Search results for

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with gun control advocate and member of the Colorado General Assembly Tom Sullivan about the Boulder shooting. Sullivan lost his son, Alex, in the 2012 shooting in Aurora.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin president and leader of the opposition in the Republic of Ireland, about Brexit and how cross-border relations are working.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Colson Whitehead about his new book, The Underground Railroad, in which slaves ride a a real railroad through time to see racism in different eras.

A24's new film Pillion follows a timid singer pulled into a biker's BDSM relationship. Alexander Skarsgård talks about his enigmatic character in the movie.

Online habits may be shifting to social media, but email is still the be-all and end-all for grass-roots political fundraising. Get ready for your inbox to be flooded.

Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman's expected return to the campaign trail comes as issues such as abortion rights and gun violence have taken on a new intensity.

The return of the Women's World Cup could mean more iconic shots of shirtless celebrations revealing sports bras. The garment has come a long way from its humble beginnings.

A month has elapsed since the war ended in Sri Lanka. Yet people on that island nation are still trying to piece together their lives. Many have been celebrating the government's stunning defeat of the Tamil Tiger separatist rebels who it fought for nearly three decades, but the war has left many scars and much unsettled business.

Journeys — near and far, into the past and even into near space — are the subject of the novels, memoirs and narrative histories that make up critic Maureen Corrigan's summer reading list.

Voyager 1 has been traveling through space since 1977, and some scientists hoped it could keep sending back science data for 50 years. But a serious glitch has put that milestone in jeopardy.

Ted Stanger, a former Newsweek correspondent and writer on French affairs, discusses the grievances behind the French riots and the political ramifications of the violence.

An NPR investigation helped 15,000 veterans hang on to their homes, but some in Congress want to kill the program that made mortgages more affordable.

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to grant full approval to the Alzheimer's drug lecanemab by July 6. But access to the drug may still be limited.

Congress is back after a week-long break and is poised to move ahead with Republicans' plan to fund immigration enforcement for the next three years.

New editions of "Pink Flamingos," "Desperate Living," and "Flamingos Forever" were released this week.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to journalist Tom Johnson about his career and experiences in battling depression, which he describes in his new memoir, Driven.

It’s the start of a holiday weekend. What you want to do most is kick back, relax, see some friends, and enjoy summer. But you don’t want to cook and invite people over because it all totally stresses you out. Sound familiar?

Sonny Chiba was a prolific actor known for his Japanese martial arts movies, which featured his brutal movements and fearsome facial expressions. Chiba died at age 82 due to complications from COVID.

This weekend, the Kennedy Center will award the 18th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor to actor and comedian Eddie Murphy. NPR's Michel Martin takes a look back at Murphy's long career.

Robert "Big Red" Rankin, a retired chemical worker from California who supported John Edwards, is an undeclared superdelegate with an important vote to cast. He's trying to decide which of the two remaining Democratic candidates will be best for working families.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about what he's accomplished leading the department.

Mohammed Monsuri, who is incarcerated at the New York prison, describes how he learned about the pandemic and the challenges of staying safe. The coronavirus has hit prisons across the U.S. hard.

In the new show Swarm, Dominique Fishback plays a serial killer obsessed with a pop star.

The white and Black descendents of Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black History and founder of Black History Month, come together to heal their past.

Former President Trump was supposed to testify under oath, facing questions from New York's attorney general. That and the Mar-a-Lago search barely scratch the surface of the legal headaches he faces.