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LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: Unless you're a kid in a spelling bee or a high school or cramming for the SATs, it might have been a while since you've paid much attention to those example sentences in the dictionary, you know, those simple, can-I-hear-it-in-a

美国国家公共电台 NPR How A Mule Train From Marks, Miss., Kicked Off MLK's Poor People Campaign

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Fifty years ago today, a mule train of covered wagons left the small town of Marks, Miss., headed for the nation's capital. It was fulfilling the mission of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to draw attention to the impoveris

美国国家公共电台 NPR Rita Moreno To 'My Gente': Be Proud Of Who You Are, And Don't Give Up

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The list of accolades is long for Rita Moreno. She is the only Latina to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony for her work. And this weekend, she received a different award for her advocacy. The Ellis Island Hono

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Heroic, But He's No Hero': Revisiting Football Great Jim Brown

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: In the opening paragraph of his new book, Dave Zirin writes this. Football is the closest thing we have in this country to a national religion, albeit a religion built on a foundation of crippled apostles and disposable mar

美国国家公共电台 NPR Body Camera Maker Weighs Adding Facial Recognition Technology

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Axon, formerly known as TASER International, makes tasers and body cameras for police departments. And in the near future, body cams may be equipped with facial recognition software. The company has created a new ethics board to co

美国国家公共电台 NPR A DACA Recipient Graduates Amid Deportation Fears

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: It's graduation season for colleges and universities across the United States - a time for celebration for many families but also added anxiety for DACA recipients. The DREAMers have been able to finish and get college degrees but

美国国家公共电台 NPR Parenting Myths And Facts

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: OK, parents and grandparents out there. Listen up. We want to dispel some of the biggest myths about parenting. NPR is kicking off a series today called How To Raise A Human. Over the next month, we're going to take a close

美国国家公共电台 NPR An Artist's Alternative Universe And His Warehouse Full Of Dolls

LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: We're going to hear now about Trenton Doyle Hancock. He's a star in the art world, and he collects dolls. He has so many dolls and toys he needs a studio the size of an airplane hangar in which to store them. Hancock's work is in

美国国家公共电台 NPR Challenging Family Conversations On Mother's Day

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Today is Mother's Day, but you don't only have to be a parent for our next conversation. We all struggle with how to talk to our nearest and dearest about race and identity, especially right now when it can feel - let's be

美国国家公共电台 NPR You Were Right, Mom

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Finally, a tribute to the old adage mother knows best. We asked you to share advice your mothers gave you that eventually made you say, Mom was right. Laura Bathke starts us off. LAURA BATHKE: When I was about 14, I was sta

美国国家公共电台 NPR Brides Everywhere Are Saying Yes To The Low-Cut Dress

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: When Meghan Markle marries Prince Harry, whatever she wears is guaranteed to cause conversation. But as NPR's Neda Ulaby reports, these days she's not the only one. NEDA ULABY, BYLINE: When it comes to the bridal bust line, the q

美国国家公共电台 NPR 82 Women Walk Cannes Red Carpet In Protest

LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: We'd like to introduce you to the number 82, an especially significant number at this year's Cannes Film Festival because 82 is the number of female directors who've been selected to compete at Cannes - 82 compared with more than

美国国家公共电台 NPR Sticker Shock Jolts Oklahoma Patient: $15,076 For 4 Tiny Screws

DAVID GREENE, HOST: If you've ever read an itemized medical bill, you might have noticed that small things can come with these ridiculously high prices. Every month, NPR with Kaiser Health News has been taking a close look at some of these bills, and

美国国家公共电台 NPR Louisiana Wants To Use The Muddy Mississippi To Build Up Its Coast

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The state of Louisiana is sinking. It's already lost thousands of square miles because of rising seas. The state's marshland is disappearing as a result. Now, there is an ambitious plan to divert parts of the sediment-rich Missis

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