Colm Toibin vowed to never write a sequel. Until ‘Long Island’
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Colm Toibin about his new novel Long Island. His main character opens her front door to a stranger who accuses her husband of having an affair with his wife.
Student protestors worry how school disciplinary actions will affect their futures
Hundreds of college students across the U.S. have been arrested, and many suspended and expelled, for participating in pro-Palestinian protests. Some students reflect on their actions and punishment.
U.S. Senate candidates aim to win over Latino voters in Arizona
Latino voter turnout is expected to swell in swing states like Arizona, a trend that voting data indicates should help Democrats like congressman and U.S. Senate hopeful Ruben Gallego.
Revisiting our talk about the podcast ‘You Didn’t See Nothin,’ now a Pulitzer winner
The podcast You Didn’t See Nothin’ has now won a Pulitzer Prize in Audio Reporting. We revisit a conversation with the reporter behind the project, Yohance Lacour.
Brittney Griner shares her experience behind bars in Russia
Brittney Griner didn’t know the flight she was taking to Moscow in February 2022 would upend her life. But even before she left for the airport, Griner felt something was off.
It was a premonition that foreshadowed a waking nightmare.
She had accidentally left two vape cartridges with traces of cannabis oil in her luggage. What followed was nearly 10 months of struggle in a cell, and diplomatic efforts from the U.S. to get her home.
Griner reflects on the experience in her new memoir, ‘Coming Home’ and discusses it in depth with NPR’s Juana Summers.
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Stormy Daniels took the stand today in Trump’s criminal trial in New York
The woman at the center of the hush money scandal, adult film star Stormy Daniels testified on Tuesday in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York.
An American family is home after years in a Syrian camp for ISIS militants’ relatives
A family of 10 American citizens who were held for years in a Syrian refugee camp and detention center for relatives of ISIS militants have been repatriated to the United States.
Johnny Cash and Daisy Bates are both getting their due from their home state
The “Man in Black,” singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, and civil rights icon Daisy Bates will be honored with statues representing Arkansas, at the U.S. Capitol later this year.
Neoliberal economics: The road to freedom or authoritarianism?
Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz’s new book argues the road to tyranny is paved not by too much, but by too little government.
Archive of Japanese Americans detained in internment camps is available online
A list of over 125,000 Asian Americans incarcerated in Japanese internment camps during WWII is now searchable online.
Oregon community reduces planet-warming pollution by building energy efficiently
A new tribal community in Oregon is demonstrating that affordable homes can be energy efficient and withstand the impacts of climate change.
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