MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now let's talk about one of the most celebrated chapters in American history, the space race of the 1950s and '60s. The stories of Alan Shepard and John Glenn are well-known, but what about the stories of all the people who worke

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Actress Octavia Spencer Says 'Hidden Figures' Is A Movie Anyone Can Get Behind

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Hidden Figures' A Hit With Young Women Of Color Interested in STEM

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to talk about Hidden Figures for just a few more minutes. The movie is just out this weekend, but it is already a hit with young women of color who are interested in science, technology and math. SASHA WILLIAMS: So my

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美国国家公共电台 NPR What We Can Learn From 'Washington's Farewell'

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally, today we want to look ahead to President Obama's farewell address to the nation on Tuesday. It will take place where it all started for him politically, the city of Chicago. That got us thinking about the custom of a pre

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美国国家公共电台 NPR New Democratic Senate Leader Vows To Hold 'Donald Trump's Feet To The Fire'

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: On January 20, Donald Trump will be sworn in as president, and Barack Obama will leave the White House. Also on that day, Senator Charles Schumer of New York will become the most powerful Democrat in Washington. As the Senate min

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 'The Soul's Gonna Speak': Run The Jewels Stares Down A Fraught 2017

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: When President Obama gave his goodbye speech this week, one of hip-hop's most politically active stars was watching. Killer Mike is a rapper who actively campaigned for the man he calls that old crazy haircutted (ph) white guy fr

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美国国家公共电台 NPR We Asked People What They Know About Obamacare. See If You Know The Answers

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Senate overnight voted to approve a budget resolution which amounts to the first step of a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. There's a long, long, long way to go. Republicans and Democrats have yet t

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Senate Takes First Step To Repeal Obamacare — So What's Next?

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Well, just before 1:30 this morning, Senate Republicans completed the first step toward repealing the Affordable Care Act. The Senate passed a budget resolution which sets the repeal process in motion. It happened after seven hou

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Rudy Giuliani's Business Ties Present Potential Conflicts Of Interest

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Rudolph Giuliani, who's being mentioned as a possible secretary of state in a Trump administration, is best known for having been mayor of New York City on 9/11. In fact the terrorist attacks were near the end of his eight-year a

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Fulfill Your Reading Resolutions With 6 Books From Librarian Nancy Pearl

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: I've got a stack of books here. (SOUNDBITE OF BOOK PAGES FLIPPING) INSKEEP: Stack of books sent to me by librarian Nancy Pearl, who's in Seattle, Wash., joins the program from time to time to suggest books that are under the rada

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美国国家公共电台 NPR A New Type Of Food Pantry Is Sprouting In Yards Across America

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: They are popping up in neighborhoods across the country, hand-built little boxes that people put in front of their homes, churches or businesses. And they go by different names, like Little Free Pantry or Blessing Box. They are a

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Immigration And Infertility Bring Two Mothers Together Over One 'Lucky Boy'

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A new novel called Lucky Boy centers around two women and two different pictures of immigration. In one story, an 18-year-old named Soli enters the U.S. from Mexico without papers. In the other, an Indian-American woman named Kav

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美国国家公共电台 NPR In Disputed Iraqi Territory, Rebuilding A City Means Doing It Yourself

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Fighting between ISIS and Iraqi forces has devastated cities in northern Iraq. Jalawla is a small city in that part of the country, and it's in the middle of land claimed by both the Iraqi government in Baghdad and the Kurdish re

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump D.C. Hotel Contractors Say They're Owed Millions

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: After construction wrapped up on his new hotel in Washington, D.C., President-elect Donald Trump declared it the height of luxury. The Trump Organization spent $200 million to renovate the historic post office building, redoing a

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美国国家公共电台 NPR This Food Critic Will Take The Taco. Again. And Again. And Again.

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: How many tacos is too many tacos? That is a question that our next guest can answer. He is the food critic for The San Antonio Express-News, and he says he will eat a taco every day in 2017 and write about the experience. And thi

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美国国家公共电台 NPR What One Family Sacrificed To Help Black People Vote In 1966

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Time again for StoryCorps. And today, we're remembering a man who fought for the right to vote in Mississippi and was murdered for it. His name is Vernon Dahmer, and he was a civil rights leader in the mid-19

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美国国家公共电台 NPR DOJ Watchdog To Review Pre-Election Conduct Of FBI, Other Justice Officials

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: FBI Director James Comey is facing an extraordinary investigation. Watchdogs at the Justice Department announced they will review public statements that he made before the November election. Hillary Clinton has said Comey's dispa

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Women Are Making Their Voices Heard In Male-Dominated Japanese Politics

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to politics across the Pacific, where the minority party in Japan's parliament is also led by a woman. NPR's Elise Hu in Tokyo reports on the political rise of women in Japan. ELISE HU, BYLINE: At this monthly Tokyo networkin

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump's Promises Of Deportations Create Uncertainty For N.J. Family

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Donald Trump has taken aim at the intelligence community. He's also targeted immigrants. Protesters are going to converge on Washington D.C. this weekend for a rally about immigrants' rights. Trump has pledged to deport millions

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Pardon Sought For Prisoner Who Fought For Puerto Rican Independence

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: President Obama has granted clemency to more than a thousand prisoners. Now in his final days in office, some activists, celebrities and politicians are asking him for one more pardon. Oscar Lopez Rivera has been in fede

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