美国国家公共电台 NPR 'You Have Dark Skin And You Are Beautiful': The Long Fight Against Skin Bleaching

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Around the world, skin bleaching is popular, particularly in India, China and parts of Africa. Some immigrants have taken the tradition to the United States. In Minnesota, where the largest Somali community in the U.S. resi

美国国家公共电台 NPR From Sandwich Shops To Cotton Mills, Art That Honors The American Worker

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Hard work is going on at a Washington, D.C., museum. A man tightens a bolt with a wrench. A farm worker fills his sack with cotton. Rosie the Riveter rolls up her sleeve for a factory job. To be precise, these are depictions of h

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Man Behind 'Left Shark' Explains His Viral Super Bowl Moment

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's only a matter of days until the Super Bowl, and if you're counting down to the halftime show, this story is for you. (SOUNDBITE OF SUPER BOWL XLIX HALFTIME SHOW) KATY PERRY: (Singing) You make me feel like I'm living a teena

美国国家公共电台 NPR Germany's 'Babylon Berlin' Crime Series Is Like 'Cabaret' On Cocaine

Germany's 'Babylon Berlin' Crime Series Is Like 'Cabaret' On Cocaine KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: German TV series are getting popular here in the U.S. First there was Deutschland 83. Then there was Dark. And now the latest is a crime series set in 1920s Ber

美国国家公共电台 NPR T-Mobile, Sprint Announce A Plan For Merger

T-Mobile, Sprint Announce A Plan For Merger STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: T-Mobile and Sprint have agreed to merge. It is not clear yet whether regulators will approve. But if the deal goes through, it would mean the big four telecom companies would become th

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Retirement, America's Spies Are Getting Downright Chatty

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: There was a time when spies would retire and fade away, staying as quiet as they were when they were on duty. Now they go on cable TV. They write op-eds. They're on Twitter, criticizing the president quite often, and they also sp

美国国家公共电台 NPR Puerto Rican Comedy Troupe Aims To Lift Up Spirits Of Those Living On, Off The Island

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: In Puerto Rico, there's a joke that after Hurricane Maria, it was Puerto Ricans off the island who were the ones who really suffered. After all, they could turn on the TV and see how bad things really were. Well, one of Puerto Ri

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Bill To Make Every American Bear Arms, In The Novel 'Big Guns'

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now we want to tell you about a fictional treatment of a serious policy debate - guns. Since the Parkland shooting and massive demonstrations around the country led by a vocal group of teenagers, advocates for gun control hope th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Write A Poem About Your Team, On Or Off The Court

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. So this is the last day of April, which means that National Poetry Month is coming to a close so we wanted to catch up with NPR contributor and poet Kwame Alexander. He talked to Rachel Martin about some unexpected plac

美国国家公共电台 NPR Probiotics For Babies And Kids? New Research Explores Good Bacteria

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This year Americans will spend more than $2 billion on probiotics, supplements aimed at boosting what are called good bacteria inside us. One part of the market that's growing rapidly is probiotics for babies and kids. Here's NPR

美国国家公共电台 NPR Arkansas' 'Enhanced Concealed Carry' Allows Guns In Churches, Bars, State Capitol

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The state of Arkansas has a law allowing people to carry concealed weapons in churches, in bars, on college campuses, even in the state Capitol. Now, this requires a special permit, as well as training on what to do in an active s

美国国家公共电台 NPR Report To Army Finds Blast From Some Weapons May Put Shooter's Brain At Risk

Report To Army Finds Blast From Some Weapons May Put Shooter's Brain At Risk DAVID GREENE, HOST: There's a new report out today that finds that people in the military may be putting their own brains at risk when they fire certain high-powered weapons

美国国家公共电台 NPR French Museum Discovers More Than Half Its Collection Is Forged

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: A museum in southern France has discovered that half its collection of paintings thought to be by a celebrated local artist are counterfeit. And it gets worse - investigators say that works by other regional artists could also be

美国国家公共电台 NPR Great White Sharks Have A Secret 'Cafe,' And They Led Scientists Right To It

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Next we have a discovery about the ocean, which scientists learned from great white sharks. NPR's Merrit Kennedy has a story that reveals how much we don't know about what's underwater. MERRIT KENNEDY, BYLINE: Barbara Block has b

美国国家公共电台 NPR Chef Ruth Rogers Discusses 3 Decades Of The River Café London

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: It's not every day that one of the most famous chefs and restauranteurs in the world shows up at your front door and offers to cook you lunch. But Ruth Rogers has a new cookbook out celebrating three decades since she co-foun

美国国家公共电台 NPR Human Ashes Left At The Vietnam Memorial Find A Not-Final Resting Place

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: This Memorial Day, my co-host Ari Shapiro brings us a story of one of the lives that was shaped by the Vietnam War. We begin at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial here in Washington as evening falls. ARI SHAPIRO, BYLINE: By this t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Do DIY Medical Tests Promise More Than They Can Deliver?

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A growing number of startups are trying to drive a revolution in lab testing. You can buy a test to check your thyroid, sleep hormones or even vitamin deficiencies from the privacy of your own home. But these online ventures may

美国国家公共电台 NPR Businesses In Saudi Arabia Struggle With Changing Regulations

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's said that many businesspeople prize stability. No matter the taxes or regulations they face, there's a case to be made for keeping the rules that your business already knows. Business owners in Saudi Arabia do not have that

美国国家公共电台 NPR Cryptocurrency Miners Make Big Promises In Small Towns

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Like many American manufacturing towns, Massena, N.Y., has hemorrhaged jobs in the past decade. GM and Reynolds Metal closed. Aluminum company Alcoa downsized. But now Massena is banking on a new opportunity to boost its economy

美国国家公共电台 NPR Priscilla Renea Refuses To Be Quiet About Racism In Country Music

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally, today, even if you don't know her name, you probably know Priscilla Renea's work from the lyrics she's written for stars like Pitbull and Rhianna and Fifth Harmony over the past decade. Now you can hear her words in her