Hair 'Hair Love' Uses Animation To Bring A Story Of Natural Hair In Black Families To LifeNPR - Michel MartinIf you are heading to the movies to see The Angry Birds Movie 2, then you are in for a double treat. Playing before that feature is an animated short called Hair Love. Conceived and directed by Matthew
World News Trump Walks Back Statements On China; White House Walks Them ForwardNPR - Shannon Van SantPresident Trump is meeting with his counterparts at the G-7 summit in France, where he walked back previous statements on trade with China. On Friday, Trump hiked tariffs on Chinese imports and threatened
Joe Walsh Former Congressman And Talk Radio Host Joe Walsh Announces Trump Primary ChallengeNPR - Bobby AllynJoe Walsh, a conservative talk-radio host and former Tea Party congressman, is launching a long-shot primary challenge to President Trump. He's the second Republican to officially announce a run against
Culture 'The Warehouse' Is Scary Because It's PlausibleNPR - Gabino IglesiasRob Hart's The Warehouse is an entertaining read as a slightly dystopian cyberthriller. But start looking at how plausible it is, notice all the ways in which the things Hart describes — awful healthcare,
Saltwater 'Painting' The Ghost Forests Of The Mid-Atlantic CoastNPR - Claire HarbageMassive stands of silvery trees rise skeletally out of saltwater marshes at the edges of the Chesapeake and Delaware bays, a significant part of the coastlines of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and New A
Music A Trumpet Made Of Bullets And The Kids Who Inspired It Take Hope Around The CountryNPR - Talia Schlanger , John MyersEveryone knows what a trumpet looks like: shiny brass. But the Instrument of Hope is mostly black. Except for the lead pipe — the straight part that extends from the mouthpiece. "Bullets that were shot
NPR Consequences Of The U.S. DeficitNPRThe U.S. deficit is set to reach a record $1 trillion. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Michael Peterson of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a nonpartisan fiscal watchdog group. The U.S. budget deficit ballooning,
Culture In 'Tigers Are Not Afraid,' A Dark Fantasy Amid Mexico's Drug WarNPR - Leila FadelEstrella, age 11, is granted three magical wishes after a tragic event at her school — only to find out that her fate is about to take an even worse turn. It sounds like the beginning of a dark fairy but
Robotics Robots Compete In Disaster TestNPR - Kathleen DavisRobotics teams from all over the country compete in Pennsylvania in the Subterranean Challenge to see whose robot performs best in a simulated mine disaster scenario. Robotic engineers from all over the
Tariffs View From China On TariffsNPR - Emily Feng The escalating trade war with the U.S. is viewed in China with a stoic posture that might obscure some real economic concerns.
Botanical Gardens Shhhhh. Listen Closely. Your Plants Might Be TalkingNPR - Dana CroninThere's an old belief among farmers that on a quiet night, if you listen closely, you can hear the sound of corn growing. A new exhibit at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden proves that theory to be true. Take
Guns Firearms Museum Focuses On Gun Safety, History And CultureNPR - Kamila KudelskaTucked away in the northwest corner of Wyoming is one of the largest gun collections in the world: The Cody Firearms Museum. But it's recently gotten a makeover, moving away away from being a monument
Culture 'My Papi Has A Motorcycle' Pays Loving Tribute To A California ChildhoodNPR - Leila Fadel , Samantha BalabanIn My Papi Has A Motorcyle, a little girl named Daisy Ramona waits for her dad to come home from work so they can ride around their city, Corona, Calif., on the back of his motorcycle. They pass a tortilla
Science Academic Science Rethinks All-Too-White 'Dude Walls' Of HonorNPR - Nell GreenfieldboyceA few years ago, TV celebrity Rachel Maddow was at Rockefeller University to hand out a prize that's given each year to a prominent female scientist. As Maddow entered the auditorium, someone overheard
Science Getting Coral To ReproduceNPRNPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Florida Aquarium's lead coral scientist Keri O'Neil about getting stone coral to repeatedly reproduce in a lab setting. This could help save global coral populations. For
Diamonds A Diamond In The Rough (In Arkansas)NPRNPR's Leila Fadel talks with Miranda Hollingshead about her gem of a visit to an Arkansas state park. Not every trip to a state park goes as well as a recent one did for Miranda Hollingshead of Bogata,
World News G-7 UpdateNPR - Frank LangfittAt the G-7 summit in France, President Trump signaled that he's had second thoughts about the escalating trade war with China. Leaders of the world's major economies, including President Trump, are meeting
Politics Sunday PoliticsNPR - Ayesha RascoePresident Trump went to the G-7 summit in France on the offensive, but U.S. allies are worried about how his trade policies could affect the global economy. President Trump is in France at the G-7 summit,
Protest In Hong Kong, Moderate And Radical Protesters Join Forces To Avoid Past DivisionsNPR - Anthony KuhnThe protests that have rocked Hong Kong for much of the past three months have followed familiar patterns. First, hundreds of thousands of people, including families with babies in strollers, pack the
Mali Basketball Recruit On Leaving MaliNPRNPR's Leila Fadel talks to top college basketball recruit N'Faly Dante, who left Mali, and his mother, to pursue his hoop dreams in the U.S. There are big moments in a teenager's life that they just want
New Hampshire Politics Former Log Cabin Republican On Why She LeftNPRNPR's Leila Fadel talks to Jennifer Horn about her decision to step down from the board of the Log Cabin Republicans, a national LGBTQ organization, after it endorsed President Trump for reelection. Jennifer
NPR Cancer Fears Over Ethylene Oxide In GeorgiaNPR - Jim BurressFederal data recently linked emissions of the widely used chemical ethylene oxide to a higher risk of cancer. Now there are calls to shut down two plants that use it near Atlanta. For decades, the chemical
Harry Reid To Forward Progressive Agenda, Harry Reid Says The Filibuster Must GoNPR - Leila FadelAt 79, Harry Reid may be retired, living in a gated community in Henderson in his home state of Nevada, but his national political shadow looms large. He spent 34 years in Congress before retiring his
Diets Praise, Don't Tease, And Other Tips To Help Kids With Their WeightNPR - Susie NeilsonDale Knuth, now 58, says that in childhood her weight was a source of anguish — largely because of how her family treated her. "I had a brother who tormented me constantly," she says. "If I came home school
Culture 'The Downstairs Girl' Faces Difficult History With Joy And StyleNPR - Caitlyn PaxsonIn her previous works of historical fiction, Stacey Lee offered readers a Chinese-American perspective on the Old West and turn-of-the-century San Francisco. Now, with The Downstairs Girl, she turns to
Gibraltar Iranian Oil Tanker Leaves Gibraltar, Despite U.S. Efforts To Keep It DetainedNPR - Gabriela SaldiviaAn Iranian oil tanker that's been at the center of a diplomatic drama between the United States and Iran is back on the move six weeks after being seized off the coast of Gibraltar. The Grace 1 was seized
Jury Duty Law Professor On California's New Police Use-Of-Force LawNPRNPR's Michel Martin speaks with law professor Seth Stoughton about California's new law restricting law enforcement's use of deadly force. This week, California adopted new standards governing the use
Trade War Former U.S. Commerce Secretary Says Trade War Steeped In 'Emotion And Antagonism'NPRAmerican business owners weigh in on the most recent escalation in the U.S.-China trade war. As we have said, trade tensions between the U.S. and China have been building, so from time to time, we've checking
Trade War The U.S.-China Trade War's Blow To American Business OwnersNPRNPR's Michel Martin speaks to former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez about the latest developments in the US-China trade war. Now we're going to focus on the economy, especially the escalating
Politics Amid Mixed Messaging, Brazil's Bolsonaro Sends Troops To Fight Amazon FiresNPR - Philip ReevesUnder pressure in his country and abroad, Brazil's president is using military resources to fight fires in the Amazon and take action against those setting them. Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, is
