NPRadded this to World NewsMeng Hongwei Former Interpol President Pleads Guilty To Bribery In Chinese CourtNPR - Vanessa RomoFormer Interpol President Meng Hongwei has pleaded guilty to accepting more than $2 million in bribes and expressed regret for his crime, China's state-run newspaper People's Daily reported Thursday. Central
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesBill Hader On HBO's 'Barry,' Bill Hader Asks, 'Can You Change Your Nature?'NPR - Terry Gross Hader co-created and stars as a hitman who enrolls in acting classes in the dark comedy series. In the second season, Barry struggled to express himself as an actor — while keeping his past a secret.
NPRadded this to MusicPlay buttonMusic For Those Missing Puerto Rico, A Song About Dreaming Of HomeNPR - Adrian FloridoThis story is part of American Anthem, a yearlong series on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action. Find more at NPR.org/Anthem. Step inside Puerto Rico's National Foundation for Popular
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesNPR NPR ClassicalNPR - Tom HuizengaNeed a deep discovery experience? Try 1000 years of music in this playlist from NPR Classical, which explores everything from new releases to old favorites, and classics from the dawn of the recording
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesMarijuana Legal Weed Is A Danger To Dogs. Here's How To Know If Your Pup Got Into PotNPR - Laura KlivansIt all started on a Tuesday night, when I came home from work to an unmistakable absence. My brown-and-white pit bull mix, Maizey, wasn't at the top of the stairs to greet me. Instead she was in her bed,
NPRadded this to HealthWyoming When There's No Doctor Nearby, Volunteers Help Rural Patients Manage Chronic IllnessNPR - Maggie MullenGary and Celeste Havener live 40 miles outside of Laramie in southeast Wyoming. They spend a lot of their time growing vegetables and riding horses across the prairie. "[I] had a very ungraceful dismount
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesNASA Poll: Americans Want NASA To Focus More On Asteroid Impacts, Less On Getting To MarsNPR - Ashley WestermanAmericans are less interested in NASA sending humans to the moon or Mars than they are in the U.S. space agency focusing on potential asteroid impacts and using robots for space exploration. That's according
NPRadded this to U.S. NewsPolitics African Migrants Are Becoming A New Face Of The U.S. Border CrisisNPR - Robbie FeinbergFilipe and Mireille took their four young children and fled violent militias and civil unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo nearly five months ago. They flew to Ecuador, then traveled on foot across
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesDavid Ortiz David Ortiz Shooting Is A Case Of Mistaken Identity, Dominican Officials SayNPR - Amy HeldA mix-up and a bad photo contributed to a gunman shooting retired Red Sox player David Ortiz by mistake, instead of his intended target in Santo Domingo, Dominican officials announced Wednesday. Surveillance
NPRadded this to Morning EditionCIA Former CIA Director Petraeus Weighs In On Drone ShootdownNPR NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus about Iran shooting down a U.S. military drone, and the U.S. response.
NPRadded this to U.S. NewsGang Violence Officials Say Gang Violence Suspected In Mass Shooting Outside Pa. NightclubNPR - Amy HeldJust before 2 a.m. on Thursday, multiple gunshots rang out as people exited the Deja Vu nightclub in Allentown, Pa. Police say 10 people who were gathered on or near the sidewalk were shot and hospitalized.
NPRadded this to Morning EditionNews Supreme Court: Cross Can Stand On Public Land In Separation Of Church And State CaseNPR - Nina Totenberg , Domenico MontanaroThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a 40-foot World War I memorial cross can stay on public land at a Maryland intersection. The cross "has become a prominent community landmark, and its removal
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesPlay buttonMusic World Cafe Latin Roots: 7 Femme-Fronted Andean Electro-Alternative ActsNPR - Sandra TreviñoThere is such a superb and expanding community of musicians and producers creating Andean electro and alternative soun we've decided to highlight some of the womxn producers and femme-fronted projects
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesU.S. Navy Opinion: Why War With Iran Is Bad For Trump — And AmericaNPRAaron David Miller (@aarondmiller2), a distinguished fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a former State Department adviser and Middle East negotiator, is the author of The
NPRadded this to Arts & LifeCulture Will You Love This Book In All Its 'Damaged Glory'? MaybeNPR - Michael SchaubRaphael Bob-Waksberg's new short story collection, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory, opens with an Internet date that's going well. "He's handsome, and charming, and everything he claimed
NPRadded this to MusicMusic Wade In The Water: An IntroductionNPRWade in the Water is a 26-part series, originally released in 1994, that celebrates African American sacred music and traditions.. Listen to the episodes on NPR.org and NPR One. In 1994, when Wade in Water
NPRadded this to World NewsSweden Women's World Cup: USA Takes On Sweden In A Game That Means Little — And EverythingNPR - Laurel WamsleyThe United States doesn't have to beat Sweden in the last game of the group stage of the Women's World Cup on Thursday. The Americans are already through to the next round, as are the Swedes. But in another
NPRadded this to MusicMusic Wade In The Water Ep. 1: Songs And Singing As ChurchNPRThe relationship between song and singing, and worship and belief in both the organized and non-organized church. Introduces concepts, performing styles and musical genres. Sweet Honey in the Rock, "Wade
NPRadded this to MusicMusic Wade In The Water Ep. 2: In Search Of The SacredNPROne woman's search for the broader meanings of the African American interpretations of religious beliefs as "the saved" and "the sacred." Bernice Johnson Reagon, "Wade in the Water" (NPR Recording) • Roger
NPRadded this to MusicMusic Wade In The Water Ep. 3: Steal Away, Songs & Stories About SlaveryNPRAfrican American oral tradition rich with memories, testimonies and songs from the hard days of 19th century slavery. Jessye Norman, "Steal Away" • Sweet Honey in the Rock, "Wade in the Water" • Bernice
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesMusic Wade In The Water Ep. 4: Sacred Songs As HistoryNPRThe sinking of the Titanic, the Depression, World Wars I and II and the civil rights movement, and the moving songs that arise from the sacred music tradition. Voices of the Civil Rights Movement,"Wade
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesMusic Wade In The Water Ep. 5: The Power Of Communal SongNPRThe story of African American religious music as a moral weapon, to galvanize individuals for worship and for action in the civil rights struggles of the century. Mass Meeting, "Wade in the Water" • McIntosh
NPRadded this to MusicMusic Wade In The Water Ep. 6: Lined Hymn & Shaped-Note TraditionNPRTwo musical traditions, originating from Europe and adapted by African American converts to Christianity. Bernice Johnson Reagon, "Wade in the Water" • Richard Smallwood Singers, "I Love the Lord" • Ron
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesMusic Wade In The Water Ep. 7: The Fisk Jubilee Singers And The Concert Spiritual TraditionNPRThe sound, history and legacy of the concert or arranged spiritual, and the role of the black university in developing a repertoire that blends African American and European influences. Howard University
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesMusic Wade In The Water Ep. 8: African American Composers & The Concert Spiritual TraditionNPRComposers like Harry T. Burleigh, Nathaniel Dett and William Dawson, who applied Western classical music training to the traditional spiritual and created a new repertoire for the concert stage. Howard
NPRadded this to MusicMusic Wade In The Water Ep. 9: The Struggle For A New Classical Concert TraditionNPRThe struggle of African Americans seeking careers as professional classical music concert artists, featuring Roland Hayes, Paul Robeson, Marian Anderson, Leontyne Price, Jessye Norman, Kathleen Battle
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesMusic Wade In The Water Ep. 10: The Legacy Of The Golden Gate QuartetNPRThe legacy of this internationally renowned ensemble, innovators of the "jubilee" singing style which influenced the national sound of quartets in the black community before World War II. Golden Gate "Wade
NPRadded this to MusicMusic Wade In The Water Ep. 11: Birmingham, Ala., Regional Quartet TraditionNPRThe proliferation of the community-based quartet tradition originating in and around Birmingham and its spread throughout the country. Birmingham Sunlights, "Wade in the Water" • Birmingham Jubilees, Took
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesMusic Wade In The Water Ep. 12: From Local Community To Nation, Post-WWII Quartet TraditionNPRThe networks that helped to unify the African American community as a people and bring the music to a national audience. Harmonizing Four, "Wade in the Water" • Pilgrim Travelers, "Jesus Met the Woman
NPRadded this to Most Emailed StoriesMusic Wade In The Water Ep. 13: The Song Ministry Of Charles A. TindleyNPRThe story of Charles Albert Tindley, the first gospel composer, and the migration of African Americans from the rural Eastern Shore of Maryland to the urban communities before the mid-20th century. Golden
