美国国家公共电台 NPR Deeply Divided Couple Learns How To Navigate Politics In Trump Era

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: On the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration, Americans are still deeply divided about the next president. That includes some married couples who voted differently in the election, couples like Marty and Jessica Halprin. They live i

美国国家公共电台 NPR An 'Old Friend Of China' Prepares To Bridge Differences At A Fraught Time

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump made China a regular target of his rhetorical attacks. So it's safe to say the next U.S. ambassador to China is going to have to manage a diplomatic relationship that is even more complic

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump's Inauguration Sets Up Uncertain Future For Conservative Movement

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The politics of Donald Trump are not easily categorized. Unlike conservative congressional Republicans, he shows little interest in reforming Social Security and Medicare. His inaugural address today sounded populist themes, but

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Do You Know If Aid Really Works? Turns Out ... We Often Don't

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Here's an idea that sounds pretty obvious. Before you spend lots of money on an aid program, wouldn't you want to run a test to make certain the program actually works? If you want to help farmers, should you buy them seeds or just

美国国家公共电台 NPR You've Got To 'Comb' Together To Solve This One

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: After a momentous week in news, let's tune out of politics for just a moment and tune into The Puzzle. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) GARCIA-NAVARRO: Will Shortz is the puzzle editor of The New York Times and WEEKEND EDITION's puz

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Goodnight Moon' Author Margaret Wise Brown Was No Old Lady Whispering Hush

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Margaret Wise Brown's children's books are some of the most loved. Here's a hint to help you think of one - just two words - Goodnight Moon. There are countless others, including Runaway Bunny, which happens to celebrate

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Dolores' Focuses On Life Of Labor And Civil Rights Leader Dolores Huerta

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now, if you follow the history of the civil rights movement, then Dolores Huerta is a name that you likely know. She was one of the co-founders of the group that became the United Farm Workers working with the late Cesar Chavez.

美国国家公共电台 NPR President Trump To Cut Regulations By '75 Percent' — How Real Is That?

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: President Trump made an eyebrow-raising claim yesterday. As part of an effort to make America more business friendly, the president said he thinks his administration can eliminate 75 percent or more of government regulations. Thr

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Bans U.S. Funding For Groups That 'Promote' Abortion Overseas

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump signed several executive orders yesterday. One of them was related to abortion. His order restored something called the Mexico City policy, which bars U.S. funding for any international aid group that provides abo

美国国家公共电台 NPR How To Make Broadcast Towers More Bird-Friendly: Turn Off Some Lights

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: There are more than 100,000 broadcast and cell towers across this country. You use them every time you make a cellphone call or turn on the radio in your car. They're a problem, though, for migrating birds. Every year, millions o

美国国家公共电台 NPR Obamacare Repeal Threatens A Health Benefit Popular In Coal Country

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Affordable Care Act includes special provisions that make it easier for coal miners to get black lung benefits. If the ACA goes away, obtaining those benefits could become harder. Kara Lofton of West Virginia Public Broadcast

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Speed Dating' For Farmers And Chefs: ISO A Perfect Local-Food Match

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There was a gathering here in Washington, D.C. last week that had nothing to do with the inauguration or with politics. It was an occasion for matchmaking, although not a romantic kind. Here, farmers got set up with chefs in an e

美国国家公共电台 NPR 2017 Oscar Nominations: 'La La Land' Leads With 14, Including Best Picture

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The nominations for the 89th Academy Awards were announced this morning. NPR arts correspondent Mandalit del Barco joins us now from Park City, Utah. That's where the Sundance Film Festival is taking place. She joins us to talk a

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Why Time Flies' Investigates How Humans Experience Time

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Time, according to a couple of studies, is the most commonly used noun in the English language. I learned that from reading Alan Burdick's new book, Why Time Flies, a study of time that he calls a mostly scientific investigation.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Kangaroo Care Helps Preemies And Full Term Babies, Too

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Kangaroo mother care, it's a technique for mothers to bond with their newborns immediately after delivery. And the name kind of gives away what this is all about. Naked newborns are placed on their mother's bare chest, a little l

美国国家公共电台 NPR Rural Colorado's Opioid Connections Might Hold Clues To Better Treatment

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Heroin and prescription painkillers are fueling a rise in overdoses around the country, and research shows rural areas are particularly at risk. From Colorado, Luke Runyon of member station KUNC has this on the connection between r

美国国家公共电台 NPR Hiring Freeze And Obamacare Repeal Could Clobber Veterans Affairs

DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs has not been confirmed yet, but two of the executive orders the president signed this week could have a direct effect on the department and also the veterans it

美国国家公共电台 NPR Can Groups Sue Over Trump's Business Conflicts Even If They Weren't Harmed?

DAVID GREENE, HOST: On Monday, a team of ethics lawyers and legal scholars filed suit claiming that President Trump's many foreign business dealings violate the Constitution. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: They cite the Emoluments Clause, a provision in the Co

美国国家公共电台 NPR Mary Tyler Moore: On Her Own, Single And Singular

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Americans said goodbye yesterday to Mary Tyler Moore, who died yesterday at the age of 80. She won seven Emmy Awards for her work on TV, but that number doesn't quite describe her place in the culture. She played characters to wh

美国国家公共电台 NPR Can Sobriety Tests Weed Out Drivers Who've Smoked Too Much Weed?

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The highest court in the state of Massachusetts is considering roadside sobriety tests, specifically whether the tests that police use to determine drunk driving can also prove a driver is high on marijuana. As NPR's Tovia Smith re