美国国家公共电台 NPR Nelson Mandela's Prison Letters: 'One Day I Will Be Back At Home'

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Former South African President Nelson Mandela would have been 100 years old tomorrow. He died in 2013, and a new book is marking his centennial. It's called The Prison Letters Of Nelson Mandela. These deeply personal letters were c

美国国家公共电台 NPR Poll: Where You Watch TV News Predicts Your Feelings On Immigration

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Immigration has become a central wedge issue in American politics. And whether you identify as Republican or Democrat is a very good indicator of how you feel about the border wall, also about the travel ban and a host of other im

美国国家公共电台 NPR Heat Making You Lethargic? Research Shows It Can Slow Your Brain, Too

DAVID GREENE, HOST: For now, were going to turn to a story about a heat wave that is affecting much of the country this summer. NPRs Allison Aubrey reports that all of this warmth can slow us down in ways we might not even realize. ALLISON AUBREY, BY

美国国家公共电台 NPR Worried About Dementia? You Might Want to Check Your Blood Pressure

NOEL KING, HOST: There's growing evidence that when your blood pressure goes up, so does your risk of developing dementia, so one of the country's top brain doctors is urging people to protect their brains by controlling their blood pressure. As NPR'

美国国家公共电台 NPR Fewer Homeless Veterans On LA's Streets

NOEL KING, HOST: Last month, Los Angeles County announced that the number of homeless veterans dropped by 18 percent. Those who are seeing this firsthand say that's good news. But LA still has the highest number of homeless veterans in the country -

美国国家公共电台 NPR Emmett Till's Cousin On Reopening Of Case: 'An Opportunity For The Truth To Be Told'

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Before there was the talk, the conversation black parents have quietly had with their sons about how to avoid violent or upsetting encounters with police, there was the talk about Emmett Till. Emmett Till was a 14-year-old boy fr

美国国家公共电台 NPR U.S.-Russia Summits, From Gravely Serious To Absurdly Comical

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: As we've heard, President Trump meets his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, tomorrow in Helsinki, Finland. Over the decades, summits between the two countries have often been filled with high tension and great drama - an

美国国家公共电台 NPR Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates

NOEL KING, HOST: Insurance companies and data brokers are more and more often using your personal information from social media to predict your health care costs. And they are exploring ways to use that data to determine the rates that you will pay.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Feds Charge Russian Student, Linked To NRA, With Conspiracy

Feds Charge Russian Student, Linked To NRA, With Conspiracy ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Just hours after the meeting between President Trump and Vladimir Putin, the Justice Department had a surprise. Authorities charged a Russian graduate student with carryin

美国国家公共电台 NPR Putin Invites Trump To Help End Syrian War As Russia Bombs Civilian Targets

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There were many astonishing moments in today's press conference with President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. One of them involved the way forward in Syria. Putin sent Russian forces into Syria about three years ago to

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Free But Not Free': Zimbabwe's Amateur Filmmakers Turn A Lens On Their Country

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In most countries, a conversation with the director of a film festival would not be a revolutionary act. In Zimbabwe, I recently spoke with Nigel Munyati. He directs the Zimbabwean International Film and Festival Trust, and he told

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Macho' Brazil, Fast-Rising Star Marília Mendon?a Is Inspiring Women To Push Back

NOEL KING, HOST: This is a crucial time for Brazil. In a couple months, Brazilians will elect a new president. It's not clear yet who will win. The country is trying to dig out from a huge corruption scandal and the worst recession in its history. NP

美国国家公共电台 NPR Arms Control Surfaced In Helsinki, But It's Likely Just Talk

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. Now, in Helsinki yesterday, Presidents Trump and Putin also embraced restarting stalled arms control talks. For all the bad blood between the U.S. and Russia, those two nations still inspect one another's vast nuclear a

美国国家公共电台 NPR Maria Butina Case Bolsters Understanding of 'Infiltration' In Russian 2016 Attack

AILSA CHANG, HOST: The Justice Department is charging a Russian woman with conspiracy as part of the attack on the 2016 presidential election. Her name is Maria Butina, and she has a hearing in court on Wednesday. We're going to talk now about where

美国国家公共电台 NPR Justice Department Calls Russian Woman, Maria Butina, A Flight Risk

NOEL KING, HOST: The woman who is accused of conspiring to act as a Russian agent inside the United States will appear in court today. Her name is Maria Butina. And she's been detained since Sunday on a charge of conspiracy. Prosecutors say she was t

美国国家公共电台 NPR French Butchers Ask For Protection After Threats From Militant Vegans

NOEL KING, HOST: Butchers in France say they are under threat from so-called militant vegans, and they've asked the French government for protection. Butchers say what's at stake is not just the right to eat meat but a way of life. NPR's Eleanor Bear

美国国家公共电台 NPR Here Are 4 Latin Albums To Get You Through This Summer

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Are you looking for some music to get you through the summer? Well, Felix Contreras of NPR Music's Alt.Latino is here to talk about some upcoming albums that got him excited and that you might want to check out. (SOUNDBITE

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Give Me Your Hand' Explores Female Mysteries And Monstrosities

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: By and large, women have had a rough time of it in mystery novels, mostly appearing as beautiful corpses, appendages to the detectives and cops and lawyers saving the day. But writers like Megan Abbott write female characte

美国国家公共电台 NPR Movie 'Eighth Grade' Dares You To Relive Those Teenage Years

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: OK, if I say eighth grade, what comes to mind - Drama? awkwardness? Please let me think about anything but that? A new film out this week dares you to walk those halls once again, but this time in the age of Instagram. The film i

美国国家公共电台 NPR Justice Department Charges Russian Cyberspies With Attack On 2016 Election

AILSA CHANG, HOST: All right now, back here in Washington - blockbuster charges today from the special counsel investigating Russia's election interference. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein made the announcement at a news conference. (SOUNDBITE