美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Humbled To Ask For Help' — Low-Income Communities Struggle To Recover After A Wildfire

'Humbled To Ask For Help' Low-Income Communities Struggle To Recover After A Wildfire RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Fires have already destroyed nearly 1,400 homes in California this year, the latest in a string of blazes that have ravaged the state in recent

美国国家公共电台 NPR Bethann Hardison On Model Diversity And The Ever-Changing Face Of Fashion

ROBERT GARCIA, HOST: What's up, everybody? Peace. Just heads up. There may be some strong language in this episode. Ooo (ph). ADRIAN BARTOS, HOST: Some bad words. (LAUGHTER) GARCIA: How do you know Stretch? BETHANN HARDISON: You know, it's so funny.

美国国家公共电台 NPR With Wallpaper, 'Whiskey' And Women, Reese Witherspoon Celebrates The South

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Reese Witherspoon may be a big-time Hollywood actress living the California dream, but she hails from Nashville, Tenn. And she has got Southern in her soul. Witherspoon has a new book out about some of her favorite Southern tradi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Photojournalists Are Demanding A #MeToo Reckoning

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Photojournalism needs to face its #MeToo moment, according to my next guest, Kainaz Amaria. She's a visuals editor at Vox and formerly with NPR. And in a recent piece, she wrote about some of the high-profile sexual harassm

美国国家公共电台 NPR Florence Engulfs Hog Farms And Chicken Houses, Thrashing North Carolina Agriculture

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In North Carolina, most of the rain has ended, but flooding continues. Much of the area where Florence dumped the most rainfall is covered with farms - chicken farms, sweet potato farms, hog farms - and the damage to those farms

美国国家公共电台 NPR NPR/Marist Poll: 1 In 3 Americans Thinks A Foreign Country Will Change Midterm Votes

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A poll from NPR and Marist College out today suggests elections officials are right to worry about voters' confidence. About 1 out of every 3 respondents thinks a foreign country is likely to change vote tallies and results in the

美国国家公共电台 NPR Despite Dangers, Intimidation, Guatemalans Still Seek A Better Life In U.S.

Despite Dangers, Intimidation, Guatemalans Still Seek A Better Life In U.S. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Despite a crackdown by the Trump administration, there's new data showing the number of Central Americans crossing illegally into the U.S. is on the rise

美国国家公共电台 NPR Kavanaugh Allegations Recall 1991's Supreme Court Scandal, With Key Differences

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Allegations of sexual misconduct against a Supreme Court nominee have happened before. Twenty-seven years ago, another college professor, Anita Hill, accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. And while there are some similariti

美国国家公共电台 NPR Champagne Makers Bubble Over A Bumper Crop Caused By European Drought

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Europe had one of its hottest summers on record this year and many crops were destroyed. But the summer of 2018 was good for champagne. Here's Eleanor Beardsley. (SOUNDBITE OF BELLS RINGING) ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: Bells toll

美国国家公共电台 NPR She Thought Her Family Was Middle Class, Not Broke In The Richest Country On Earth

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Sarah Smarsh grew up in rural Kansas - the fifth generation to farm the same land, riding tractors where her ancestors rode wagons. There was never enough money and prospects were few. She was part of what has become popula

美国国家公共电台 NPR Broadway Is About To 'Be More Chill'

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: When the teen musical Be More Chill opened in New Jersey a few years ago, it got a ho-hum critical response. But then something surprising happened. The cast recording and some YouTube videos went viral. Next came fan art,

2018年CRI India's Carnatic Singers Face Backlash For Performing Non-Hindu Songs

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to a musical controversy in South India. First, we have to explain something called Carnatic singing. It's a type of classical music rooted in Hinduism. Some fans of this are angry because some performers are using this style

美国国家公共电台 NPR Hog Farmers Scramble to Drain Waste Pools Ahead Of Hurricane Florence

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Right in the path of Hurricane Florence, there's an area where pigs far outnumber people. A big worry is the state of hundreds of open-air lagoons filled with manure. Torrential rain could cause them to overflow. Here's NPR's Dan C

美国国家公共电台 NPR Federal Court Asked To Scrap Georgia's 27,000 Electronic Voting Machines

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Paperless voting machines are having their day in court today in Georgia. A federal judge is weighing whether the state should use paper ballots instead of the electronic voting machines in November or whether all that would just

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Many In Venezuela, Social Media Is A Matter Of Life And Death

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump uses the phrase fake news a lot to criticize media stories he doesn't like. There's something similar happening in Venezuela. Last week, the government said social media is exacerbating the spread of fake news aga

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'God Bless The U.S.A.,' A Country Anthem With Enduring Political Power

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Today for our series American Anthem... (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.) LEE GREENWOOD: (Singing) And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. INSKEEP: God Bless The U.S.A. by country singer-songwrite

美国国家公共电台 NPR Climate Change Drives Bigger, Wetter Storms — Storms Like Florence

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Hurricane Florence, which is approaching the Carolinas, is another strong storm. Hurricanes are measured by wind. This one has had recorded speeds of up to 140 miles per hour. But whenever it makes landfall, the real danger may b

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Ghanaian 'Housegirl' Navigates A Complex Maze Of Culture And Class

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: When you open the pages of the new novel Housegirl, you find a glossary, dozens of words and phrases in Twi, a Ghanaian dialect. Author Michael Donkor was born in London and is the child of Ghanaian parents. These words hint at t

美国国家公共电台 NPR Sept. 11 Revealed The Importance And Limits Of The President's Daily Briefing

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Early on the day of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush received his presidential daily briefing - an intelligence update. President Harry Truman was the first to ask for this daily briefing. Many presidents since would

美国国家公共电台 NPR On The Sidelines Of Democracy: Exploring Why So Many Americans Don't Vote

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We've been talking a lot this campaign season about voter enthusiasm. More Americans say they are enthusiastic about voting in a midterm election than at any point in the last two decades. Even so, a majority of Americans likely