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DAVID GREENE, HOST: If you have been monitoring the rise of populist nationalism around the world, you can now turn attention to Brazil. Brazilians will be voting for their next president on Sunday, and the candidates include Jair Bolsonaro. He's a r

美国国家公共电台 NPR An Unlikely Pair Share A Moment That Goes Beyond Politics

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's Friday and time for StoryCorps. Today, the launch of a new project - it is called One Small Step. And it's an effort to bring together Americans with differing political views. After the 2016 election, J

美国国家公共电台 NPR Tom Petty's Legacy Lives On As 'An American Treasure'

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Here's a little-known version of a well-known song by Tom Petty. He's playing live in Hollywood in 1977. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, BREAKDOWN) TOM PETTY: (Singing) It's all right if you love me. It's all right if you don't. INSKEEP: It'

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Wounded Warrior's 80 Surgeries — And Record Of Resilience

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: An Army major named DJ Skelton retired on Monday at a ceremony in Arlington, Va. In attendance were family, friends and fellow soldiers, also a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior Pentagon officials. A fou

美国国家公共电台 NPR It's Been 25 Years Since The Federal Gas Tax Went Up

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Today, we are marking an anniversary. Twenty-five years ago this week was the last time the federal gas tax went up. Today, that tax is still what it was in 1993 - 18.4 cents per gallon. And yet the costs of building and maintaini

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Legacy Of 'Adam's Song,' An Anthem To Darkness, Loss — And Recovery

(SOUNDBITE OF BLINK-182 SONG, ALL THE SMALL THINGS) ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In 1999, the pop-punk band Blink-182 had a certain reputation. For starters, they named their big album that year Enema Of The State. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, ALL THE SMALL THINGS) BLI

美国国家公共电台 NPR The American Dream: One Block Can Make All The Difference

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Now, is geography destiny? Does the place where you were born and raised determine how far you will get in life? Harvard economist Raj Chetty and colleagues recently developed an online tool called The Opportunity Atlas. It i

美国国家公共电台 NPR At 94, Mike Nussbaum Is The Oldest Working Stage Actor In Show Biz

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Mike Nussbaum is earning rave reviews for his portrayal of Rudy, a grandfather who's confronting loss and decline in Rachel Bond's play Curve Of Departure at the Northlight Theatre near Chicago. Mike Nussbaum won a Drama Desk Award

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Green,' A Pre-Teen Wisens Up To His Privilege

LAUREN FRAYER, HOST: It's 1992. Your hair is gelled up, you're sporting high-tops, maybe still listening to Run-DMC on cassette, and that's the setting for a new coming-of-age novel that's also a look at race in America. The book, titled Green, follo

美国国家公共电台 NPR Family Is The Life Of The Party In HBO Doc 'A Quincea?era Story'

LAUREN FRAYER, HOST: When you hear the Spanish word quinceanera, you might think of poufy, pink dresses, big, boisterous family parties and a traditional rite of passage for 15-year-old Latina girls. A new HBO documentary series takes us inside the m

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Tully Gets It': Charlize Theron Wants An Honest Conversation About Motherhood

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: In her new film Tully, written by Diablo Cody, Charlize Theron is Marlo, a mom completely overwhelmed by the arrival of her third child until Tully, a night nanny, walks through the door. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, TULLY) MACKENZI

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Failing Patients': Baltimore Video Highlights Crisis Of Emergency Psychiatric Care

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Emergency room doctors and mental health advocates say there's a crisis happening in ERs. Surging numbers of patients with psychiatric disabilities are not receiving the care they need. NPR's Merrit Kennedy reports the issu

美国国家公共电台 NPR Battling Heroin With A Hearse And A Prayer

KORVA COLEMAN, HOST: Here's a number that shows just how bad the opioid crisis is in Huntington, W. Va. The rate of babies born there with a drug dependency is 10 times higher than the national average. We're going to meet two people in that communit

美国国家公共电台 NPR Battling Depression And Suicide Among Female Veterans

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Increasingly, the VA and other organizations are recognizing that women leaving military service have unique needs which aren't being met. Here's one telling statistic. Female veterans are nearly 2 1/2 times more likely than civi

美国国家公共电台 NPR How A Half-Hour In A U.S. Embassy Changed A Life

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: There are times when we can connect surprisingly deeply with someone and then never see them again, a missed connection. A while ago, we asked you to tell us your missed connection stories and let us help you find that pers

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Top Impressionist, Melissa Villase?or Is Finding Her Own Voice On 'SNL'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The new season of Saturday Night Live debuts tonight. Stand-up comedian Melissa Villasenor will debut as a full cast member. She's been called an impression machine for impersonations of celebrities both real and imagined, includin

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Texas, A Summer Job That Helps Provide Temporary Refuge For Migrants

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In places along the border, some college students are getting a close-up look at the situation as it's unfolding. Youth Radio's Billy Cruz met two students in El Paso, Texas, who are spending their summer volunteering in a migran

美国国家公共电台 NPR Turning The Tables 2018 Shows The 'Change Within Tradition'

NOEL KING, HOST: Last year, NPR Music set out to make a list of the greatest albums by women, a list that was curated entirely by women. It was called Turning the Tables. Today there is a new list focused on the music of the 21st century. And Ann Pow

美国国家公共电台 NPR Maryland Newsroom Shooting That Left 5 Dead Was 'Targeted Attack'

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Now more details about the shooting we mentioned at a newsroom in Annapolis, Md. This unfolded this afternoon at the Capital Gazette, a paper owned by The Baltimore Sun. We do not know how many people have been shot. We do no

美国国家公共电台 NPR Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe Says He Won't Support His Old Party

Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe Says He Won't Support His Old Party NOEL KING, HOST: Today is election day in Zimbabwe. These are the first elections there since President Robert Mugabe was forced out last year. Mugabe was in power for 37 years until Novemb