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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: On March 11, 2011, Japan took a devastating seismic one-two. First an earthquake, and then a tsunami that rose 120 feet high out of the Pacific. More than 18,000 people died. In the villages on Japan's Sanriku Coast some 250 mile

美国国家公共电台 NPR With Federal Funds Cut, Others Must Lead Health Insurance Sign-Up Efforts

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Starting November 1, people will be able to enroll in health insurance for next year on the Affordable Care Act marketplace. In Texas, officials from the federal government used to get the word out. This year, though, that work i

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'The Deuce' Looks At New York's Grimy 1970's Sex Trade

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 5 Years After Sandy, New York Rebuilds With The Next Flood In Mind

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: This weekend marks five years since Superstorm Sandy slammed into the Northeast, causing billions of dollars in damage. Since then, New York City has rewritten its building codes to make low-lying neighborhoods more flood-proof.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Some Black Americans Turn To Informal Economy In The Face Of Discrimination

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Race and our perceptions of it affects what happens in the workplace. NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health conducted a poll. And most African-Americans who participated said th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Counting The Heavy Cost Of Care In The Age Of Opioids

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The declaration of an opioid emergency by President Trump has put the focus on the need for treatment. And now some communities are asking who will pay. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on the rising costs of treating the epidemic. A

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美国国家公共电台 NPR At U.S.-Canada Border Reservation, Mohawks Say They Face Discrimination

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Mohawks have hunted, fished and lived by the St. Lawrence River for hundreds of years. After the War of 1812, the United States and Great Britain drew a line on a map, creating today's northern border between New York state and C

美国国家公共电台 NPR Most Of The New JFK Files Have Been Seen Before In Some Form

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The National Archives had a deadline yesterday. It was supposed to release all the remaining records from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. And it did post thousands of files online last night. People have b

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Thank You For Your Service,' The Fight Begins After Iraq

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: The new movie Thank You For Your Service is about coming home, specifically what it's like for soldiers who come home after serving during the surge in Iraq in 2007. The movie is based on the book of the same name by Pulitzer Pri

美国国家公共电台 NPR 2,800 JFK Assassination Files Have Been Released, Others Withheld

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The government is releasing some of the last of its files on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. History buffs and conspiracy theorists are among those who have been eagerly checking the National Archives website all

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'People, Places & Things' Is A Clear-Eyed Look At Addiction

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: In New York, a play about addiction and recovery has just opened to rave reviews. It's, of course, an issue very much in the news. In fact, the day after the play opened, President Trump declared the opioid crisis in the United S

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'The Taliban Can't Win,' Says Commander Of U.S. Forces In Afghanistan

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Hollywood's Biopic Fever: Five Fact-Based Films Released This Week

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: It is a big week for movie biographies. Opening today are fact-based films about a Supreme Court justice, two semi-famous authors, an infamous artist and a man who refused to let polio defeat him. Critic Bob Mondello says that Ho

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'The Chef And The Slow Cooker': An Old Technology That's Newly Relevant

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: You know, we don't do a lot of cookbooks on this show. Hugh Acheson's latest cookbook fits right in. It doesn't show much cooking. The chef is shown reading in a lawn chair, taking a hot bath, even playing the cello - at least hold

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'The Butchering Art': How A 19th Century Physician Made Surgery Safer

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Lindsey Fitzharris' new book is called The Butchering Art. It is not about carving meat for cooking. It's about surgery the way it used to be done. And it's about one surgeon in particular who changed the way it was done - Joseph

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'I Take The Long Way Going Everywhere': Travis Meadows On Learning To Be Human Again

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美国国家公共电台 NPR New York District Attorney On The Defense Over Handling Of Weinstein Allegations

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: This week, The New Yorker released an audio recording of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. He's heard trying to lure a model into his hotel room. She doesn't want to go. The tape was recorded by the New York police as part of a sting

美国国家公共电台 NPR Poll: Majorities Of Both Parties Favor Increased Gun Restrictions

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The recent shooting in Las Vegas has sparked some soul searching, certainly more debate about guns in this country. And we have a new poll out this morning from NPR and Ipsos. And it reveals overwhelming support for various gun co

美国国家公共电台 NPR Lawmakers Say The ATF Should Regulate Bump Stocks. It's Not That Simple

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: House Speaker Paul Ryan says he favors regulations against bump stocks - you know, those attachments to semiautomatic rifles that makes them fire at the rate of a machine gun. Speaker Ryan says he favors restrictions after bump s