美国国家公共电台 NPR A Rural Colorado Coal County Was Struggling. Then A Tech Company Brought New Jobs

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's head a thousand miles or so inland. What are rural Americans thinking as the election approaches? Some rural areas may feel poor or left out, but many people who live in rural areas say they are content with their lives and

美国国家公共电台 NPR Memory Fuels Art And Activism In Mark Bradford's 'Tomorrow Is Another Day'

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The artist Mark Bradford grew up in Los Angeles. He was a MacArthur Fellow and a hairdresser. Last year, he represented the U.S. at the Venice Biennale. Now the Venice art is on view in Baltimore. Bradford's work and life are pret

美国国家公共电台 NPR Jamal Khashoggi's Last Column Before Disappearance Calls For Free Expression

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: On page A23 of today's Washington Post you can find the last column Jamal Khashoggi wrote before he disappeared. Khashoggi went missing on October 2. It looks increasingly likely that he is dead, a reality President Trump ack

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Iowa, A Commitment To Make Prison Work Better For Women

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: All this week, we've shown you how women in prison are more likely than men to be disciplined for minor violations of prison rules. We end our investigation with a look at leadership - prison reform created by women for women. NPR'

美国国家公共电台 NPR After Hurricane Michael, A Call For Stricter Building Codes In Florida's Panhandle

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The state of Florida has some of the nation's toughest building codes - at least most of the state. The rules are less stringent in the panhandle. That's where Mexico Beach is, and that's where Hurricane Michael made landfall with

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Syria, A School Helps Children Traumatized By War

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Now to Syria for a look at a U.S.-backed school for children traumatized by war and by ISIS. The program is in danger. It might not survive the Trump administration's cuts in aid for Syria, and it could come down to donations

美国国家公共电台 NPR Early Voting Changes In North Carolina Spark Bipartisan Controversy

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This fall's election comes in several parts. Before the fight to win votes, there is a fight over who is allowed to vote. In Georgia, the Republican candidate for governor also heads the office that has been purging voter rolls.

美国国家公共电台 NPR NPR Poll: Rural Americans Are Worried About Addiction And Jobs, But Remain Optimistic

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Drug addiction and the economy - according to a new poll, that is what is on the minds of rural voters as they go to the polls this election season. The poll was done by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard's T.H.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Getting Back What You Lost — Rebuilding In A Wildfire Zone

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's been a year since the most destructive fire in California history. The Tubbs Fire destroyed thousands of homes in Northern California. Now despite the risks, some are rebuilding in those very same areas. From member station

美国国家公共电台 NPR VA Struggles To Reach Other-Than-Honorable-Discharge Vets In Need Of Help

NOEL KING, HOST: Last year, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offered to treat vets who don't normally qualify for care. These are people who earned an other than honorable discharge. The problem was almost no one took them up on it. Now vetera

美国国家公共电台 NPR Another Mass Shooting? 'Compassion Fatigue' Is A Natural Reaction

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: This mass shooting in California happened 11 days after the one at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. And in the time between those two incidents, there were several other mass shootings that barely made headlines. As heartbreaking a

美国国家公共电台 NPR After Parkland, Young Voters Were Galvanized, Activists Vow To 'Continue To Organize'

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Shootings like the one we've just been hearing about are part of what has jarred many young people into political awareness. After the shooting in Parkland, Fla., students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School took the lead in

美国国家公共电台 NPR An American And Her Filipina Translator Exhume A Massacre In 'Insurrecto'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Gina Apostol's new novel, Insurrecto, is about two women on a trip to make a film in the Philippines who wind up seeing different films in the same characters. Chiara Brasi is an American, a daughter of a filmmaker who once shot a

美国国家公共电台 NPR FDA Cracks Down On E-Cigarette Sales To Curb Teen Vaping

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Federal regulators plan to ban the sale of most flavored e-cigarettes at retail locations like gas stations and convenience stores. They also plan to require people buying e-cigarettes online to verify their age. From Colorado Publ

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Noir Novel For The Trump Era, From Jonathan Lethem

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Of the oceans of ink spilled by writers wrestling with the Trump presidency, it's probably safe to say that Jonathan Lethem is the only one who has managed to produce a book featuring the following - one, a shootout on a decr

美国国家公共电台 NPR As Construction Of Keystone XL Is Paused, Tribes Brace For What's Next

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The latest chapter in the controversial Keystone oil pipeline played out late this week. A federal judge in Montana temporarily blocked the project and asked for an additional environmental review. Indigenous activists are cheering

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'King Kong' On Broadway Is The 2,400-Pound Gorilla In The Room

NOEL KING, HOST: There is a new star on Broadway. He's 20 feet tall, weighs 1.2 tons, and his name is King Kong. He's a puppet, and he's the centerpiece of a $35 million musical based on the original film that opens tonight on Broadway. Reporter Jeff

美国国家公共电台 NPR Scientists Unveil Ancient Sea Monsters Found In Angola

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The first line of this next story sounds like it ought to be spoken by the narrator of a movie. When the Atlantic Ocean was young, sea monsters ruled. This is a true story. Some of their bones have turned up along the coast of We

美国国家公共电台 NPR Resurgence Of Cleric Scandal Invigorates Conservative U.S. Critics Of Pope Francis

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The man who won the election for pope a few years ago faces some resistance. Conservative American Catholics do not agree with Pope Francis' remarks on migrants or refugees or capitalism. Clerical sex abuse scandals have embolden

美国国家公共电台 NPR Is The Pentagon Modifying Viruses To Save Crops — Or To Wage Biological Warfare?

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Pentagon is funding some new research on insects and plant viruses. It says the goal is to protect agricultural crops. Some critics say it looks more like an attempt to make biological weapons. Here's NPR's Dan Charles. DAN C