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1636 episodes transcribedAmericans often rank the economy as a number one voting issue. As part of NPR's "We the Voters" series we check back in with four Americans we've been...
The broad outlines of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case have been known for months. Hush money payments to a former porn star made in 201...
For the last 60 years a transportation revolution has largely passed America by. Bullet trains were invented in Japan in the early 1960s. Since then,...
Civil War, the new A24 film from British director Alex Garland, imagines a scenario that might not seem so far-fetched to some; a contemporary civil w...
Back in 1999 when Donald Trump was flirting with a presidential run, he was pro-abortion rights. In an interview on Meet the Press with NBC's Tim Rus...
Salman Rushdie is probably most closely associated with his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses, a book inspired by the life of the prophet Muhummad. The bo...
In 1994, the world watched as genocide unfolded in Rwanda. Nearly one million people died as neighbors brutally killed their neighbors. Paul Rusesabag...
Iran launched a barrage of more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel over the weekend, saying it was in response to an airstrike earlier this month...
On Monday, former President Donald Trump will enter a Manhattan courtroom for his first criminal trial. But before a verdict can be rendered a jury mu...
For months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been insisting that the goal of Israel's bombardment in Gaza is to "destroy Hamas."But in th...
O.J. Simpson was more than a football star. More than a pop culture icon or a defendant acquitted of murder.He became a symbol of America's complicate...
In recent years, the body positivity movement has raised it's profile, especially on social media largely through self-described anti-diet and body po...
Many of us don't have the opportunity to handpick our neighbors. We buy or rent a place in a neighborhood with good schools or an easy commute. Some o...
Researchers are finding that the impact of relationships with siblings —for better or worse — can be important, and endure well beyond childhood.Learn...
Tomorrow, the Great American Eclipse will sweep across North America, and millions will experience total darkness.It's an eerie and mysterious experie...
The American response to Israel's war with Hamas could be a major factor in the upcoming Congressional elections.Learn more about sponsor message choi...
Bird flu has spread to cows. And now a human has contracted the virus from an infected cow. What kind of risk does this virus pose to people, and are...
The recent transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a living human raises hopes that lives will no longer depend on the availability of hu...
One week after a massive container ship crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse, a massive effort is underway to cle...
When news outlets shut down in a city, that creates what's often called a news desert. But in Richmond, California, NPR's media correspondent David Fo...
