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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. Musician Zoe Keating and production designer Terry Mor...
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-19 relief package. But Republicans say it will hu...
Third Vaccine On The Way, Fauci Hails 'Spectacular Results'
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A third COVID-19 vaccine could receive emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration this month. The vaccine made by Johnson & Joh...
Myanmar Explained: How A Coup Followed Unproven Allegations Of Voter Fraud
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For months, Myanmar's military party has claimed — without evidence — that its poor performance in the country's November parliamentary elections ...
After Biden's First Actions On Climate Change, How Much More Can He Do Alone?
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This past week, President Biden signed executive orders that represent his administration's first actions in the fight against climate change. Some ch...
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 internet dwellers at Wall Street Bets, in a strange cor...
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 they cover and how. The Trump presidency is one big...
How Trumpism Led To An Ideological War Over Voice Of America
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In its very first broadcast, the U.S.-government-run service called Voice of America pledged honesty."The news may be good and it may be bad. We shall...
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 shape than we anticipated." His administration's ...
Deplatforming: Not A First Amendment Issue, But Still A Tough Call For Big Tech
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Removing disinformation — and users who spread it — can come at a cost for web hosts and social media platforms. But studies indicate "deplatformi...
'We Have To Stop Rewarding Obstruction:' Will Democrats Nuke The Filibuster?
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Jentleson knows firsthand how powerful a tool the filibuster can be — and what's possible without it. He was deputy chief of staff to former Ne...
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 and take a deep breath, is on our minds a lot. In th...
'Battlefield Medicine' In Los Angeles ICU As Biden Launches 'Wartime Effort'
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More than 400,000 Americans have been killed by the coronavirus. That's more Americans than were killed in all of World War II, President Biden pointe...
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 Congress. Now the hard part: passing that bill into...
President Biden Hails 'Democracy's Day' In Unprecedented Transfer Of Power
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Through a crucible for the ages, America has been tested anew," President Biden said in his inaugural address on Wednesday. "And America has risen to...
The 46th President: How Tragedy And Resilience Prepared Joe Biden To Meet A Moment
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When Joe Biden takes the oath of office at noon ET on Wednesday, he will become the oldest president to ever hold the office. His journey to the White...
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 his administration's first 100 days. But before t...
BONUS: Inside The Capitol Siege
16 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode from the team at NPR's Embedded, hear the stories of two NPR teams that spent January 6th on the grounds of the Capitol — and storie...
Their Family Members Are QAnon Followers — And They're At A Loss What To Do About It
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The QAnon conspiracy theory originated in 2017, when an anonymous online figure, "Q" started posting on right-wing message boards. Q claims to have to...
House Votes To Impeach, All Eyes On McConnell Amid Concerns About More Violence
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
House Democrats — joined by 10 Republicans — voted to impeach President Trump on Wednesday. Now the process moves to the Senate, where Majority Le...
Extremists Face Charges As House Moves Toward Impeachment
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
California Rep. Adam Schiff, who led House Democrats in their first effort to impeach President Trump, tells NPR what they are hoping to achieve in do...
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 more than one-third of those have made it into people...
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 to take place on American soil. They overthrew the...
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 States. In the years that led up to that moment, m...
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 just getting started on Wednesday when a group of Rep...
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 before the end of 2020. And while that many vaccin...
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 a phone call between President Trump and Georgia ...
Advice For Making (And Succeeding At) Your New Year's Resolution
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Back in November, comedian Robyn Schall found an old list of her goals for 2020. She shared the list in a video that went viral — because it turned ...
The Long Awaited Brexit Deal Is Finally Here
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After four and a half tumultuous years in British politics, Brexit is now becoming a reality. NPR's London correspondent Frank Langfitt reports on mix...
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 bill, one thing has been certain for a while. Many ma...
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 confirmed coronavirus cases. This surge, likely fro...
'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 Senior Home in Woodbridge, New Jersey. They were ...
BONUS: 12 Memorable Pop Culture Moments From 2020
27 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At the end of every year, the hosts of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour like to look back on some of their favorite things from the last 12 months. In thi...
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 traditions look a bit different. NPR business corresp...
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 nominations - there's hundreds of them - are then sor...
U.S. Secures More Vaccine Doses As Distribution Continues For Essential Workers
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Americans got some good news on Wednesday morning when the White House announced that it had secured another 100 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech'...
Congress Passes Relief Bill, But For Many Americans It Comes Too Late
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After seven months since the last coronavirus relief bill, Congress finally passed a new one on Monday. Neither Democrats or Republicans are completel...
The Election Was Secure, But Russia Found Other Ways To Interfere In The U.S.
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged who was behind the cyber attack on Friday, saying Russia used third-party software to get inside the syste...
BONUS: We Buy A Lot Of Christmas Trees
20 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every year, Americans buy tens of millions of Christmas trees. But decorative evergreens don't just magically show up on corner lots, waiting to find ...
Vaccinating Inmates Is Good For Public Health. Why Aren't More States Doing It?
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Prisons and jails are hotbeds for COVID-19. Public health experts say they should be given early access to a coronavirus vaccine. But only six states ...
With 100,000 Restaurants Already Closed, Owners Left Wondering If Help Is Coming
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
An emerging coronavirus relief package may not do enough to help restaurants hobbled by the pandemic, many of which have struggled to make ends meet a...
When Hospitals Decide Who Deserves Treatment: NPR Investigates 'Denial Of Care'
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In an Oregon hospital, a disabled woman fought for her life as her friends and advocates pleaded for proper care. Her case raises the question: Are di...
Electors Seal Biden's Win, Sanders Pushes For Direct Cash Payments
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Electors in every state officially sealed Joe Biden's presidential victory this week, and Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., congratulated the president-ele...
Your Questions Answered: How To Navigate Changing Relationships In The Pandemic
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. officially began vaccinating people against COVID-19 on Monday, starting with Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse in New York City. The fir...
BONUS: How Effective Are Antibody Treatments For COVID-19?
13 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Food and Drug Administration has issued emergency use authorizations for two monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19 – one produced by Eli L...
White House Reporters Reflect On 4 Years As 'Enemies Of The People'
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump once told veteran CBS journalist Lesley Stahl why he attacks the press. "I do it to discredit you all and demean you all," he admitted...
John Kerry: Restoring American Credibility On Climate Change 'Not So Simple'
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In his first round of interviews since President-elect Joe Biden announced John Kerry would be his special envoy for climate, the former Secretary of ...
Vaccine Approval Looks Imminent, But Distrust, Misinformation Have Experts Worried
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Food and Drug Administration could vote as soon as Thursday to approve a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer for emergency use authorization in t...
Life After ISIS: A Portrait Of Human Resilience In The Middle East
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
2020 has been a year of resilience in the face of tragedy. But for much longer, resilience in the face of tragedy has been a defining story of the Mid...
COVID Is Straining Rural Hospitals, Where There's No Plan B
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Health care facilities in rural areas hard-hit by the coronavirus are running out of ways to provide safe care to patients. Unlike earlier in the pand...
BONUS: Life In The Time Of Coronavirus
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"What has this pandemic been like for you?"NPR host Sam Sanders and his team at It's Been A Minute put that question to their listeners and heard from...
In Many States, 2020 Election Winners Hold All The Redistricting Power
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every 10 years after the U.S. Census, lawmakers in most states have the power to redraw congressional and state legislative districts. It's called red...
Trump's Election Denialism Could Hurt His Own Party, And Its Media Allies
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump and his allies have spent nearly a month promoting an alternate reality of rigged elections and stolen votes. Now, there's concern in ...
Fauci Predicts Widespread Vaccine Availability By April. Are Americans Ready?
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Anthony Fauci said this week that it's likely that any healthy American who wants a coronavirus vaccine will be able to walk into a drugstore and ...
Millions In Crisis As Coronavirus Relief Set To Expire At Years' End
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lawmakers have been deadlocked for months on another coronavirus relief package. Now millions of Americans who have relied on emergency spending progr...
Why Our Brains Struggle To Make Sense Of COVID-19 Risks
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Millions of Americans traveled for Thanksgiving despite pleas not to do so from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Deborah Birx of th...
BONUS: The Badder, The Better
29 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda blew up in 2014 off of his song "Hot N****" and the instantly viral Shmoney Dance. But just months after his breakout hi...
Student Debt Is Weighing Americans Down. Here's How Biden May Address It
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Student loans can crush an individual. And when a lot of people have more debt than they can handle, the effects ripple into the larger economy. Judit...
Play It Forward: A Musical Chain Of Gratitude
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What began as a Thanksgiving tradition five years ago for NPR host Ari Shapiro is now a recurring segment on All Things Considered. Play It Forward is...
A Feast For A Few: Rethinking The Traditional Thanksgiving Meal
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thanksgiving is going to look different for many Americans this year. As the coronavirus pandemic rages, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio...
As Biden Transition Picks Up Pace, Trump Lays Government Speedbumps
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After an unusually dramatic meeting of the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, the state voted to certify its election results, slamming the door on y...
Stunned By Congressional Losses, Democrats Debate The Future
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Democrats went into the election expecting to gain seats in the House. Instead, they lost at least eight of them. Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger spe...
BONUS: Biden And McConnell
22 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President-elect Joe Biden have a long working relationship. And if republicans retain a majority in the sen...
The Growing Backlash Against Trump's Efforts To Subvert The Election
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Election experts say there is no realistic legal path for President Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election. But his determination to proce...
Vials, Cold Storage, Staggered Doses: The Challenges Of Vaccine Distribution
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Distribution of the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine could be mere months away. But how that distribution will work remains a massive logistical p...
America's Other Epidemic: The Opioid Crisis Is Worse Than 4 Years Ago
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During President Trump's first year in office, 42,000 Americans died of drug overdoses linked to heroin, fentanyl and prescription opioids. After a mi...
Vaccine Trials Point To December Doses, 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel'
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Data from two leading COVID-19 vaccine trials indicate they may be between 90 and 95% effective. Dr. Moncef Slaoui, the chief scientist in charge of t...
Barack Obama On Trump's Defeat And Cooperation In A Divided America
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Former President Barack Obama talks with NPR's Michel Martin about his time in office, President Trump's pandemic response, the 2020 election and what...
Pandemic Fatigue Q & A: Mental Health, Processing The News, And Staying Occupied
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. is entering the worst of the pandemic. For many, pandemic fatigue set in months ago. Others are struggling anew with cases spiking dramatica...
'There's No Transition': Trump's Non-Existent National Security Handoff
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump's refusal to engage in any meaningful national security transition is dangerous, say two former national security officials. Kori Scha...
Hospitals Pushed To The Brink, Governors Warn Of Health Care Shortages
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The governors of North Dakota, Ohio and Utah all delivered the same message this week: hospital resources normally used for patients with heart attack...
The Consequences Of Election Denialism
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We know President Trump lost the election. What we don't know is what will happen between now and Inauguration Day if he refuses to accept the results...
As Senate Hinges On Georgia, GOP Mostly Silent On Biden's Victory
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump may be on his way out, but Republicans will have to rely on his voters to hold power in the Senate. If Democrats win two runoff electi...
Joe Biden Could Take Office During The Worst Of The Pandemic. What's His Plan?
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 2008, then President-elect Obama and President Bush set up a join task force to help the incoming administration deal with the financial crisis the...
What We're Learning About The Electorate That Made 2020 So Close
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Early on election night, when it seemed clear that Joe Biden was underperforming with a specific group of Latino voters in the Miami-Dade County, a na...
Historic Turnout Leans Biden With Votes Still Being Counted
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Early data suggests 160 million people voted this year — which would be the highest turnout rate since 1900. With an unprecedented number of those v...
The Electoral College: Why Do We Do It This Way?
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The electoral college is a system unlike any other in American democracy. Why does it exist? Ramtin Arablouei and Rund Abdelfatah explored that questi...
An Unprecedented Election Season Ends The Way It Began: With Voters Locked In
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NPR political correspondents Tamara Keith and Asma Khalid reflect on an election season shaped by unprecedented events: a global pandemic, President T...
Bonus: The Latinx Vote Comes Of Age
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today, a bonus episode from NPR's Code Switch. For the first time in election history, Latinos are projected to be the second-largest voting demograph...
What To Expect On Election Day — And In The Days After
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There is no reason to expect we will know the result of the Presidential election on Tuesday night. Wendy Weiser of the Brennan Center and David Scott...
Expectations Vs. Reality: Trump Supporters, Opponents On The Last 4 Years
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Four years after Donald Trump won, he turned out to be a better president than many of his supporters hoped — and worse one than many of his opponen...
Early Voting Points To Possible Record Turnout, With New States In Play
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
More than 74 million people have already voted. Michael McDonald of the Florida Elections Project tells NPR that could indicate the U.S. is headed for...
Coronavirus Cases Are Surging Past The Summer Peak — And Not Just In The U.S.
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. looks poised to exceed its summer peak, when the country averaged as many as 65,000 cases a day for a 10-day stretch in late July. The seven-...
As COVID-19 Cases Climb, How Safe Is It To Go Home For The Holidays?
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday, the U.S. hit its highest number of daily coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. Holiday travel could lead to even more drastic and dea...
How Much Do You Really Know About Your Flood Or Wildfire Risk?
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Every year, millions of American renters and homebuyers make decisions about where to live. They have a lot of information to help them make a decisio...
Why More White Voters Aren't Supporting President Trump In 2020
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Polls show that Joe Biden has strong support among white voters with a college degree, especially white women, young voters, and those who live in cit...
From Air Travel to Hospital Treatment, We're Still Learning About The Virus
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, told NPR this week that he's "guardedly optimistic" about the prospects of a coronavir...
Election FAQs: Postmark Deadlines, Ballot Security And How To Track Your Vote
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With two weeks until election day and more than 35 million votes already cast, NPR's Miles Parks and Pam Fessler answer your questions about voting, b...
The Economy Is Driving Women Out Of The Workforce And Some May Not Return
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Women are dropping out of the workforce in much higher numbers than men. Valerie Wilson of the Economic Policy Institute explains that women are overr...
The Pandemic Bounceback Abroad: Concerts And Movies In Other Countries
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While U.S. movie theaters continue to struggle, the picture is better for the international box office. NPR's Bob Mondello, who's reported on how dome...
Pandemic 'Halftime': U.S. Looks At Lessons Learned As Fall & Holidays Near
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As cases spike around the country, Utah is one state changing the way it's approaching the coronavirus. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert has a "new game p...
The Politics At Play In Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Confirmation Hearings
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With less than three weeks to go until Election Day, Republicans have the votes to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Her confirmation he...
The U.S. Pandemic Is Stuck In A Cycle Of Endless Ups And Downs
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coronavirus cases fall, so people let their guard down. Cases rise, so they get more vigilant. That's the cycle the U.S. is stuck in. In most states a...
An NPR Investigation Into Lethal Injection: Why It Could Amount To Torture
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lethal injection is commonly thought of as the most painless method of execution. But now many lawyers and doctors are looking inside the bodies of ex...
The Michigan Kidnapping Plot And What's Fueling Right-Wing Extremism
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The FBI announced Thursday that it had thwarted a plan by far-right militia members to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and charged six men in r...
Pandemic 'Profiteers': Why Billionaires Are Getting Richer During An Economic Crisis
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"Excess" profits during wartime have been subject to tax at several points in American history. Writer Anand Giridharadas argues we are at similar poi...
Millions Of Americans Can't Afford Enough To Eat As Pandemic Relief Stalls In D.C.
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Two years ago, about 12% of American households reported they didn't have enough food. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, that number has nearly doubl...
President Trump's COVID-19 Treatment Reveals Unequal Burden Of The Disease
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
President Trump told the country Tuesday: "Don't be afraid of COVID. Don't let it dominate your life." This was in a video published after the preside...
The White House COVID-19 Crisis
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The president, first lady, and a growing list of White House staffers have tested positive for the coronavirus. Ever since President Trump left the Wh...
The President Has Coronavirus. What Happens If He Gets Sicker
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
News broke overnight that President Trump and the first lady tested positive for the coronavirus. The White House says they have mild symptoms. Ashish...