STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A document by the Defense Department has a simple title, Report On Effects Of A Changing Climate To The Department Of Defense. The Pentagon paper lists dozens of military installations that are more vulnerable to wildfires, flood...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A giant, concrete cross standing in the middle of a busy median strip is a symbol at the center of a constitutional fight. It's a fight over the concept of separation of church and state. The Founding Fathers included in the Firs...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: A border wall, constitutional powers and what qualifies as an emergency - they were all up for debate in the House today, which voted to block President Trump's national emergency from taking effect. He declared the emergency...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Here's one reality in our health care system - prices that can be unpredictable and really, really high. Now, patients are told to be consumers, to shop around and find the best prices. But in some situations, you really can't do...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Boris Fishman was 9 years old in 1988 when his family left Belarus for New York. As Jews in what was then the Soviet Union, their prospects were limited, living under the constant threat of discrimination and violence. But his gra...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Walmart is saying goodbye to its greeters. The company has confirmed to NPR that it is eliminating the jobs of people who famously welcome you at the door. Greeters can take new positions as what are called customer hosts, but th...
CEOs Urge Congress To Expand Gun Background Checks ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The House of Representatives is set to vote Wednesday on a bill to require background checks on all gun sales, including those done online or at gun shows. Today four business lead...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: We've been looking at what's beyond cash - cryptocurrency, digital payments and more - in this month's All Tech Considered. (SOUNDBITE OF ULRICH SCHNAUSS' NOTHING HAPPENS IN JUNE) SHAPIRO: Today there are more mobile payment apps t...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We know many illnesses are contagious. Emotions are contagious, too, including anger. As part of our extended look at anger, NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on a strategy to stop it spreading. ALLISON AUBREY, BYLINE: Even if you're...
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now we're going to tell you about two guys from the Bronx who used to spend long days being bored at their day jobs before they connected on Twitter. And there, they found their calling - telling jokes about news headlines and of...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Isaac Mizrahi says that as he grew up in a Syrian, Jewish Orthodox family in Brooklyn, he often felt like a chubby, gay thumb. Today, of course, he's a fashion designer and celebrity, familiar from QVC and Project Runway All Stars....
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Frances and Greta find each other in an honored, old-movie way. Frances sees a woman's handbag in a seat in the New York subway. This nice, young woman who has just come to New York does a nice thing. She opens the bag, finds a wal...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Allegations of sexual abuse have trailed RB superstar R. Kelly for more than two decades. Today in Chicago, those claims caught up with him. (SOUNDBITE OF PRESS CONFERENCE) KIMBERLY FOXX: Earlier today, Robert Kelly was indicted...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Marvel's Black Panther is up for seven Academy Awards on Sunday. It is the first superhero movie nominated for best picture. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, BLACK PANTHER) CHADWICK BOSEMAN: (As Black Panther) Wakanda forever. UNIDENTIFIED ACT...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: The size of the average student loan has nearly doubled over the past decade or so. Collectively, Americans carry more than $1.5 trillion in student loan debt, and some employers are seeing that as an opportunity. They're offering...
