Failure To Save A Child In Wartime Inspires Wound-Healing Tech
As a soldier, Kit Parker saw horrific injuries. As a scientist, he led an effort to create high-tech dressings that speed healing and reduce scarring.
Scientists Say You May Live Longer By Severely Restricting Calories
Scientists have long been fascinated with whether dramatic restrictions in the amount of food we eat can help us live longer. New research suggests it might, but the question is, is it worth it?
Notre Dame Crowned Women’s Basketball Champs After Buzzer Beater
With 0.1 seconds left on the clock, guard Arike Ogunbowale hit a 3-pointer to give Notre Dame the NCAA championship over Mississippi State 61-58 Sunday night in Columbus, Ohio.
Oklahoma Teachers Set For Statewide Walkout Amid Continued Pay Dispute
Teachers have rejected a pay raise passed by the state legislature last week, saying it doesn’t go far enough in addressing deep cuts in education in recent years.
An Afghan Military Interpreter Finds Footing In The U.S. Gig Economy
Ajmal Faqiri came to the U.S. on a Special Immigrant Visa after working as a interpreter and translator for the U.S. military in his home country of Afghanistan. Now, he works the gig economy.
Oklahoma Teachers To Strike This Week
The state legislature passed a bill that raises teacher salaries by $6,100. Teachers say the bill doesn’t go far enough. NPR’s Sarah McCammon asks state Sen. Joseph Silk about why he opposed the bill.
After Stephon Clark Shooting, Sacramento Protests Grow More Diverse
One protester was struck and injured by a police car in the fifth night of protests in Sacramento, Calif., following the police shooting of an unarmed black man.
White Evangelicals Discuss Intersection of Faith And Political Leadership
On Easter Sunday, NPR’s Sarah McCammon talks with Johnnie Moore, an evangelical advisor to President Trump, Liberty University professor Karen Swallow Prior, and evangelical activist Shane Claiborne.
Woman At Stephon Clark Vigil Is Struck By Sheriff’s Vehicle
The activist, Wanda Cleveland, 61, was there to protest the death of an unarmed black man who was killed by police officers in March.
Battling Heroin With A Hearse And A Prayer
In a West Virginia community hard hit by the opioid crisis, two people have taken on the fight against addiction, using unorthodox — and very different — approaches.
Policing Since Ferguson: What’s Changed?
Police shootings of black men are once again in the news, with the protests this weekend in Sacramento and the release on Friday of disturbing new videos of the 2016 shooting of Alton Sterling.
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