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 Chau...
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 m...
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...
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 ...
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...
With All U.S. Adults Eligible, How Can More Be Convinced To Get Vaccinated?
19 Apr 2021
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Starting Monday, every person in America 16 and older is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Nea...
BONUS: Workin' 9 To 5
18 Apr 2021
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Flexible hours for working parents, daycare centers at the office, equal pay. Between the 1960s and ...
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 tur...
'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President Biden announced this week that all U.S. troops if Afghanistan will be withdrawn by Sept. 1...
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-ol...
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 reco...
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 brid...
BONUS: 'We Already Belong'
11 Apr 2021
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"To Asian women, not for—there's no speaking for us, splendidly vast and manifold as our people ar...
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 you...
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 prot...
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 fut...
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...
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 g...
'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 c...
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, ...
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...
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 M...
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, C...
First-In-The-Nation Effort Advances Debate Over What Form Reparations Should Take
26 Mar 2021
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The city of Evanston, Ill., authorized spending on a reparation program this week — believed to be...
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...
Colorado Shooting Reveals Limits Of State Gun Control — And Steels Activists For More
24 Mar 2021
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Colorado has universal background checks, a red flag law and the city of Boulder recently passed an ...
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, whi...
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 m...
BONUS: Sohla El-Waylly on Race, Food and 'Bon Appétit'
21 Mar 2021
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Sohla El-Waylly was one of the most vocal critics of her previous employer, Bon Appétit, and eventu...
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 Coun...
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 ...
Pregnant In A Pandemic: 'COVID Couldn't Rob Us Of Everything'
17 Mar 2021
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Three women come together to talk about the isolation and sacrifice that comes with being pregnant d...
What's Behind The Increase In Migrant Children At The Southern Border
16 Mar 2021
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Thousands of unaccompanied migrant children have shown up at the southern border in recent weeks, ov...
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. Th...
BONUS: Rapper Mac Phipps, After 20 Years In Prison, Is One Step Closer To Freedom
15 Mar 2021
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In this episode from NPR's Louder Than A Riot, New Orleans rapper Mac Phipps speaks exclusively to N...
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 ...
The Pandemic Is Still Global. Here's How Vaccination Is Going In Other Countries
11 Mar 2021
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Less than 4% of Brazil's population has been vaccinated, and now a dangerous new variant has overwhe...
The Day Everything Changed: Fauci, Collins Reflect On 1 Year Of The Pandemic
10 Mar 2021
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March 11 will mark one year since the World Health Organization officially declared the coronavirus ...
George Floyd Case: Trial Of Former Police Officer Derek Chauvin Underway
09 Mar 2021
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Jury selection in the highly anticipated trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin be...
COVID-19 Relief And Cash Payments Near; CDC Says Vaccinated Can Gather Without Masks
08 Mar 2021
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Over the weekend, the Senate approved a version of President Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue P...
BONUS: 'It's OK That We're Alive'
07 Mar 2021
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What do you do after you've survived a mass shooting? In this episode of NPR's Embedded podcast, we ...
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 admin...
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 pe...
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 acce...
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...
Post-Trump, New U.S. Intel Chief Seeks To Rebuild Trust — And Fight Domestic Terror
01 Mar 2021
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Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has taken over after a turbulent time. Former Preside...
BONUS: The Man Behind the March on Washington
28 Feb 2021
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Bayard Rustin, the man behind the March on Washington, was one of the most consequential architects ...
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 legali...
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 ...
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...
Optimism About Case Rates, Vaccines, And Future Of The Pandemic
23 Feb 2021
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After more than 500,000 deaths and nearly a full year, experts say there are a growing number of rea...
Update On A Movement: How 'Defunding Police' Is Playing Out In Austin, Texas
22 Feb 2021
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Last summer, the city of Austin, Texas, slashed the budget for its police department. More recently,...
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 mig...
Memorializing The Deaths Of More Than 500,000 Americans Lost To COVID-19
19 Feb 2021
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The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 is on track to pass a number next week that once seemed unthinkabl...
Texas Is Defined By Energy. How Did The State's Power Grid Fail So Massively?
18 Feb 2021
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Millions of people in Texas have gone three or more days without power, water or both. Texas has had...
Impeachment Fallout At Home And Abroad: GOP Fractured, America 'Tarnished'
17 Feb 2021
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After the Senate vote failed to convict former President Donald Trump, a clearer picture of the poli...
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...
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 COV...
Q & A: Expert Advice On Love, Dating, And Pandemic Relationships
12 Feb 2021
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We asked for your questions on navigating love and dating during the pandemic. Therapist and sexolog...
Scenes From A Pandemic Economy: 4 American Indicators
11 Feb 2021
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The pandemic economy has left different people in vastly different situations. Today, we introduce f...
Public School Teachers Weigh In On Vaccines, Masks And Returning To The Classroom
10 Feb 2021
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The Biden administration has set a goal: a majority of public schools open "at least one day a week"...
What Donald Trump's Impeachment Means The 2nd Time Around
09 Feb 2021
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In the weeks after Jan. 6. insurrection, even top Republicans like Mitch McConnell said Donald Trump...
Who's Getting Vaccinated And Who Isn't: NPR Analysis Finds Stark Racial Divide
08 Feb 2021
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Using data from several states that have published their own maps and lists of where vaccination sit...
BONUS: Biden Promises To Grapple With Environmental Racism
07 Feb 2021
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People of color experience more air and water pollution than white people and suffer the health impa...
BONUS: The Lasting Power Of Whitney Houston's National Anthem
06 Feb 2021
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Why does Whitney Houston's 1991 Super Bowl national anthem still resonate 30 years later? In this ep...
Live Performance, The Pandemic And The Domino Effect Of Dark Stages
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic leveled live performance, and the industry is last in line for a return to normal. Musi...
Life On Minimum Wage: Why The Federal Debate Continues
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is one of President Biden's priorities with the newest COVID...
Third Vaccine On The Way, Fauci Hails 'Spectacular Results'
03 Feb 2021
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A third COVID-19 vaccine could receive emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administra...
Myanmar Explained: How A Coup Followed Unproven Allegations Of Voter Fraud
02 Feb 2021
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For months, Myanmar's military party has claimed — without evidence — that its poor performance ...
After Biden's First Actions On Climate Change, How Much More Can He Do Alone?
01 Feb 2021
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This past week, President Biden signed executive orders that represent his administration's first ac...
BONUS: Can't Stop GameStop
30 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2019, GameStop seemed to be just another failing brick-and-mortar business. But a couple of inter...
What Lessons Should News Organizations Learn From Trump's Presidency?
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There's is a reckoning happening across the media. Major news organizations are reconsidering what t...
How Trumpism Led To An Ideological War Over Voice Of America
28 Jan 2021
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In its very first broadcast, the U.S.-government-run service called Voice of America pledged honesty...
Biden Administration: 'It Will Be Months' Before Widespread Vaccine Availability
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden said Tuesday that the federal government's vaccine distribution program is "in worse...
Deplatforming: Not A First Amendment Issue, But Still A Tough Call For Big Tech
26 Jan 2021
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Removing disinformation — and users who spread it — can come at a cost for web hosts and social ...
'We Have To Stop Rewarding Obstruction:' Will Democrats Nuke The Filibuster?
25 Jan 2021
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Adam Jentleson knows firsthand how powerful a tool the filibuster can be — and what's possible wit...
BONUS: Breathe
24 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Breathing is essential to life. And lately, the safety of the air we inhale, or the need to pause an...
'Battlefield Medicine' In Los Angeles ICU As Biden Launches 'Wartime Effort'
22 Jan 2021
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More than 400,000 Americans have been killed by the coronavirus. That's more Americans than were kil...
How President Biden's Immigration Plan Would Undo Trump's Signature Policies
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
President Biden followed through on a day-one promise to send a massive immigration reform bill to C...
President Biden Hails 'Democracy's Day' In Unprecedented Transfer Of Power
20 Jan 2021
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"Through a crucible for the ages, America has been tested anew," President Biden said in his inaugur...
The 46th President: How Tragedy And Resilience Prepared Joe Biden To Meet A Moment
19 Jan 2021
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When Joe Biden takes the oath of office at noon ET on Wednesday, he will become the oldest president...
1 Year, 400,000 Dead: What Could Change This Week About America's Pandemic Response
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
President-elect Joe Biden has outlined a plan to administer 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in...
BONUS: Inside The Capitol Siege
16 Jan 2021
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In this episode from the team at NPR's Embedded, hear the stories of two NPR teams that spent Januar...
Their Family Members Are QAnon Followers — And They're At A Loss What To Do About It
15 Jan 2021
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The QAnon conspiracy theory originated in 2017, when an anonymous online figure, "Q" started posting...
House Votes To Impeach, All Eyes On McConnell Amid Concerns About More Violence
13 Jan 2021
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House Democrats — joined by 10 Republicans — voted to impeach President Trump on Wednesday. Now ...
Extremists Face Charges As House Moves Toward Impeachment
12 Jan 2021
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California Rep. Adam Schiff, who led House Democrats in their first effort to impeach President Trum...
America's Vaccine Plan: What's Working — And What Isn't
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More than 25 million vaccines have been distributed by the federal government, but only slightly mor...
Race And The Capitol Riot: An American Story We've Heard Before
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1898, white supremacists in Wilmington, N.C., led what is known as the only successful coup ever ...
GOP Faces Trump Reckoning: 'If You Play With Matches, You Will Get Burned'
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On Wednesday, in the nation's capital, a mob was incited to violence by the president of the United ...
Trump Supporters Storm U.S. Capitol, Halting Final Count Of Biden Votes
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A joint session of Congress to formally affirm the results of the 2020 presidential election was jus...
Why U.S. Vaccinations Started Slow And What We Know About The New Coronavirus Variant
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Initially, U.S. officials predicted that as many as 20 million Americans would be fully vaccinated b...
All Eyes On Georgia: Senate Hangs In The Balance As Trump Tries To Steal Votes
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Georgia was already going to be the center of the political universe this week. Now, leaked audio of...
Advice For Making (And Succeeding At) Your New Year's Resolution
01 Jan 2021
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Back in November, comedian Robyn Schall found an old list of her goals for 2020. She shared the list...
The Long Awaited Brexit Deal Is Finally Here
31 Dec 2020
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After four and a half tumultuous years in British politics, Brexit is now becoming a reality. NPR's ...
Congress Is Sending Relief But Many Cities And States Didn't Get What They Wanted
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While it took time for congress and President Trump to agree on the $900 billion pandemic relief bil...
Contact Tracers Struggle to Keep Up As Coronavirus Cases Surge From Holiday Travel
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One in every thousand people has died of COVID-19 in the U.S. And California just passed 2 million c...
'Where Are We Going?' Inside The Deadly Decision to Evacuate An Entire Nursing Home
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On a crisp morning in late March, health care workers in yellow hazmat suits arrived at St. Joseph's...
BONUS: 12 Memorable Pop Culture Moments From 2020
27 Dec 2020
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At the end of every year, the hosts of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour like to look back on some of the...
How The Pandemic Is Reshaping Our Holiday Traditions
25 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nothing could stop Christmas from coming. Not even a pandemic. But this year many of our holiday tra...
Our Favorite Reads Of 2020 (And Hundreds More)
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every Fall NPR asks our critics and staff to pick their favorite books from the past year. Those nom...