美国国家公共电台 NPR This Islamic School Helps Students Build Their American And Muslim Identity

DAVID GREENE, HOST: People who are serious in their faith often want to send their children to a religious school - Muslim parents, no different. There are now nearly 300 Islamic schools across the United States, and the number is growing. NPR's Tom

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Fargo' Serves Up Double Dose Of Ewan McGregor In Season 3

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The third season of the hit TV drama Fargo begins tonight. And with it comes a challenge - maintaining high quality with new stories and new characters. Based on the first two episodes, NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says Fargo deliv

美国国家公共电台 NPR Netflix And Cord-Cutting Era Complicates Writers Guild Contract Talks

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: There is some drama here in Hollywood with a possible writers' strike. The Writers Guild of America is negotiating a new contract with studios and networks. The current contract expires May 1, and if the two sides do not come to

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Far Right's Marine Le Pen Courts France's Female Voters

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And let's shift our attention now to politics in France. The far-right presidential candidate there, Marine Le Pen, is hoping to become the first woman elected to the post. To do this, she has to woo female voters who have long co

美国国家公共电台 NPR First Step To 'Eco-Grieving' Over Climate Change? Admit There's A Problem

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: A growing body of research shows climate change is bad, not just for the planet, but for our mental health. People who've lived through weather disasters are more prone to depression, suicide, post-traumatic stress. Psycholog

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Ann Brashare's Latest, Two Kids From A Fractured Family Meet At Last

LYNN NEARY, HOST: Writer Ann Brashares struck gold with her book The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants. The best-selling novel for young adults turned into a series and was made into a movie. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS)

美国国家公共电台 NPR Is It Time For Hearing Aids To Be Sold Over The Counter?

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Some people with hearing loss want to change the rules so they can buy hearing aids over the counter at a local pharmacy. These would be stylish earbuds that can help with mild to moderate hearing problems. Here's NPR's Patti Nei

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Janesville' Looks At A Factory Town After The Factory Shuts Down

RAY SUAREZ, HOST: All eyes turn to the Rust Belt where three states that voted for Democratic candidates since the 1980s helped Donald Trump win the election. Wisconsin hadn't given its electoral votes to a Republican since 1984. It was key to Trump'

美国国家公共电台 NPR LA Riot Documentaries Show Dehumanizing Black People Enables Abuses in Policing

RAY SUAREZ, HOST: Next Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots. The widespread and violent uprising erupted after four police officers were acquitted in the beating of a black motorist named Rodney King. The assault was captured

美国国家公共电台 NPR #NPRpoetry Naturally Goes Outside For Some Earth Day Inspiration

RAY SUAREZ, HOST: Now let's take a moment to appreciate some of the poetry that's been coming in this month as part of our celebration of National Poetry Month. We've been asking you, our listeners, to tweet 140-character-or-less poems using the hash

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Thunder In The Mountains' Tells Tragedy Of Two Strong, Opposing Leaders

RAY SUAREZ, HOST: Now to a lesser known story about race relations in this country. After the Civil War and Reconstruction, the U.S. looked West to the unresolved conflicts over land rights and sovereignty with the country's native peoples. In the Pa

美国国家公共电台 NPR Winds Of Change Could Come Slowly For Agriculture Nominee Perdue

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Senate is scheduled to vote today on the nation's next agriculture secretary, a full three months after President Trump announced his choice for that job. If confirmed, Sonny Perdue will run a department slated for major cuts

美国国家公共电台 NPR Renée Elise Goldsberry Hopes 'Henrietta Lacks' Movie Will Start Conversations

RAY SUAREZ, HOST: We mentioned earlier in the program that today is Earth Day, and there have been demonstrations for science around the world. In a few minutes, we'll hear from one of the celebrity scientists behind the march, Bill Nye, who has a ne

美国国家公共电台 NPR Clashes Over Grazing Land In Nigeria Threaten Nomadic Herding

LYNN NEARY, HOST: For the past decade, Boko Haram has been killing thousands across northeastern Nigeria, causing millions to flee from their homes. But now there's another conflict in Nigeria that's killing more people than Boko Haram and threatenin

美国国家公共电台 NPR Student Loans: You've Got Questions, We've Got Answers

LYNN NEARY, HOST: And this is The Call-In. For many high school seniors, the deadline for deciding where to go to college is just around the corner, and that means grappling with the price of tuition. We asked you to share your experiences with finan

美国国家公共电台 NPR Justice Department Warns 'Sanctuary Cities,' With Grant Money At Risk

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Here in the United States, the Justice Department is putting more pressure on what are sometimes called sanctuary cities. Officials have sent letters to eight cities that receive millions of dollars in law enforcement grants, and

美国国家公共电台 NPR Author Alison MacLeod Tries To Find Humor In Terrorism

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: OK, file this one under impossible assignments - write a really funny, like laugh-out-loud funny, short story about jihad. Yeah, terrorism and humor are uneasy bedfellows, to put it mildly. But the author Alison MacLeod takes

美国国家公共电台 NPR Dark Lives Of 'The Radium Girls' Left A Bright Legacy For Workers, Science

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In the early days of the 20th century, radium factories in New Jersey and Illinois employed mostly women to paint watch faces and clock faces with luminous paint. The paint got everywhere - hair, hands, clothes. They were cal

美国国家公共电台 NPR Willy Wonka-Inspired 'Candy Alchemist' Spins Sugar Into Pure Imagination

LYNN NEARY, HOST: As Roald Dahl's Charlie And The Chocolate Factory comes to Broadway this spring, across town, a real-life Willy Wonka is whipping up his own new confections. Allyson McCabe takes us inside the darkly, whimsical world of a mysterious

美国国家公共电台 NPR Filmmaker Jonathan Demme, Director Of 'Silence Of The Lambs,' Dies At 73

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Jonathan Demme, who directed The Silence Of The Lambs, Philadelphia and many other movies and documentaries, died today of complications from esophageal cancer. As NPR's Neda Ulaby reports, the Oscar award-winning filmmaker passe