Justin Trudeau Trudeau Apologizes But Sidesteps Questions On Number Of Blackface IncidentsNPR - Richard GonzalesCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized after after photos surfaced showing him wearing brownface and blackface as a young man, saying he has no plans to resign and vowing to continue his campaign
Vaping TV Broadcasters To Stop Taking E-Cigarette AdsNPR - Brakkton BookerMajor broadcast companies including CBS, Viacom, and WarnerMedia say they are pulling ads by e-cigarette makers, as concerns over growing teen use of the products and the hundreds of cases of illnesses
Prenatal Development Fate Of Fetal Remains Unclear As Investigation Continues In IndianaNPR - Sarah McCammon , Tanya Ballard BrownIt has been a week since the disturbing discovery of thousands of fetal remains at the home of a former abortion provider, and authorities still don't know why he kept them. Ulrich Klopfer had performed
Opioids As Drugmakers Face Opioid Lawsuits, Some Ask: Why Not Criminal Charges Too?NPR - Brian MannPurdue Pharma, facing a mountain of litigation linked to the opioid epidemic, filed for bankruptcy in New York this week. The OxyContin manufacturer and its owners, the Sackler family, have offered to
Smallpox Russian Lab Explosion Raises Question: Should Smallpox Virus Be Kept Or Destroyed?NPR - Fran KritzAn explosion this week in a Russian lab, one of only two labs in the world known to store live samples of the variola virus, which causes smallpox, has raised anew questions that have been asked since
The White House How An 'International Price Index' Might Help Reduce Drug PricesNPR - Selena Simmons-DuffinIn gridlocked Washington, both Democrats and Republicans have signaled there's potential for a deal when it comes to lowering prescription drug prices. Now, there's an idea both Congressional Democrats
Silvio Berlusconi 'Loro': Sorrentino's Portrait Of Berlusconi As A Once-Powerful Lion In WinterNPR - Mark JenkinsLike an unkillable horror-flick villain, Silvio Berlusconi repeatedly clawed himself back from the grave, becoming prime minister in four Italian governments. Loro depicts the media-mogul-turned-politician
Culture 'Ad Astra' SoarsNPR - Chris KlimekWith its austere surfaces and jaundiced view of humanity's interplanetary destiny, James Gray's stirring sci-fi epic Ad Astra can't help but evoke Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, the paterfamilias
Documentaries Documentary 'Where's My Roy Cohn?' Suggests He's Closer Than You ThinkNPR - Ella TaylorFlamboyant, terrifying, and pointedly timely, Matt Tyrnauer's documentary Where's My Roy Cohn? tells the story of one of America's most notorious political fixers while grounding him in an American half-century
Downton Abbey In The 'Downton Abbey' Film, A Royal Visit Proves Rather A Spot Of BotherNPR - Glen WeldonThere is nostalgia, and there is Downton Abbey. Nostalgia bathes the past in a golden light that falls patchily, shining clear and steady on what was tidy and genteel, while leaving an era's ugliest, brutal
Music Angélique Kidjo Celebrates Celia Cruz: 'Everything About Celia Is Self-Determination'NPRTurning the Tables aims to reinterpret American music history by putting women front and center. This year, we're celebrating eight women who invented American popular music — including the legendary Cruz.
Manhattan, NY Youth To Protest In Manhattan To Stop Climate ChangeNPR Thousands of students are expected to skip school Friday to march through Manhattan to demand global action to stop climate change. WNYC's Gwynne Hogan reports the protest has been long in the works.
Forgiveness U.S. House Tackles Public Service Loan Forgiveness IssuesNPR The higher education subcommittee of the U.S. House held a contentious hearing Thursday to investigate the failed implementation of the troubled Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
Iowa Latest On Democratic Presidential Candidates Harris And Buttigieg In IowaNPR Democratic presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg are making big moves to bolster their primary campaigns in Iowa, the first state to hold a contest in 2020.
Crawley 'Downton Abbey' Movie Brings You Up To Speed With The CrawleysNPR - Bob Mondello The Crawleys are back, and the big screen has them this time, in a story that picks up a few years after the TV show ended.
Kentucky In 'Obviously,' Comedian Muses About Growing Up In A Small Kentucky TownNPR NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with comedian Akilah Hughes about a collection of short essays in her new book, Obviously.
Canada How Canadians Are Reacting To Trudeau Brownface ScandalNPR NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kristy Kirkup of the Globe and Mail about how Canadians are reacting to a photo of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in brownface.
NPR Former NSA Inspector General Comments On Whistleblower IssueNPR NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with ex-NSA official Joel Brenner over how the acting director of National Intelligence and the Intelligence Community Inspector General handled a whistleblower complaint.
Floods Tropical Storm Imelda Swamps Southeast Texas With Heavy Rains And FloodingNPR The remnants of Tropical Imelda continue to move slowly across the state that saw severe flooding just two years after Hurricane Harvey.
Adam Schiff House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff Talks About Whistleblower ComplaintNPR NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff about a whistleblower complaint from the intelligence community, spurred by Trump's communications with a foreign leader.
Saudi Arabia What We Know About The Saudi AttackNPR - Ari Shapiro , Geoff Brumfiel On Sept. 14, a Saudi oil processing plant was rocked by a series of explosions. The facility, and another oil field, were attacked from the air. Here's what physical evidence exists about the attacks.
Amazon Amazon Makes 'Climate Pledge' As Workers Plan WalkoutNPR - Alina SelyukhAmazon is "done being in the middle of the herd" when it comes to climate-focused company policies, CEO Jeff Bezos said Thursday. The company is pledging to power its global infrastructure with 100% renewable
Play buttonMusic Constructing Jazz Inside Fine Art, And Vice-VersaNPR - Nate ChinenFor many observers of modern jazz, pianist Jason Moran became a known entity 20 years ago, with the release of his debut album. For Adrienne Edwards, curator of performance at the Whitney Museum of American
Birds North America Has Lost 3 Billion Birds, Scientists SayNPR - Nell GreenfieldboyceOver the past half-century, North America has lost more than a quarter of its entire bird population, or around 3 billion birds. That's according to a new estimate published in the journal Science by who
Vaping As Vaping Illnesses Rise, Doctors Warn Of Possible 'Irreversible Damage' To LungsNPR - Allison AubreyNationwide, people who vape continue to sicken with severe and unexplained lung illness, leaving doctors and patients concerned about both the acute and long-term effects of the injuries. The Centers Disease
Music A Sense Of Place Visit To Montmartre, Paris With Keren AnnNPR - Talia Schlanger , Kimberly JunodIn this special dispatch from Paris, Keren Ann shows us around the artistic neighborhood Montmartre, which has inspired a lot of her writing and is the place she calls home, even though she's lived in
Surveillance Edward Snowden Speaks Out: 'I Haven't And I Won't' Cooperate With RussiaNPR - Dave DaviesIn 2013, Edward Snowden was an IT systems expert working under contract for the National Security Agency when he traveled to Hong Kong to provide three journalists with thousands of top-secret documents
Play buttonMusic Soccer Mommy Leans Into Darkness With 'Lucy'NPR - Zoë JonesSophie Allison of Soccer Mommy has never shied away from gloomier moods in her music. On the band's new single, "Lucy," the singer and guitarist leans into the darker side of what it means to give in temptation.
Abortion With Abortion Restrictions On The Rise, Some Women Induce Their OwnNPR - Sarah McCammonWhen Arlen found out she was pregnant this year, she was still finishing college and knew she didn't want a child. There's a clinic near her home, but Arlen faced other obstacles to getting an abortion.
Adam Schiff Schiff Vows To Escalate Standoff Over Spy Complaint; 'Fake News,' Trump ScoffsNPR - Brian NaylorUpdated at 6:25 p.m. ET House intelligence committee Chairman Adam Schiff vowed Thursday he is willing to sue the Trump administration over a dispute about the content of an as-yet-unknown complaint to
