ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now to Jordan. Today the prime minister resigned, pressured by the biggest nationwide protests the country has seen in years. NPR's Jane Arraf sent this report from the Jordanian capital, Amman. (CHANTING) JANE ARRAF, BYLINE: Jorda...
NOEL KING, HOST: All right, this next one is a question for the ages - or at the very least, for our age. Does social media make us more connected or does it make us lonelier? For now, we do not know. The science isn't conclusive, but there are a lot...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: In Saudi Arabia, there are rules about how to interact with people of the opposite sex, which can make dating sort of hard or impossible. That could be changing, though. Here's NPR's Jackie Northam. JACKIE NORTHAM, BYLINE: The Wh...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: One of the country's biggest pharmaceutical companies, Johnson Johnson, is working on a new drug for depression. It's based on ketamine. Ketamine is a common anesthetic. It's also a popular party drug known as Special K. But doct...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A volcano in Guatemala erupted Sunday, sending ash, lava and deadly gases down a mountainside near the capital. More than 20 people died. Hundreds are injured, and officials fear casualty numbers will rise. NPR's Scott Neuman has...
NOEL KING, HOST: All right. We're going to go now to Iowa. High stakes there for Democrats who will go to the polls tomorrow to pick a candidate to run against the state's Republican governor. Iowa Public Radio's Clay Masters reports the candidates a...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It's 5,700 miles to cross the Pacific Ocean. And a 50-year-old French swimmer is aiming to be the first person to swim the whole way. This Tuesday, Ben Lecomte will start the journey from a beach in Choshi, Japan and try to...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: The NBA Finals opened last night. Of course, for years, this was an exciting time for people here in Los Angeles. The Lakers are one of the league's premier franchises. Just think of the names - Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Kare...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: There are times when we can connect surprisingly deeply with someone and then never see them again - a missed connection. Eight years ago, when I was a correspondent in the Middle East, I did a story about two people - an I...
With The Rise Of Legal Weed, Drug Education Moves From 'Don't' to 'Delay' LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: California entered the brave, new world of marijuana legalization in 2018. And it's impossible to ignore. There are new dispensaries opening, even bi...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: And on Sunday, surviving seniors at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., will get their diplomas. So now we want to take a look back on what's happened in the nearly four months since the shooting at that schoo...
(SOUNDBITE OF THE ROOTS SONG, THE NEXT MOVEMENT) AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Not long ago, I spoke with Questlove, hip-hop drummer extraordinaire of The Roots, about creativity. He said one of the most creative people he knows he met in high school, his Roo...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In a few short decades, the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo has gone from obscurity to pop-culture icon. Forever 21 and Zahra have sold clothes with her self-portraits. But a recent lawsuit to stop the sale of a Barbie doll in Frida Ka...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A record number of women who are struggling with opioid addiction are being forced to give up their newborn children. As Rachel Gotbaum reports, the state has few services to offer these mothers before they risk losing their childr...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Farming is a big part of the economy on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. But the land there is sinking, and as the climate warms, sea levels are rising. NPR's Jennifer Ludden spoke with farmers determined to hold on. JENNIFER LUDDEN,...
