Is The Future Of The Internet In The Metaverse?
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Zuckerberg says the metaverse is not just the next chapter of his company: it's the next chapte...
Education In Virginia's Election: It Wasn't Just About Critical Race Theory
08 Nov 2021
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Now that the hot takes have cooled after Virginia's gubernatorial election, NPR correspondents Anya ...
BONUS: How To Wake Up Early
07 Nov 2021
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Waking up at dawn with the bakers and the baristas may not be for everyone — especially night owls...
How Sudan's Military Coup Is Threatening Its Long March Toward Democracy
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In recent years, Sudan has been home to one of the most successful pro-democracy movements on the Af...
Young Kids Are Now Vaccine-Eligible. Why Doctors Say Parents Shouldn't Wait
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The CDC made it official on Tuesday: kids 5 - 11 are now eligible to receive Pfizer's COVID-19 pedia...
Will The Supreme Court Rule Against The Texas Abortion Law?
03 Nov 2021
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Any ruling is months away, but this week's oral arguments provided some clues. NPR's Nina Totenberg ...
'Striketober' And The Power Of Workers
02 Nov 2021
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In what some have called "Striketober," workers in factories as well as the health care and food ind...
As Climate Summit Moves Ahead, The World's Biggest Polluters Are Behind
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A U.N. climate summit is underway this week in Glasgow, Scotland. Many of the world's top carbon emi...
BONUS: Embedded — 'The Capitol Gazette'
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of NPR's investigative podcast Embedded, Chris Benderev reports on the trial of a ma...
Author Grady Hendrix Explores What Happens To 'Final Girls' After The Credits Roll
29 Oct 2021
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A final girl in the horror genre is the woman who is left to deal with the aftermath of surviving a ...
Why Iraq's Protest Movement Led To An Election That Millions Sat Out
28 Oct 2021
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Two years ago, a massive protest movement swept through Iraq. People were angry about corruption and...
Barack Obama And Bruce Springsteen On Their Belief In A Unifying Story For America
27 Oct 2021
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Last summer, when former President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen sat down to tape their podcast...
Booster Guidance For All 3 Vaccines; Shots For Kids Weeks Away
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The CDC has now released booster guidance for all three vaccines available in the U.S. — making te...
School Boards: A New Front Line In The Culture Wars
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
School board members across the country are being intimidated and threatened. Now the National Schoo...
BONUS: Wisdom From The Top
24 Oct 2021
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This episode is from our friends at Wisdom From The Top. From the creator of How I Built This, host ...
The Great Resignation: Why People Are Leaving Their Jobs In Growing Numbers
22 Oct 2021
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A record 4.3 million workers in America quit their jobs in August.Anthony Klotz coined this ongoing ...
Why The Global Supply Chain Is Still Clogged — And How To Fix It
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Last week the White House announced a plan to help move the port of Los Angeles into 24/7 operating ...
Havana Syndrome: Over 200 Cases Documented Yet Cause Remains A Mystery
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Since 2016, a number of U.S. diplomats and federal employees have reported symptoms of a mysterious ...
Colin Powell's Complicated Legacy
19 Oct 2021
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Colin Powell's life was marked by public service, first as a soldier in Vietnam and then eventually ...
The Trial For The Killing Of Ahmaud Arbery
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One of the killings that sparked racial justice protests last year is again in the national spotligh...
BONUS: 'Nina' And 'Just Us' Offer Ways To Start A Conversation On Race
17 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After the protests last year, we heard the phrase "racial reckoning" a lot, as some groups of people...
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures As Water Runs Short In The West
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Large parts of the West have been hot and dry for so long that reservoirs are running low and some c...
Remembering an Abortion Rights Activist Who Spurned the Spotlight
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Patricia Maginnis, who was 93 when she died on August 30, may have been the first person to publicly...
Social Media Misinformation Stokes A Worsening Civil War In Ethiopia
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hate and division on Facebook are not just a problem in the U.S. That's one of the messages whistleb...
Is China A Threat Or An Opportunity?
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In many parts of the U.S., China remains a huge business opportunity despite recent friction. That's...
Native Americans Take Over The Writers' Room and Tell Their Own Stories
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After decades of Indigenous stories told by non-Natives, two shows from this past year signal a chan...
BONUS: Janet Jackson Once Had 'Control' of the Charts
10 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thirty-five years ago, Janet Jackson released an album that changed the course of her career, and of...
R. Kelly, Britney Spears, And The Rise Of 'Consequence Culture'
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Last month, R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking. Days later, a ...
For Facebook, A Week Of Upheaval Unlike Any Other
07 Oct 2021
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One day after a worldwide outage on multiple of its platforms, Facebook was accused by a whistleblow...
America's Other Drug Crisis: New Efforts To Fight A Surge In Meth
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meth-related overdoses have tripled in recent years. In the west, 70 percent of police departments i...
Kids Born Today Could Face Up To 7 Times More Climate Disasters
05 Oct 2021
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Children being born now will experience extreme climate events at a rate that is two to seven times ...
The U.S. Has Passed Its Delta Peak — With More Vaccine Rules Coming
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are all on the decline in the U.S. — with September marking a ...
BONUS: Goodbye, Climate Jargon. Hello, Simplicity!
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
People are likely to be confused by climate change terms like "mitigation" and "carbon neutral," acc...
The Best Song Japanese Breakfast Says She's Written Is For A Video Game
01 Oct 2021
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Michelle Zauner is best known as the frontwoman of indie rock band Japanese Breakfast and like most ...
Redistricting: What Happens When The Party With Power Gives Themselves More
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Like lawmakers across the country, the Republican majority in Texas is getting ready to redraw the l...
Why A Growing Number Of Haitian Migrants Are Headed To The U.S.
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thousands of Haitian migrants who had gathered on the southern border were deported back to their ho...
The Global Supply Chain Is Still A Mess. When Will It Get Better?
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Retail experts are already warning of delays, shortages, and price hikes this holiday shopping seaso...
Religious Exemptions To Vaccines: Who Wants Them And What's Legal
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Some city and state workers around the country have already begun to resist workplace vaccination ru...
BONUS: A Friendly Ghost Story
26 Sep 2021
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It's one of the most common and perplexing friend mysteries out there - when friends ghost friends. ...
Lil Nas X Is Not Trying To Comfort Anyone
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every generation has its musical "boogeyman." The Rolling Stones, N.W.A., Madonna. And the latest mu...
Border Crisis: Thousands Of Haitians Flown to Haiti Against Their Will
23 Sep 2021
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Thousands of Haitan migrants who were camping out under a bridge in a Texas border town seeking to c...
Lessons Learned From Flint
22 Sep 2021
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The infrastructure bill moving through Congress includes billions to replace lead pipes. In Flint, M...
Boosters Won't Make It To Everyone For Now, But Vaccines For Young Children Are Coming
21 Sep 2021
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The FDA Advisory Committee decided not to approve boosters for people sixteen and up. Instead, they ...
Germany Is Holding Syrian Officials Accountable For Alleged War Crimes
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
10 years ago, when the Syrian regime sent tanks and warplanes to stop a an uprising, it sparked a bl...
BONUS: The Lost Summer
19 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Twenty years ago, during the dog days of summer, a fledgling journalist named Shereen Marisol Meraji...
To The Stage: After A Year Away, Broadway Is Back
17 Sep 2021
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After a year away, Broadway's lights are back on. Some of the biggest productions have returned for ...
Heatwaves Are The Deadliest Weather Events, But They're Rarely Treated That Way
16 Sep 2021
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Heatwaves don't have names or categories like hurricanes and wildfires, but they kill more people ea...
One Month After The Fall Of Kabul Thousands Still Wait For Escape
15 Sep 2021
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It has been exactly one month since Kabul fell and the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. With U.S...
India's 'Love Jihad' Laws Make Marriage Difficult For Interfaith Couples
14 Sep 2021
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In India, where arranged marriages are the norm, people typically marry within their religion or cas...
Will A Federal Mandate Make The Difference For Unvaccinated Americans?
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Last week President Biden announced a six-pronged strategy to combat the newly surging pandemic — ...
StoryCorps Presents: The Lasting Toll Of 9/11
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend the nation marks 20 years since 9/11 — a day we are reminded to never forget. But for...
In A New Afghanistan, Some Women Fear For Their Rights — But Others Are Hopeful
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, women protested in Kabul after the Taliban announced an all-male interim government. One ...
Delta Surge Slows Recovery As Parts Of Pandemic Safety Net Disappear
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Last week's jobs report for the month of August show signs the delta surge is slowing the economic r...
As A Destructive Fire Season Rages On, What Might Prevent The Next One?
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The good news is that firefighters in California have regained control of the Caldor Fire near Lake ...
What Kids Feel Entering A Third COVID School Year (And How To Help Them Through It)
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Most kids are now in their third year of school during the pandemic. It's been a time of ups and dow...
Did The Supreme Court Just Overturn Roe v. Wade?
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court's conservative majority allowed a Texas law banning most abortions to go into effe...
The Delta Surge Keeps Getting Worse. What Happens When Hospitals Fill Up
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Some states in the south are have more people in the hospital than at any point during the pandemic ...
Scenes From The Aftermath Of The U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. military's mission in Afghanistan is over. For many still living in the country, a new stru...
How Climate Change Is Making Storms Like Ida Even Worse
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hurricane Ida's winds intensified rapidly as the storm approached coastal Louisiana over the weekend...
How A Bankruptcy Deal Could Offer Clean Slate For Opioid Billionaires
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A federal bankruptcy judge says he'll rule Wednesday in the case of Purdue Pharma, makers of OxyCont...
BONUS: Venezuela's Rise and Fall
29 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Venezuela is facing an economic and humanitarian crisis as extreme poverty and violence have forced ...
Taliban Vs ISIS-K: An Emerging And Deadly Conflict In Afghanistan
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For Afghans like Fawad Nazami, life under the Taliban would be a fate 'worse than death.' Nazami is ...
12 U.S. Service Members Killed In Kabul: What We Know About The Attack
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
12 U.S. service members were killed in an attack at the Kabul airport on Thursday. They were among s...
Pfizer's Fully-Approved Shot Opens The Door To More Mandates
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
New York City, New Jersey, Goldman Sachs, and the Pentagon all imposed new vaccine requirements in t...
Time Is Running Short For The U.S. Evacuation Effort In Afghanistan
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Biden administration said Tuesday that the U.S. was on pace to meet an August 31 deadline to ful...
Why Are Millions Of U.S. Workers Still On The Sidelines?
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
School districts can't find bus drivers. The TSA is short on security screeners. Ports can't find en...
On Our Watch: The Brady Rule
22 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Antioch police officials suspected one of their veteran detectives of leaking operational details as...
Teachers Are Stressed, Burnt Out — Yet Hopeful As School Begins
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Across the country, it looks like this time, last year. Schools — some days or weeks into the star...
The Desperate Effort To Get Afghan Allies To Safety
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As many as 100,000 Afghans — those who worked with the U.S. military over the years, and their fam...
How Haiti Is Weathering Two Natural Disasters At Once
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Just weeks after the shock of a presidential assassination, Haiti was hit by a devastating 7.2 magni...
Booster Shots Coming Soon As Delta Overwhelms Some Hospitals
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hospitals like the University of Mississippi Medical Center are overwhelmed. Dr. LouAnn Woodward, vi...
Chaos And Collapse In Afghanistan: How Did The U.S. Not See It Coming?
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Taliban now control Afghanistan. How did the country's government fall so quickly — and why di...
On Our Watch: Neglect of Duty
15 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the agricultural town of Salinas, Calif., Police Officer William Yetter repeatedly makes mistakes...
Taliban Gains, U.S. Evacuates: What's The Endgame In Afghanistan?
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the last week, the Taliban have gained control of large sections of Afghanistan faster than most ...
After Dire U.N. Warning On Climate, Will Anything Change?
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What struck John Kerry the most about this week's landmark U.N. report on climate change? "The irrev...
Uncharted Territory: Back To School Meets The Delta Surge
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the next few weeks, millions of children will head back to school. Many of them are too young to ...
Ethiopia's Civil War Is Becoming A Humanitarian Crisis
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Tigray region in northern Ethiopia is at the center of a civil war that broke out last November,...
'A Code Red For Humanity:' Climate Change Is Getting Worse — Faster Than We Thought
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A landmark new report from the United Nations warns that the world is running out of time to avoid t...
On Our Watch: Perceived Threat
08 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Episode four of On Our Watch from NPR and KQED investigates the case of a plainclothes Stockton poli...
Biden Admin Sees Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill As A Win
06 Aug 2021
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After months of bipartisan negotiation, the Senate may finally vote this weekend on a 2,700 page inf...
A Resistant Gov. Cuomo Could Face Impeachment
05 Aug 2021
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is refusing to resign after this week's explosive report from the sta...
Beirut's Deadly Port Explosion, One Year Later
04 Aug 2021
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It's been exactly one year since a massive explosion in Beirut's port killed over 200 people, injure...
Eviction Protection Extended, But Millions Of Renters Still Face Uncertainty
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At the stroke of midnight last Saturday, a federal moratorium that had been in place for nearly elev...
New Phase Of Pandemic Met With Confusion And Exhaustion
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The United States has reached yet another turning point in this pandemic—one that may feel particu...
On Our Watch: 20-20 Hindsight
01 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In episode three of On Our Watch, we examine the records that were unsealed by this transparency law...
Vaccine Mandates Are Spreading Alongside Dangerous Delta Variant
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Delta variant is more dangerous and contagious than many experts initially realized. In response...
Black Olympians Often Have 'The Weight Of The World' On Their Shoulders
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When Simone Biles dropped out of her Olympic competitions this week, the whole world took notice. At...
Justice Department Struggles To Bring Jan. 6th Cases To Trial
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Four police officers offered harrowing testimony of their experiences protecting the U.S. Capitol on...
Who Pays When Sea Levels Rise?
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rising seas are threatening coastal communities around the world, which will need billions of dollar...
Food Service Workers Are Quitting At Record Rates. Why? Because They Can
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Food service workers in America have newfound bargaining power, and they're using it — quitting jo...
On Our Watch: Conduct Unbecoming
25 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One officer in Los Angeles used car inspections to hit on women. Three hundred miles away in the San...
Rodrigo Amarante Throws a Musical Tantrum in Latest Album, 'Drama'
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Starting over can be scary. But not for Rodrigo Amarante. After an established musical career in Bra...
Haiti's Unraveling: How A Mysterious Assassination Fanned Violent Unrest
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's still unclear who is responsible for planning and funding the assassination of Haiti's presiden...
Will Delta Surge Sway Unvaccinated? Plus: The Truth About 'Breakthrough' Infections
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The delta variant now makes up an estimated 83% of coronavirus cases in the U.S., a sharp increase o...
The New Child Tax Credit Is Here. Will Millions Get Cash Permanently?
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tens of millions of American families are beginning to receive direct cash payments as part of the e...
How The Pandemic Shaped Medical Education And, Ultimately, Your HealthCare
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Medical education must always keep up with the times. But the pandemic forcing medical students to l...
On Our Watch: In Good Faith
18 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From police officer misconduct to deadly shootings, internal affairs investigations are how law enfo...
Cross-Cultural Casting: Noteworthy For Hollywood, But Not Exactly New
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jodie Turner-Smith in Anne Boleyn. Mindy Kaling in Scooby Doo. Dev Patel in The Green Knight, and la...
How Cuba's Government Is Attempting To Silence Unprecedented Protests
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The protests that erupted in Cuba over the weekend are the biggest the country has seen in decades. ...
Democrats Assail 'Jim Crow' Assault On Voting Rights. So What's Their Plan?
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a speech this week, President Biden said Democrats must 'vigorously challenge' what he described ...