Harriet Tubman Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Says Harriet Tubman $20 Bill Will Be DelayedNPR Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said this week that the Harriet Tubman $20 bill redesign won't happen until 2026, at the earliest, but not everyone is waiting until then for the change.
Migration 'Two Wings: The Music Of Black America In Migration' Celebrates A Journey Millions TookNPR - Walter Ray WatsonAt the turn of the 20th Century, millions of African Americans moved from the rural South to the country's Northern cities in of a new beginning. That time of discovery, awakening and Renaissance came
Insulin Colorado Caps Insulin Co-Pays At $100 For Insured ResidentsNPR - Vanessa RomoAs nearly 7.5 million Americans contend with covering the skyrocketing costs of insulin to manage the disease, diabetics in Colorado will soon have some relief. A new law, signed by Gov. Jared Polis earlier
China DHS Warnings About Chinese Technology Add To Concerns With Ongoing Trade TensionsNPR - Brian Naylor The federal government is warning energy companies and big-city transit systems not to use Chinese-made drones and rail cars for fear they could all be used to spy on Americans. Is the fear warranted?
Japan Trade Is Likely To Come Up During Trump's Visit To JapanNPR - Anthony Kuhn On a visit to Japan, President Trump hopes to open markets to U.S. farm products, close the trade deficit with Japan and get a limit on the number of cars exports. It's unlikely he'll get all three.
Impeachment Speaker Pelosi Holds Fast To Strategy Of Investigating Trump, Not ImpeachmentNPR NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Irvin Nathan, former general counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, about House Democrats' strategy of investigating the president, rather than impeaching him.
Trains Police Say They Have 'Subway Brake Bandit,' Who Stopped Trains Without ReasonNPR - Bobby AllynNew York commuters have reason to cheer: the Subway Brake Bandit apparently has been apprehended, authorities announced on Friday. Brooklyn resident Isaiah Thompson, 23, allegedly spent months furtively
Digital Forensics Digital Forensics Expert Weighs In On Doctored Video Of House Speaker Nancy PelosiNPR NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with digital forensics expert Hany Farid about a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which is being spread by conservative allies of President Trump.
Museums of Fine Arts Boston's Museum Of Fine Arts Under Scrutiny After Students Say They Were Racially ProfiledNPR - Cristela Guerra On a seventh grade field trip to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, students and their teacher said they were racially profiled by museum staff, with some leaving the museum in tears.
Trump Administration Trump Administration's Proposed HHS Rule Would Redefine What 'Sex' MeansNPR - Selena Simmons-DuffinThe Health and Human Services Department has proposed to end Obama-era rules that protect transgender people from discrimination in health care. That could impact the Trump administration's plan to fight
Kidnapping of Jayme Closs Wisconsin Man Sentenced To 2 Life Terms For Kidnapping Teen, Murdering Her ParentsNPR - Richard GonzalesA judge in Wisconsin has ruled that 21-year-old Jake Patterson will spend the rest of his life behind bars by sentencing him to two life terms in prison without the possibility of release for kidnapping
World News U.K.'s Theresa May Resigns Acknowledging Failure To Deliver BrexitNPR - Frank LangfittU.K. Prime Minister Theresa May acknowledged defeat Friday and announced her resignation as leader of Britain's Conservative Party. "It is and will always remain a matter of deep regret to me that I have
Theresa May Theresa May To Resign As British Prime Minister On June 7NPR Theresa May announced she'll be stepping down as prime minister of the U.K. on June 7. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with George Parker of the Financial Times for the latest.
NPR 'Accidental Presidents' Looks At Achievements Of Vice Presidents Who Became PresidentNPR NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Jared Cohen, author of Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America. He chronicles the legacies of men who have taken office when the incumbent died.
Walt Disney Company Disney's Live-Action 'Aladdin' Aims To Correct 1st Film's Problems, Replicate SuccessNPR - Bob Mondello Disney's live-action version of its 1992 cartoon Aladdin features Will Smith in the Genie role originally played by Robin Williams.
Trump Administration Trump Administration Proposes Eliminating Protections For Transgender People In ACANPR - Selena Simmons-Duffin The Department of Health and Human Services has announced a proposal to end Obama-era rules protecting transgender people from discrimination in health care.
Olivia Wilde 'Booksmart' Director Olivia Wilde: Teen Movies 'Made Me Excited To Be Young'NPR - Mary Louise KellyRight after Olivia Wilde saw Lady Bird — the 2017 film about the loving, infuriating, infinitely complicated relationship between a teen daughter and her mother — her first impulse was to pick up the to
Politics Week In Politics: Congressional Investigations, Trump And Pelosi's War Of WordsNPRNPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with with Ramesh Ponnuru of the National Review, and Sabrina Siddiqui of The Guardian about Congressional investigations and comments by President Trump and Speaker of the
NPR What's At Stake In Europe's Crucial European Parliament ElectionNPR - Lucian Kim Germans haven't cared so much in the past about elections to the European Union Parliament, but Brexit has refocused attention on the institutions that make the E.U. work.
NPR Trump Stands By Decision To Declassify Intelligence That Led To Russia InvestigationNPR NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Jeremy Bash, former CIA chief of staff, about President Trump's order to the intelligence community to comply with a probe into 2016 campaign surveillance.
Europe Report From Nonprofit Group Avaaz Says 'Europe Is Being Drowned In Disinformation'NPR NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Christoph Schott from the activist group AVAAZ about the group's new research into the online disinformation from far right groups in Europe.
NPR My Own Private BrazilNPR In a personal essay, producer Julia Furlan, of NPR, explores her own relationship with Brazilian-American identity.
NPR How I Made It: A Dominican Doula In A Not-So-Diverse ProfessionNPR In this "How I Made It" we hear from a Dominican doula about what it's like to break into a profession that is largely dominated by white women.
News Trump Orders An Additional 1,500 Troops To The Middle EastNPR - Sasha IngberPresident Trump has ordered some 1,500 troops to the Gulf region to serve a "mostly protective" purpose for American forces and interests. Trump made the announcement to reporters on the White House lawn
Business At $2.1 Million, New Gene Therapy Is The Most Expensive Drug EverNPR - Rob SteinThe federal Food and Drug Administration has approved a gene therapy for a rare childhood disorder that is now the most expensive drug on the market. It costs $2.125 million per patient. But for those
Play buttonWorld News Threat Of Nationalist Wins In EU Vote Tests Germany, A Country Built On AlliancesNPR - Joanna KakissisIn Germany, the European Union's biggest cheerleader, the upcoming elections for the European Parliament are supposed to inspire unity. Instead, nationalism is unraveling European unity. Populist parties
Play buttonMusic Rodrigo y Gabriela Spin The Songs Behind Their Wild SoundNPR - Felix ContrerasIt's been a fascinating journey following the trajectory of Rodrigo y Gabriela as they rose from self-imposed exile from their native Mexico on the streets of Dublin to international acclaim and admiration.
Play buttonMusic The 5 Best Latin Alternative Songs Of 2019 (So Far)NPR - Sandra TreviñoWe're nearly halfway through 2019 and have already been musically blessed with so many joyous sounds. From ancestral Afro-Colombian psych-punk to exhilarating Latinx hip-hop, bomba to banda, it feels Santa
World News Kenya's Judges Uphold Laws That Criminalize Gay SexNPR - Sasha IngberKenya's High Court has chosen to uphold colonial-era laws that criminalize gay sex, dashing the hopes of activists who believed the judges would overturn sections of the penal code as unconstitutional
World News How Disney Princesses Influence Girls Around The WorldNPR - Susie NeilsonMany academics and parents have said that Disney princesses are "bad for girls" because they are defined by their appearance – and they often must be rescued by men rather than act on their own (see: Beauty
