美国国家公共电台 NPR Supreme Court To Lose Its Swing Voter: Justice Anthony Kennedy To Retire

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The decider - that is the role that Justice Anthony Kennedy has played on the Supreme Court for a long time - 30 years. He has played a consequential role authoring decisions that remade the face of marriage in America, and h

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Wildfires Rage, Smoke Chokes Out Farmworkers And Delays Some Crops

DAVID GREENE, HOST: This summer, smoke from wildfires has blanketed much of the West for days, even weeks. And that smoke has come in between the sun and ripening crops, which has become a worry for farmers. The Northwest News Network's Anna King rep

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Deeply Disturbing' Conditions For Rohingya In Myanmar, And Those Yet To Return

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: By some estimates, at least 700,000 ethnic Rohingya refugees are living in sprawling camps on the Bangladesh side of the border with Myanmar. It's one of the biggest humanitarian crises of our time. Whether or not they can return

美国国家公共电台 NPR Study Puts Puerto Rico Death Toll From Hurricane Maria Near 5,000

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We have a sense today for how deadly Hurricane Maria's impact on Puerto Rico truly was. A new study estimates the number of dead could be around 5,000, which is much higher than the official figure, which was 64. In a moment, we'

美国国家公共电台 NPR Opinion: Christine Blasey Ford's Moving Testimony

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: I think a lot of people might have felt a jolt in their souls when Dr. Christine Blasey Ford told the Senate Judiciary Committee that one of the most vivid, indelible memories she has of the night she says she was sexually assaulte

美国国家公共电台 NPR Hard At Work At 84, Artist Sam Gilliam Has 'Never Felt Better'

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Sam Gilliam is on the art world's hot list these days. He has a one-man show in Switzerland, commissions, sales in the six figures - pretty cool for an artist who had his heyday in the 1970s, when his unique draped paintings start

美国国家公共电台 NPR Smithsonian Reveals Winning Design For New Native American Veterans Memorial

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Today, the Smithsonian revealed its winning design to commemorate Native American veterans. They selected the work of Oklahoma artist Harvey Pratt. Here is how he describes the memorial, which he designed and which will be pl

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Big Win For White House, Supreme Court Upholds President Trump's Travel Ban

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld President Trump's travel ban, a decision that grants broad power to the president on matters involving immigration and national security. The vote was 5-4 with the court's conservatives pla

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NOEL KING, HOST: Germany is dealing with the culture shock of absorbing more than a million new immigrants who have arrived in that country in the past couple years. The German police are on the frontlines of that process. Unlike cops here in the U.S

美国国家公共电台 NPR Off Your Mental Game? You Could Be Mildly Dehydrated

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Summer heat can raise the risk of dehydration. We all know this. Especially, this can be a risk for people who like to cycle, or run, or hike or basically do anything outdoors. And it's not just our bodies that are slowed down by

美国国家公共电台 NPR Wisconsin Hopes Foxconn Will Make It A Digital Hub, But Skepticism Abounds

DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump is going to be in Wisconsin today to attend the groundbreaking for a giant new Foxconn factory. This is the Taiwan-based firm that is Apple's biggest supplier. They make screens for iPhones. Foxconn has said it wil

美国国家公共电台 NPR Facebook Complaints Are A New Kind Of 911 Call In The Platform's Hometown

KORVA COLEMAN, HOST: Menlo Park, Calif., was a sleepy bedroom community until Facebook came to town. One unexpected thing Facebook has brought to Menlo Park is complaints from all over the world about Facebook. As Jake Warga reports, those complaints

美国国家公共电台 NPR A New Approach To Incarceration In The U.S.: Responsibility

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Here's a depressing statistic. In Massachusetts, over half of all young adult men released from jails and prisons go back within three years. The state's largest county wants to disrupt that cycle. A few months ago, it adop

美国国家公共电台 NPR Amid Keystone XL Fight, The Lakota Treaty Of Fort Laramie Turns 150

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Native Americans from across the Northern Plains are gathered in Fort Laramie, Wy., this weekend. They're marking the 150th anniversary of the Lakota Treaty with the United States. Jim Kent reports on a document that some f

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Skips Annual Gathering Of D.C. Journalists For A Second Year

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: President Trump spent last night in Washington - that's Washington Township, Mich., where his campaign hosted a rally with thousands of supporters. And that was deliberate. (SOUNDBITE OF RALLY) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Is th

美国国家公共电台 NPR What Drives Men To Violent Extremism

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Depending on where you are right now, it might be drizzly. It might be chilly. There might even be snow here and there. But fear not, no matter the weather, it is almost April. And you know what that means, it's almost time for N

美国国家公共电台 NPR African-American Gun Rights Group Grows In The Age Of Trump

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Gun rights groups, including the NRA, have seen a rise in membership since the school shootings in Parkland, Fla., in February. But one group in particular has had a major increase well before that - the National African American G

美国国家公共电台 NPR Repertorio Espa?ol Celebrates 50 Years With A World Premiere

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: One of the oldest and most distinguished Spanish-language theaters in the U.S. is New York's Repertorio Espanol. It presents hundreds of performances every year. This year, it's celebrating its 50th anniversary with a world p

美国国家公共电台 NPR Experts Say Denuclearizing North Korea Is No Small Task

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: As a possible summit approaches between President Trump and North Korea's leader, a poem that kids learn in school comes to mind. The poem says, in its entirety, so much depends upon a red wheelbarrow glazed with rainwater beside

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Win For Privacy Rights, Court Says Police Need Warrant To Search Area Around Home

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A ruling by the United States Supreme Court affects just how much police can do when they grow curious about your home. The court ruled that police may not search the area around a private home without a warrant even when they ha