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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Democrats' proposed Green New Deal calls for America to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. transportation, an ambitious goal that would require - among many other things - phasing out cars that run on gasoline. That m

美国国家公共电台 NPR This City Told Amazon And Google: No Incentives For You

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It was rolled out like a rose ceremony. Who would be chosen to marry Amazon? Every city tried to make themselves the most attractive. As we know, it didn't quite work out as planned. Activists and local politicians in New Y

美国国家公共电台 NPR U.S. Masses Aid Along Venezuelan Border As Some Humanitarian Groups Warn Of Risks

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to the Colombia-Venezuela border, where the U.S. is positioning food and medicine, which it hopes to get to needy Venezuelans. But the plan is highly controversial. Venezuela's authoritarian president, Nicolas Maduro, claims

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Every Day Is A Good Day When You're Floating': Anne McClain Talks Life In Space

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: This is Lulu's log, stardate February 17, 2019, where we discuss matters of space, the stars and the universe. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) GARCIA-NAVARRO: And today, we're actually going to take you out of this world and into spac

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Chance Meeting Changes Lives In Sophie Kinsella's Latest

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The new book I Owe You One centers around a family shop in London and a young woman trying to make her way and find love while dealing with her self-centered siblings. It's written by the author known as Sophie Kinsella. Sh

美国国家公共电台 NPR Their Home Survived The Camp Fire — But Their Insurance Did Not

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Californians who live in an area devastated by wildfires have new protections as of January 1. If their home survives a blaze, their property insurer must maintain their coverage for at least a year after the disaster. But

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Birds Of Passage,' A New Lens On The Narcotrafficking Drama

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The decadeslong drug war in Colombia has fueled a whole genre of movies and TV shows. Think men with guns wearing crisp suits in the tropical heat, like in the Netflix series Narcos. A new film from Colombia shows another ver

美国国家公共电台 NPR Bernie Sanders Launches 2020 Presidential Campaign, No Longer An Underdog

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Senator Bernie Sanders is giving it another run. He announced this morning in an interview with Vermont Public Radio that he is launching a campaign for president in 2020. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST) BERNIE SANDERS: We began

美国国家公共电台 NPR Democrats Used To Talk About 'Criminal Immigrants,' So What Changed The Party?

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Democrats have been mostly unified against President Trump's border wall. But on more nuanced immigration issues, it hasn't always been that simple. Some immigrant advocates called President Obama the deporter in chief for his po

美国国家公共电台 NPR Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Debuts 'Lazarus' To Celebrate 60th Anniversary

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Ask anybody who's tried - It's hard to keep even a well-known arts institution going. To keep it going after its founder and namesake has died is even more impressive. But, to do that for some six decades, some might call that mi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Andrew McCabe, Ex-FBI Deputy, Describes 'Remarkable' Number Of Trump-Russia Contacts

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: More than 20 years ago, Andrew McCabe was a newly hired agent at the FBI. He investigated Russian organized crime groups in New York. Decades later, as acting FBI director, his investigations centered on a similar theme. ANDREW M

美国国家公共电台 NPR Scientific Duo Gets Back To Basics To Make Childbirth Safer

DAVID GREENE, HOST: This is the story about two women, a doctor and a mechanical engineer. They came together to study one of the most basic parts of human life - pregnancy and labor. That's because there's a lot we just don't know. NPR's Alison Kodj

美国国家公共电台 NPR Facing Loss Of Accreditation Over Finances, Women's HBCU Raises Millions

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: There are only two historically black women's colleges in the U.S. One of them, Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., has been facing a loss of accreditation because of shaky finances, and that would lead to a loss of federal fund

美国国家公共电台 NPR Former Teacher Blames Education Policymakers For Atlanta Cheating Scandal

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to return now to a story you may remember from a few years back - a cheating scandal in the Atlanta public school system. Prosecutors charged that teachers and administrators conspired to change incorrect answers to i

美国国家公共电台 NPR Scrubbing The Past To Give Those With A Criminal Record A Second Chance

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Here's a startling figure - almost 1 in 4 American adults has a criminal record. That's according to federal statistics. People charged with or convicted of even minor offenses can face consequences long after they have paid thei

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'I'm Sorry' Makes No Apologies For Capturing Cringeworthy Family Moments

LEILA FADEL, HOST: What does a woman in Hollywood do when she's not feeling the two-dimensional mom role she's being offered? ANDREA SAVAGE: The harried mom role or the awful mom role who hates her kids - why does a funny female have to be relegated

美国国家公共电台 NPR An Engineering Wunderkind's Ocean Plastics Cleanup Device Hits A Setback

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We've been checking in every so often with Boyan Slat. He's the CEO of The Ocean Cleanup. That's an environmental organization he founded to develop technology to clean up plastic in the ocean. Now, we spoke with Mr. Slat back in

美国国家公共电台 NPR After Falling Short, U.S. Army Gets Creative With New Recruiting Strategy

LEILA FADEL, HOST: In the last fiscal year, the Army fell short of its recruiting goal by 6,500 people. In part, it's driven by the 50-year lows in unemployment numbers. Often, young recruits join when they don't have a job prospect or money for coll

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'An Eerie Silence' Where Federal Land Agency Workers Are Furloughed

LEILA FADEL, HOST: We've been hearing a lot about overflowing trash bins and unsafe conditions at national parks due to the partial government shutdown. But other critical works on public lands has also stopped. NPR's Kirk Siegler reports. KIRK SIEGL

美国国家公共电台 NPR Not Out To Lunch: Businesses That Rely On Federal Workers Suffer The Shutdown

Not Out To Lunch: Businesses That Rely On Federal Workers Suffer The Shutdown MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to talk a bit more about the partial shutdown of the federal government, which is entering its third week. We've talked earlier this hour a