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How The Biden Administration Is Confronting A Surge In Cyberattacks
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cyberattackers have recently targeted a crucial fuel pipeline, a global meat distributor and a water treatment plant. The Biden administration likens ...
BONUS: A Looping Revolt
06 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stockton, Calif., may represent the future of American news. The city's longtime newspaper, The Record, has lost reporters, subscribers and, therefore...
The U.S. Can't Agree On The Truth. Is It The Media's Job To Fix That?
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Freedom of the press is enshrined in the Constitution as crucial to a functioning democracy. But what role does the press serve when it feels like the...
Companies Made Racial Justice Promises Last Summer. Did They Keep Them?
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Corporations had a lot to say about racial justice last summer. They made statements. They donated millions to civil rights organizations. They promis...
Pressure On The World's Biggest Polluters Is Increasing. But Can It Force Change?
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Atlantic hurricane season began Tuesday and another "above average" number of storms is expected. And it's not just hurricanes — overall, scient...
Americans Are Feeling Optimistic And Uncertain As Second Pandemic Summer Begins
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From dating apps, to airline travel, to in-person high school classes, the U.S. is seeing evidence of a return to close-to-normal life.KUOW's Clare Mc...
Does America Have Its Own 'Civil Religion?'
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Much is said about how divided the U.S. is these days. But perhaps there is still something that unites Americans. Longtime NPR correspondent Tom Gjel...
BONUS: Barack Obama Talks About What It Means To Be A Man
30 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Former President Barack Obama is thinking a lot about our values as Americans. These days, in a divided America, he's particularly thinking about what...
Threats To Democracy Are Growing Around the World — And The U.S. May Be One Of Them
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
All over the world, democratic institutions are under threat. The United States isn't just part of that trend — it may also be one of the causes. Fo...
How Anti-Trans Bills Evoke The Culture Wars Of The 90s
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Proponents of trans female athlete bans struggle to cite examples of trans women or girls gaining an unfair advantage in sports competitions. But amid...
Fortnite Trial Tests Apple's 'Good Guy' Reputation
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Apple has always wanted to be one of the good guys in tech. But now a high-stakes lawsuit with Epic Games, the creator of the hit video game Fortnite,...
What's Changed — And What Hasn't — In The Year Since George Floyd Was Killed
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After his death on May 25, 2020, George Floyd became the face of a movement against police violence. But attorney Andrea Ritchie says, in some ways, ...
What's Behind The Progressive Push To Rethink America's Relationship With Israel
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, Israel had solid bipartisan support for Israel from Capitol Hill. But progressive congressional Democrats have started to question suppor...
NPR Analysis Finds Growing Vaccine Divide Between Urban And Rural America
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We know that Americans in blue states are getting vaccinated at higher rates than those in red ones. But that gap obscures another growing divide in A...
The CDC's Mask Guidance Created Confusion. Could It Also Boost Vaccinations?
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A week ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidance that vaccinated people can safely return to most activities without w...
The Latest On Biden's Infrastructure Plan, With A Vision For A New 'Climate Corps'
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The White House is courting influential Democratic senators and making a public relations push for President Biden's infrastructure proposal, while Re...
Long Before QAnon Conspiracies, The U.S. Was Swept By 'Satanic Panic'
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past year, QAnon conspiracies have migrated from obscure corners of the internet into national headlines. The false belief that left-wing Sat...
The Conflict Between Israel And Hamas Is Getting Worse, Raising Humanitarian Alarms
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The conflict between Israel and Hamas has gone from bad to worse. The Biden administration says it's engaging in "quiet, intensive diplomacy" to broke...
BONUS: How One Family Is Learning To Support Their Non-Binary Child
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nine-year-old Hallel is the oldest of three children. They also identify as a "boy-girl," which was a revelation to their parents Shira and Ari when H...
How To 'Human' Again: Advice For The Long Transition To Post-Pandemic Life
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The promise of post-pandemic life is exciting, but that doesn't mean it won't get awkward at times. We asked for your questions about how to navigate ...
The Debate Is Over: Donald Trump Owns The Republican Party
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, House Republicans voted to expel Rep. Liz Cheney from party leadership after the Wyoming congresswoman repeatedly called out former Preside...
Why Are So Many Businesses Struggling To Find Workers?
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Republicans say enhanced pandemic unemployment benefits are what's keeping people out of the workforce. That could be playing a role, but the complete...
'It's Top-Down': Three Generations Of Black Officers On Racism And Police Brutality
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Three officers, each from a different generation, weigh in on Derek Chauvin's murder conviction and other recent acts of police violence. Isaiah McKin...
How One LA Neighborhood Reveals The Racist Architecture Of American Homeownership
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Property ownership eludes Black Americans more than any other racial group. NPR's Ailsa Chang and Jonaki Mehta examine why. They tell the story of LA'...
BONUS: We Buy A Superhero
09 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Comic book publishers like Marvel and DC sit on a treasure trove: thousands and thousands of comic book characters. Pieces of intellectual property. Y...
NPR Turns 50 Amid Reckoning In Journalism Over Who Tells Stories — And How
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Now 50 years old, NPR has grown up alongside American journalism. We take stock of some lessons learned along the way. In this episode: Linda Wertheim...
Supply Scarce Abroad, Demand Down At Home: Vaccine Access Is Starkly Unequal
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vaccine demand is beginning to slide in the U.S., but in other parts of the world, the pandemic is devastating countries where vaccines are more scarc...
Scotland May Try To Break Away From The United Kingdom — Again
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On Thursday, Scots vote in Regional Parliamentary elections. That's not usually an international story, but the ruling Scottish National Party is runn...
Is The Biden Rescue Plan Working? 'American Indicators' Weigh In On The Recovery
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic economy has left different people in vastly different situations. Today, we follow up with four American indicators — people whose path...
How Brazen Smugglers Are Fueling Record Numbers At The Southern Border
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A record 172,000 migrants were apprehended at the southern border in March. Those numbers are fueled, in part, by smuggling organizations that exploit...
How India's COVID-19 Outbreak Got So Bad, And Why It May Be Even Worse Than We Know
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Things have gone from bad to worse in the pandemic's global epicenter. India reported nearly 400,000 new COVID-19 cases on Friday — and the death co...
What Makes President Biden's Massive Spending Pitch So Historic
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Any one of President Biden's multi-trillion-dollar spending packages would be among the largest ever enacted by Congress. He has passed one — the Am...
The CDC's New Mask Guidance, Explained, And A Look At How Long Vaccines Protect Us
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fully vaccinated people can ditch the mask outdoors, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week — unless they're at a crowded eve...
New Census Numbers Mean A Political Power Shift For Some States
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The first set of results from the 2020 census are in, and according to the count, the official population of the United States is 331,449,281.Learn mo...
How Faith Leaders In Israel And The U.K. Are Fighting Vaccine Hesitancy
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Israel and the United Kingdom are among the most-vaccinated countries in the world. Their success is due in part to public health campaigns designed t...
BONUS: Policing In America
25 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Black Americans being victimized and killed by the police is an epidemic. As the trial of Derek Chauvin plays out, it's a truth and a trauma many peop...
The Story Behind The SolarWinds Cyberattack
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, hackers believed to be directed by the Russian intelligence service, the SVR, slipped a malicious code into a routine software update from ...
How To Navigate Life When You're Vaccinated And Others Aren't (Or Vice Versa)
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A little more than half of adults in the U.S. have had at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. That means a growing number of Americans are figuring ...
Will Justice For George Floyd Lead To Lasting Change?
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As crowds gathered Tuesday evening after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd, tw...
Jury Finds Derek Chauvin Guilty On All Counts In Killing Of George Floyd
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted on three counts in the trial over George Floyd's killing. The jury announced their ...
With All U.S. Adults Eligible, How Can More Be Convinced To Get Vaccinated?
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Starting Monday, every person in America 16 and older is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Nearly 40% already have. Now public health officials ...
BONUS: Workin' 9 To 5
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Flexible hours for working parents, daycare centers at the office, equal pay. Between the 1960s and 1980s, there was a real sense that big workplace c...
What Amazon's Defeat Of Union Effort Means For The Future Of American Labor
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A movement to unionize workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., was seen as a potential turning point for the American labor movement. But th...
'I Wish There Was An Easy Ending:' Afghanistan's Murky Future After Longest U.S. War
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden announced this week that all U.S. troops if Afghanistan will be withdrawn by Sept. 11, marking the end of America's 20-year war there....
Minneapolis Lives In 'A State Of Continuous Trauma' After Another Police Killing
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There have been nightly protests in Brooklyn Center, Minn., following Sunday's killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, who was shot by former police off...
The J & J Pause, Explained — And What It Means For The U.S. Vaccination Effort
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced a recommended pause in use of Johnson & Johnson's single...
The Biden Administration's Women-Led Push For Investment In 'Care Infrastructure'
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden wants to make a massive investment in infrastructure, and not just in roads and bridges. His administration is proposing big investmen...
BONUS: 'We Already Belong'
11 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"To Asian women, not for—there's no speaking for us, splendidly vast and manifold as our people are." So writes Korean-American novelist R.O. Kwon i...
As Anti-Trans Bills Advance, Trans Journalists Weigh In On 'Privilege' Of Reporting
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week Arkansas became the first state to outlaw gender-affirming health care for transgender youth, as the state legislature overrode a veto by Re...
Within Biden's Infrastructure Plan Lies An Agenda To Address Climate Change
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The details in President Biden's proposed $2 trillion infrastructure plan have a lot to do with protecting the environment. There's a new clean electr...
Amid Record Pandemic Travel, What's Safe? And The Debate Over Vaccine Passports
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's mixed messaging on travel reveals the uncertain future of the pandemic, Dr. Monica Gandhi tells NPR. ...
The Housing Market Is Wild Right Now — And It's Making Inequality Worse
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Home prices are soaring around the U.S. Amid low inventory and historically low interest rates, some buyers are hitting the market to find they can't ...
How The Pandemic Has Changed Worship In America And The Debate Over Religious Freedom
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two Easters have now come and gone since the pandemic began, and the need for restrictions has not gone away. It has faith communities wondering when ...
'It Hurts People': How Trans Youth Are Being Targeted By State Legislation
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bills under consideration in dozens of states target trans youth by focusing on two things: health care and sports. Some bills have already become law...
High School Seniors Ask, 'What Will College Look Like Next Fall?'
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is giving us all hope that we'll be back to some sense of normal soon, but the pandemic will likely still play a role in ...
Race To Immunize Tightens As Cases Rise; Promising Vaccine News Released
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists are growing concerned the U.S. may be headed for a fourth wave. COVID-19 cases are rising rapidly, mirroring an increase in many countries ...
Inside The Opening Days Of The Derek Chauvin Trial — And The Trauma It's Resurfacing
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's trial began this week. He's accused of murdering Minneapolis resident George Floyd in May of 2020, w...
4 Countries Dominate Doses As Pressure Grows For Global Vaccine Solutions
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More than half of worldwide vaccine doses have been administered in just four countries — India, China, the U.K. and the U.S. That kind of inequity ...
First-In-The-Nation Effort Advances Debate Over What Form Reparations Should Take
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The city of Evanston, Ill., authorized spending on a reparation program this week — believed to be the first of its kind in the country. Here's the ...
One's Antifa. One's In A Militia. How An Ancestry Match Led To An Unlikely Bond
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two distant cousins connect online, only to learn that one is a militant leftist and the other is in a right-wing militia. Their story shows the compl...
Colorado Shooting Reveals Limits Of State Gun Control — And Steels Activists For More
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Colorado has universal background checks, a red flag law and the city of Boulder recently passed an assault weapons ban. None of it was enough to stop...
President Biden's Next Big-Ticket Item: A Transformational Infrastructure Plan
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
America's infrastructure GPA is a C-minus, according to the American Society Of Civil Engineers, which this month called for massive investment in the...
Coronavirus Cases Are Surging In Europe. Why The U.S. Is In Better Shape — For Now
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Europe, the COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been slow. The U.S. is doing better — vaccinating as many as 3 million people per day this past weekend....
BONUS: Sohla El-Waylly on Race, Food and 'Bon Appétit'
21 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sohla El-Waylly was one of the most vocal critics of her previous employer, Bon Appétit, and eventually resigned after the magazine's racial reckonin...
Are We Ready For The Next One? The Striking Pandemic Warnings That Were Ignored
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dante Disparte, founder and chairman of Risk Cooperative and member of FEMA's National Advisory Council, explains how lessons from last year can help ...
Georgia Shooting: The Latest In A Year Of Trauma And Terror For Asian Americans
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Reports of hate incidents against Asian American and Pacific Islanders have skyrocketed in the past year, coinciding with former President Trump's rac...
Pregnant In A Pandemic: 'COVID Couldn't Rob Us Of Everything'
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Three women come together to talk about the isolation and sacrifice that comes with being pregnant during the pandemic. Those women: Irène Mathieu, a...
What's Behind The Increase In Migrant Children At The Southern Border
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thousands of unaccompanied migrant children have shown up at the southern border in recent weeks, overwhelming the government's ability to process and...
Young And Radicalized Online: A Familiar Pattern In Capitol Siege Suspects
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
People who stormed the Capitol were radicalized by what they consumed online and in social media. That should sound familiar: Ten years ago, ISIS used...
BONUS: Rapper Mac Phipps, After 20 Years In Prison, Is One Step Closer To Freedom
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode from NPR's Louder Than A Riot, New Orleans rapper Mac Phipps speaks exclusively to NPR about the power dynamics at play throughout his...
Breonna Taylor Was Killed By Police 1 Year Ago. What's Changed Since Then?
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's been one year since Breonna Taylor was shot and killed by police in her own apartment. In that year, Taylor's name has become a national symbol i...
The Pandemic Is Still Global. Here's How Vaccination Is Going In Other Countries
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Less than 4% of Brazil's population has been vaccinated, and now a dangerous new variant has overwhelmed parts of the country's health care system. Du...
The Day Everything Changed: Fauci, Collins Reflect On 1 Year Of The Pandemic
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
March 11 will mark one year since the World Health Organization officially declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic — when schools, busin...
George Floyd Case: Trial Of Former Police Officer Derek Chauvin Underway
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jury selection in the highly anticipated trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin began Tuesday after being delayed amid an effort to ...
COVID-19 Relief And Cash Payments Near; CDC Says Vaccinated Can Gather Without Masks
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Over the weekend, the Senate approved a version of President Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, setting up a vote in the House that could sen...
BONUS: 'It's OK That We're Alive'
07 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do after you've survived a mass shooting? In this episode of NPR's Embedded podcast, we hear the staff at the Capital Gazette newspaper re...
Colombia Welcomes Venezuelan Refugees With Open Arms: Will The U.S. Do The Same?
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Colombian President Iván Duque won praise from the United Nations, Pope Francis and the Biden administration with his recent announcement that Colomb...
Pandemic Inflection Point: Drop In Cases Stalls, States Loosen Public Health Measures
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the U.S., the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is improving every day, but hundreds of millions of people are still vulnerable. And now, with some stat...
Stacey Abrams On The Continuing Fight For Voter Access
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court heard arguments this week about voting laws in Arizona that would make ballot access harder for people living in rural areas like th...
The Growing Threat Of Disinformation And How To 'Deprogram' People Who Believe It
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Disinformation isn't new. But in the last decade, the growth of social media has made it easier than ever to spread. That coincided with the political...
Post-Trump, New U.S. Intel Chief Seeks To Rebuild Trust — And Fight Domestic Terror
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has taken over after a turbulent time. Former President Donald Trump was frequently at odds with the Am...
BONUS: The Man Behind the March on Washington
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bayard Rustin, the man behind the March on Washington, was one of the most consequential architects of the civil rights movement you may never have he...
America's Next Generation Of Legal Marijuana: New State Laws Focus On Racial Equity
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's been almost a decade since Washington and Colorado became the first states in America to legalize recreational marijuana. Now a new generation of...
The Challenge To Stop The Next Outbreak Of Homegrown, Extremist Violence In The U.S.
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Just because the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is done, it doesn't mean the story of what happened on Jan. 6 at the U.S. C...
America's Energy Future: How Gas Companies Are Fighting To Block Climate Rules
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Natural gas utilities face a bleak future in a world increasingly concerned about climate change. An NPR investigation shows how they work to block lo...
Optimism About Case Rates, Vaccines, And Future Of The Pandemic
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After more than 500,000 deaths and nearly a full year, experts say there are a growing number of reasons to be optimistic about the direction of the p...
Update On A Movement: How 'Defunding Police' Is Playing Out In Austin, Texas
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Last summer, the city of Austin, Texas, slashed the budget for its police department. More recently, the city council voted on a new way to spend some...
BONUS: Why 500,000 COVID-19 Deaths May Not Feel Any Different
21 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why is it so hard to feel the difference between 400,000 and 500,000 COVID-19 deaths — and how might that impact our decision making during the pand...
Memorializing The Deaths Of More Than 500,000 Americans Lost To COVID-19
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 is on track to pass a number next week that once seemed unthinkable: Half a million people in this country dead from...
Texas Is Defined By Energy. How Did The State's Power Grid Fail So Massively?
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of people in Texas have gone three or more days without power, water or both. Texas has had winter weather before, so what went so wrong this...
Impeachment Fallout At Home And Abroad: GOP Fractured, America 'Tarnished'
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After the Senate vote failed to convict former President Donald Trump, a clearer picture of the political consequences is emerging — both for the Re...
The Intensifying Race Between Coronavirus Variants And Vaccines
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There's evidence of at least seven U.S. variants of the coronavirus, while another that emerged from the U.K. is poised to become the dominant strain ...
Asylum-Seekers Are Being Unlawfully Shut Out During The Pandemic
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, says more than 60 countries around the world are using COVID-19 as an excuse to skirt international law by c...
Q & A: Expert Advice On Love, Dating, And Pandemic Relationships
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We asked for your questions on navigating love and dating during the pandemic. Therapist and sexologist Lexx Brown-James has answers. She's joined by ...
Scenes From A Pandemic Economy: 4 American Indicators
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic economy has left different people in vastly different situations. Today, we introduce four American indicators — people whose paths wil...
Public School Teachers Weigh In On Vaccines, Masks And Returning To The Classroom
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Biden administration has set a goal: a majority of public schools open "at least one day a week" by the 100th day of his presidency. But it's poss...
What Donald Trump's Impeachment Means The 2nd Time Around
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the weeks after Jan. 6. insurrection, even top Republicans like Mitch McConnell said Donald Trump provoked the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol, l...
Who's Getting Vaccinated And Who Isn't: NPR Analysis Finds Stark Racial Divide
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Using data from several states that have published their own maps and lists of where vaccination sites are located, NPR identified disparities in the ...
BONUS: Biden Promises To Grapple With Environmental Racism
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
People of color experience more air and water pollution than white people and suffer the health impacts. The federal government helped create the prob...
BONUS: The Lasting Power Of Whitney Houston's National Anthem
06 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why does Whitney Houston's 1991 Super Bowl national anthem still resonate 30 years later? In this episode of NPR's It's Been A Minute, host Sam Sander...