omicron variant called EG.5 is causing a summer wave of COVID cases.Yet, COVID is nowhere near the threat that it was more tha...
The Georgia Indictment May Be Trump's Most Difficult Legal Challenge
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A grand jury in Georgia has indicted Donald Trump for his role in failed efforts to overturn the state's 2020 presidential election results, implicati...
100,000 Afghans Were Airlifted Out Of Kabul. What Happened To Those Who Weren't?
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's been two years since the Taliban entered Kabul, throwing the final days of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan into chaos. Crowds of people desp...
The Challenges for a Saudi-Israeli Peace Deal
13 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the past few months, President Biden's top foreign policy advisors have been working as intermediaries between Saudi Arabia and Israel. Eventually...
The Battle Over Book Bans Takes a Toll on Librarians and Comes at a Financial cost
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the battle over book bans in schools and libraries continues to play out in various states across the U.S., the toll it's taking on librarians is c...
Maui's Devastating Wildfires
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hawaii may be a tourist attraction to many Americans, but for over a million people, it's their home. And like any state in the US, it is not immune t...
The People Smuggling Fentanyl Across The Border From Mexico May Not Be Who You Think
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The number of overdoses from fentanyl continues to soar, as do concerns from those in Washington. Immigration authorities say illicit fentanyl is flow...
From Selfies To Satellites, The War In Ukraine Is History's Most Documented
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In past wars, updates have trickled out slowly — often tightly controlled by the militaries involved. In the war in Ukraine, every day is a firehose...
Military Families Urge An End To Senator's Hold On Pentagon Appointments
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One Republican senator from Alabama is single-handedly holding up over 300 senior-level military promotions and appointments. Senator Tommy Tuberville...
Three Stories From A Very Hot July
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
July was almost certainly the hottest month, globally, on record. It was also a month in which many lives were upended by weather related-disasters —...
Former Baptist Leader Sees A Crisis Of Faith In America — But Also A Way Forward
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For years, Russell Moore was one of the top officials in the Southern Baptist Convention. But after he criticized Donald Trump, Moore found himself os...
Would A Free Speech Defense Work For Donald Trump In Court?
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to criminal charges related to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. And a member of ...
Hollywood And The Threat From Artificial Intelligence — Real Or Imagined
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The unions representing actors and writers in Hollywood have some differences in what they want from the big film studios. But one thing they agree on...
Latest Trump Indictment Is 'Most Important' One Yet
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Former President Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on four counts related to the efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 p...
Leaders of the Niger Coup Face a Deadline to Avoid Military Intervention
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two years ago, Mohamed Bazoum was elected as president in Niger's first peaceful democratic transfer of power. He enjoyed the backing of Western gover...
America's Farms Are Facing A Serious Labor Shortage
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There's a labor shortage on farms in the U.S., and that has implications for all of us who enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables.For farmers across Americ...
NPR Investigation Reveals Flaws In U.S. Claims About Baghdadi Raid Casualties
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Editor's note: This episode contains graphic descriptions of violence.The U.S. military has consistently maintained that its troops didn't harm civili...
Affirmative Action — For The Rich
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court may have ended race-conscious admissions in higher education. But the end of affirmative action seems to have added fuel to another ...
A Patchwork of Transgender Healthcare Laws Push Families Across State Lines
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Utah passed a ban on gender-affirming care for people younger than 18, Kat and their family had to make a tough choice. Should they uproot their ...
After East Palestine Derailment, Are Railroads Any Safer?
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When a fiery, toxic train wreck forced residents of East Palestine, Ohio to evacuate last February, the crash and its aftermath became a national flas...
The Judicial Overhaul That Has Torn Israeli Society Apart
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, Israel's parliament voted into law a key measure to overhaul the country's judiciary. The measure prevents judges from striking down gover...
Messi Mania: Will Bringing Soccer's 'G.O.A.T.' Change Major League Soccer's Rep?
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The United States' preeminent professional soccer league, Major League Soccer, has long lagged behind top European leagues.However, international socc...
Remembering Tony Bennett
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tony Bennett, the crooner whose success spanned generations, died Friday. He was 96 years old.His voice was synonymous with the Great American Songboo...
How To Protect Ourselves From Extreme Heat — And Our Planet From Climate Change
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We know that climate change is making all sorts of extreme weather events more likely all around the globe. So what can we do about that?In this episo...
January 6, Election Interference Could Be Focus of New Trump Indictments
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's easy to lose track of the seriousness of the legal cases involving Donald Trump, in part because there are just so many.This week the former pres...
New Research Could Change the Landscape of Human Reproduction
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most cutting-edge and controversial fields of biomedical research right now is the quest to create eggs and sperm in the lab for anyone wit...
The Spanish Tennis Pipeline That Led Carlos Alcaraz To A Wimbledon Trophy
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carlos Alcaraz's victory over Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final was the latest coronation of a tennis great from Spain.NPR's Rob Schmitz looks int...
Ahead of the 2024 Election, Young Rural Voters Want To Be Heard
16 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Since the 2024 Presidential election may ultimately be decided by a handful of votes in a handful of states, courting young voters will be key. Gen Z ...
Alabama's Last Two Executions Failed. They're Trying Again Next Week
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James Barber is scheduled to be executed on Thursday in Alabama, for the murder of Dorothy Epps in 2001. It's the first execution since Governor Kay I...
One Couple's Fight to Cure ALS
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Six years ago when former Obama staffer Brian Wallach was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - ALS - a rare neurological disease that kills ...
The Anthropocene
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As we confront the realities of a changing climate, a group of scientists says we're living in a world of our very own making - a world altered by the...
Trying to Reverse the Decline of Black Players in Major League Baseball
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Baseball was once known for breaking racial barriers in the U.S. But now, Black representation in the major leagues is at its lowest level in decades....
The Impact of Cluster Bombs
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Since the war began, military aid from the US to Ukraine has largely received bipartisan report. But a new planned 800 million dollar package has spli...
The Black Maternal Mortality Crisis and Why It Remains an Issue
09 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. has the worst maternal mortality rate of high-income countries globally, and the numbers have only grown. According to a new study published ...
Are We Witnessing The Death Of Movie Stars?
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Bettie Davis, Clark Gable. During Hollywood's Golden Age, which existed roughly from the 1910s and 20's into the early 19...
Confronting Police Violence and Racism in France
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The police killing in France of a 17-year old of North African descent sparked protests and violence across the country as well as a national conversa...
Palestinians Deal with Loss and Destruction Following Israeli Attack on Jenin
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Wednesday Israel said it concluded a two-day military operation in the Jenin refugee camp meant to root out armed militants. The raid on the camp i...
LGBTQ Vets Still Suffering The Consequences of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's been more than a decade since 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' was repealed. Introduced in 1993, the law remained in effect until 2011. During that time a...
Hot Dog Eating Contests: A Distinctly American Tradition
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There's nothing obviously patriotic about scarfing down as many hot dogs as you can in ten minutes. So how did competitive eating become so synonymous...
Supreme Court Term Ends With Decisions That Will Impact Millions
02 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court ended its term this week with three rulings that will have far reaching consequences in the lives of millions of Americans.The court...
Putin's Hold on Power
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A week on from an aborted uprising, Vladimir Putin is still standing. But for how long? The brief rebellion, launched by the leader of the mercenary ...
The Death of Affirmative Action
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court effectively killed race-conscious admissions in higher education on Thursday. In two cases, the court decided that the admissions p...
What — And Who — Is To Blame For Extreme Heat?
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A punishing heat wave has left more than a dozen people dead across Texas. In recent days temperatures have climbed above 100 degrees in many parts of...
Florida In The Political Spotlight
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to American politics, Florida regularly finds its way to the center of the conversation. Often important, if not pivotal in presidential...
Putin Survived An Uprising. What's Next?
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Russian President Vladimir Putin faced a direct challenge to his authority over the weekend. Mercenary fighters with the Wagner group took over a mili...
Mitch Landrieu, the man Biden hopes can rebuild America, bring broadband to millions
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Act is a $1.2 trillion law meant to spur a massive infrastructure renewal and rebuilding program complete with new bridg...
A Year After Dobbs Ruling, Seeking Reproductive Health Care Can Mean Few Good Options
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last June, when the Supreme Court reversed the Roe v. Wade decision, which had stood for nearly 50 years, the constitutional right to abortion ceased ...
A New Report Warns China And The U.S. Are 'Drifting Toward A War' Over Taiwan
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There has been no shortage of confrontations between the U.S. and China this year. This week, shortly after a trip by Secretary of State Antony Blinke...
Insurers Flee California As Catastrophic Wildfires Become The Norm
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As climate change gets worse, California is seeing larger and more dangerous wildfires. And in response some insurers are leaving the state behind, fi...
What It's Like Inside The Submersible That's Lost In The Atlantic
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Time is running out to locate the submersible vessel that went missing Sunday, on a voyage to visit the wreckage of the Titanic. The U.S. Coast Guard ...
Remembering The Children's Crusade On Juneteenth
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
While Black people in this country have been celebrating Juneteenth for decades, what is sometimes referred to as Emancipation Day or America's "seco...
Made in America: It's trickier than it sounds
18 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Made in America. It may be a catchy political slogan, but it's a lot more complicated than it sounds. So many things we use everyday come from China. ...
Celebrating Fathers From All Walks Of Life
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It depends on when, and where you grew up, but you can probably name a few of your favorite sit-com dads - from Mike Brady and his "bunch", to Homer S...
The drug fueling another wave of overdose deaths
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A deadly and addictive chemical normally used as a horse tranquilizer is being mixed into illegal drugs.Xylazine has been around for a while, but over...
A North Korean Defector SharesThoughts On Diplomacy With U.S.
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Kim Hyun-woo stepped into the NPR studios in Washington, he was doing something that in his past life would have gotten him killed - speaking fra...
Trump in Court...Again
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, former president Donald Trump appeared in a federal courthouse in Miami where he pleaded not guilty to 37 criminal charges, including obst...
Making It Easier For Kids To Get Help For Addiction, And Prevent Overdoses
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. is in the midst of a drug crisis, with opioid overdose deaths climbing to epidemic proportions. And overdose deaths among young people, betwe...