美国国家公共电台 NPR How Smartphone Apps Could Change The Way Sexual Assault Is Reported

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: By most accounts, the majority of people who experience sexual harassment or assault never report what happened to them. High tech may have a solution - apps that can help survivors come forward. NPR's Tovia Smith reports. TOVIA

美国国家公共电台 NPR Collins Says Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh Called Roe v. Wade 'Settled Law'

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine is a key swing vote in the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. She says Kavanaugh told her today he views the landmark abortion-rights ruling Roe v. Wade as settled law.

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Smoke In Redding, Calif., Is So Thick You Can't See The Sun Most Days

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: California is marking one of the most destructive fire seasons in its history. The Mendocino Complex Fire alone is the largest wildfire ever recorded in California and has currently consumed close to 400,000 acres. Across the sta

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Complex Life Of Leonard Bernstein, A Once-In-A-Century Talent

The Complex Life Of Leonard Bernstein, A Once-In-A-Century Talent NOEL KING, HOST: Tomorrow marks the 100-year anniversary of Leonard Bernstein's birth. Bernstein was an extraordinary American talent. He was one of the greatest orchestra conductors o

美国国家公共电台 NPR Hundreds Of Immigrant Detainees Held In Federal Prisons

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it needed more detention space this summer, at the height of the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy. So the agency turned to federal prisons. And hundreds of immigrants, includin

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'I Never Faked My Love For You': A Mother Opens Up After Her Suicide Attempt

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DAVID GREENE, HOST: It is Friday, which means it is time for StoryCorps. And today - a difficult conversation between a mother and daughter. In the spring of 2012, Emily Kwong was a college senior studying in New York, and just b

美国国家公共电台 NPR More Than 400 Have Called Pennsylvania's Hotline Since Clergy Sex Abuse Report

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The phone lines at the state attorney general's office in Pennsylvania have not stopped ringing. Hotline numbers have surged with calls in the aftermath of a scathing grand jury report which describes decades of child sex abuse an

美国国家公共电台 NPR Federal Housing Agency Employee Secretly Taped Director's Sexual Advances Toward Her

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The director of a national regulatory agency has been accused of sexual harassment. His name is Melvin Watt, and he heads up the Federal Housing Finance Agency. An employee there named Simone Grimes claims that Watt harassed her,

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump Administration Moves To Penalize Immigrants For Using Government Benefits

AILSA CHANG, HOST: The Trump administration is moving to penalize legal immigrants for using government benefits, including Medicaid and food assistance. Although many of the details haven't been set in stone, NPR's Joel Rose reports the idea has alr

美国国家公共电台 NPR Minorities In Germany Are Sounding Off Against Racism With #MeTwo Hashtag

Minorities In Germany Are Sounding Off Against Racism With #MeTwo Hashtag RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: In Germany, the #MeToo movement is in the headlines again, but it is being used in a different way. It is #MeTwo - T-W-O in English - and it's a hashtag mi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Vacation Days Piling Up? Here's How To Get The Most Out Of A Short Vacation

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Summer is almost over. And if you haven't had a lot of time off, well, you're actually not alone. As a nation, we are not great at using all the vacation time we earn, which means we're giving up opportunities to improve our healt

美国国家公共电台 NPR South Koreans Prepare For Rare Family Reunions With Long-Lost Relatives In The North

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Time now for this weekend's Long Listen - imagine living for nearly 70 years knowing your mom, dad, maybe brothers and sisters live just a few hours away across the most heavily fortified border in the world. Tensions are e

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Pennsylvania Priest Responds To Sex Abuse Report

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Across Pennsylvania, Catholic churches are celebrating Mass this weekend for the first time since a devastating report. In that report, the state attorney general detailed the sexual abuse of minors by hundreds of priests.

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Insecure' Co-Star Yvonne Orji Says Molly Is A 'Beautiful Mess'

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: When HBO's Insecure debuted in 2016, Issa Rae and her best friend Molly, played by Yvonne Orji, were on the brink of turning 30, navigating broken hearts, gentrification in Los Angeles and workplace discrimination. This sea

美国国家公共电台 NPR Wisconsin Political Activists Hope A 'Silent Canvass' Will Win Back Black Voters

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: On Tuesday, Wisconsin goes to the polls. And the primary election will be an early test of voter enthusiasm ahead of the November midterms. Democrats in the state are trying to hang onto their Senate seat, take back the gov

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Beyond Anger': Pittsburgh Priest Says Sex Abuse Report 'Shook' Parishioners

LAKSHMI SINGH, HOST: As usual, Catholic priests in Pennsylvania will celebrate Mass this evening and tomorrow. But this will be the first weekend since the release of a grand jury report into sexual abuse in six Roman Catholic dioceses in the state.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Opinion: Please Take Away My Kids' Cellphones At School

JENNIFER LUDDEN, HOST: It's been a depressing week of back-to-school stories - parents buying bulletproof backpacks, schools installing panic buttons and classroom trauma kits. Some teachers in Waco kicked off the year with an active-shooter drill th

美国国家公共电台 NPR The Eagles Have The Best-Selling Album Of All Time ... For Now

(SOUNDBITE OF MICHAEL JACKSON SONG, THRILLER) AILSA CHANG, HOST: All respect to Michael Jackson, but when it comes to the best-selling albums of all time, the king of pop has just been dethroned. His 1982 album Thriller is now the second-best-selling

美国国家公共电台 NPR Aretha Franklin, The 'Queen Of Soul,' Dies At 76

Aretha Franklin, The 'Queen Of Soul,' Dies At 76 DAVID GREENE, HOST: We are sad to report this morning that the Queen of Soul has died. Aretha Franklin was 76 and had pancreatic cancer. Let's look back now with NPR's Ted Robbins. TED ROBBINS, BYLINE:

美国国家公共电台 NPR FEMA Begins Scaling Back Financial Assistance In Puerto Rico

NOEL KING, HOST: Eleven months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the island is no longer in a state of emergency. That's according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. And because of that, FEMA has started cutting back its financia