World News Alabama Historians Say The Last Known Slave Ship Has Been FoundNPRThe Alabama Historical Commission says a wrecked ship off the Gulf Coast is the Clotilda, the last known vessel to bring people from Africa to the United States and into bondage. At the Robert Hope Community
Music The Thistle & Shamrock: DreamtimeNPRSettle into an hour of soothing voices and soaring instrumentals that all go to prove this roots music business needn't always be high-energy. Featured in this episode are Davy Spillane, William Jackson,
Military 'Nuking The Moon' Looks At Intelligence And Military Schemes That Didn't Make ItNPR Nuking the Moon is a new book that chronicles the history of unusual confidential military projects.
NPR Conditions Are Deteriorating At Syria Camp Where ISIS Families Are Being HeldNPR - Jane Arraf Conditions are deteriorating at a camp in Syria where thousands of families of ISIS members are being held. There's little medical care or aid and people are getting more violent and desperate.
Chokehold Arizona Prisons Urged To Reverse Ban On 'Chokehold' BookNPR - Bobby AllynState corrections officials in Arizona are facing calls to reverse a ban on a book that that explores the impact of the criminal justice system on black men. Prison officials say the book contains "unauthorized
Theresa May Members Of British Prime Minister Theresa May's Party Join Calls For Her To ResignNPR - Frank Langfitt The leader of Britain's House of Commons has quit — the latest sign of growing pressure on Prime Minister Theresa May to step down amid deep dissatisfaction with her handling of Brexit.
NPR Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan Writer And Gay Rights Activist, Dies At 48NPR Binyavanga Wainaina, one of Africa's best-known writers and gay rights activists, died Tuesday at 48. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Kenyan blogger and journalist James Murua about Wainaina's legacy.
Democrats White House Spokesperson Discusses Trump's Remarks On Working With DemocratsNPR NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with White House spokesperson Adam Kennedy about the president's remarks Wednesday about refusing to work with Democrats on policy until "phony investigations" are done.
War Crimes Possible Presidential Pardons Are Coming For U.S. Servicemen Convicted Of War CrimesNPR NPR's Audie Cornish talks with David Lapan, a former DHS spokesman and retired marine, about possible presidential pardons coming for U.S. servicemen convicted of war crimes.
World News 'Won't Give Up': Siblings Of Jailed Saudi Women's Rights Activist Speak Out In U.S.NPR - Deborah AmosSaudi siblings Lina and Walid Alhathloul check their phones constantly for any mention of their sister on social media. They have already done four interviews on the day of the PEN awards and sit down
Democrats Democrats Clash With Homeland Security Secretary Over Migrant Children DeathsNPR - Joel Rose Democrats on Capitol Hill clashed with the acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan on Wednesday over the deaths of five migrant children, who died after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Largest Migrant Processing Center In U.S. Briefly Shutdown After Flu CasesNPR - John Burnett U.S. Customs and Border Protection briefly shut down its largest migrant processing center in South Texas after 32 migrants became ill with the flu.
NPR Lawyer Who Handled Sept. 11 Victims Fund To Mediate Talks Between Bayer, PlaintiffsNPR - Vanessa RomoKenneth Feinberg has been called on to tackle the emotionally grueling job of figuring out the monetary value of victims' lives following a slew of tragedies. And now, a federal judge in California has
Play buttonMusic One LA Community Where Folk And Rock ConvergedNPR - Audie Cornish , Art SilvermanSome music is so ingrained in our collective minds that it's easy to forget how game-changing it was. In the late 1960s, a marriage of rock and folk took place and much of the popular music from that was
World News More Than 1,000 Holocaust Victims Are Buried In Belarus After Mass Grave DiscoveredNPR - Sasha IngberMore than 1,000 victims of the Holocaust were buried Wednesday in Belarus, some 70 years after they were killed in the genocide. Their bones were unearthed this winter by construction workers as they to
NASA NASA Wants To Send Your Name To Mars In 2020NPR - Joe Palca NASA wants you to go to Mars...at least, they want your name to go. As part of a publicity campaign, the public can fill out a form and have a name coded on a microchip to head up in 2020.
Parole 'American Taliban' John Walker Lindh Scheduled To Be Released On ParoleNPR - Greg Myre John Walker Lindh, the "American Taliban" captured in Afghanistan shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, is scheduled to be released on parole Thursday after serving 17 years of a 20-year sentence.
Virginia Investigation Into Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's Yearbook Was InconclusiveNPR - Mallory Noe-Payne The investigation into the racist photo on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's yearbook page was inconclusive, but school officials knew of the photo before his election and did not go public.
Impeachment House Majority Whip James Clyburn Weighs In On Calls For ImpeachmentNPR NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., the third ranking Democrat in the House, about growing calls for an impeachment inquiry from the House Democratic Caucus.
Iran Iran Intelligence Expert Discusses Current U.S.-Iran SituationNPR NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Heather Williams, an Iran intelligence expert at the Rand Corporation, for context on the current situation between the U.S. and Iran.
Politics New Hampshire Voters Pose Harder Questions To Presidential CandidatesNPR - Jason Moon With presidential candidates skilled at giving less-than-responsive answers to tough questions, some New Hampshire voters are upping their game and learning how ask harder questions.
Democrats Trump Walks Out Of Meeting With Congressional DemocratsNPR - Tamara Keith A scheduled meeting between President Trump and congressional Democrats blew up Wednesday after Trump walked out of the meeting complaining about Democratic investigations into his administration.
Ralph Northam School Knew About Racist Photo In Va. Governor's Yearbook Years Before Scandal BrokeNPR - Ben PaviourAn investigation into a racist photo on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's medical school yearbook page revealed that the school's top officials were aware of the photo years before it publicly surfaced in
Africa Binyavanga Wainaina Tells Us 'How To Write About Africa'NPREditor's note: Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina died on Tuesday, May 22 after an illness. Perhaps his most acclaimed work was the satiric essay "How To Write About Africa," which we are reprinting. Always
Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman On The $20 Bill? Not During The Trump AdministrationNPR - Brian NaylorRemember the planned redesign of the $20 bill that was going to include the first African American woman to appear on U.S. currency? Well, don't expect to see Harriett Tubman on your $20 any time soon.
Red Nose Day Red Nose Day 2019: How Does It Work, And Why Is It Being Criticized?NPR - Malaka GharibMay 23 is Red Nose Day in the United States. March 15 was Red Nose Day in the United Kingdom. Both are charity events involving red foam noses sold as part of fundraising campaigns to fight child poverty
Bill Cassidy Surprise Medical Bills Are Driving People Into Debt: Will Congress Act To Stop Them?NPR - Rachel BluthSurprise medical bills — those unexpected and often pricey bills patients face when they get care from a doctor or hospital that isn't in their insurance network — are the health care problem du jour Washington,
Business Many Are Replacing Disability Checks With PaychecksNPR - Scott HorsleyDuring and after the Great Recession, people turned to disability rolls in large numbers to make ends meet. This accelerated what had been going on for a generation, as the federal government's disability
Woody Harrelson ABC Takes A Risky Gamble By Reviving 2 Classic Sitcoms For Live BroadcastNPR - David BianculliJamie Foxx plays George Jefferson and Woody Harrelson is Archie Bunker in the ABC special Live in Front of a Studio Audience, which recreates individual episodes of two vintage Norman Lear shows. This
Horns Branford Marsalis Revels In Jazz's Timeless Challenges On New AlbumNPR - Kevin WhiteheadSaxophonist Marsalis has been leading a quartet for the last 20 years, with only one personnel change; their new album, The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul, shows they're still going strong. This
