美国国家公共电台 NPR Medical Clinics That Treat Refugees Help Determine The Case For Asylum

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's getting harder for people to seek asylum in the U.S. Last month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced stricter rules on people fleeing domestic abuse and gang violence. Now some applicants are hoping to increase their ch

美国国家公共电台 NPR New Kids' Books Put A Human Face On The Refugee Crisis

NOEL KING, HOST: Literature often reflects the times in which we live. And there's a recent trend in literature for young people that deals with one of the world's biggest crises - the global wave of refugees. Now, books that tell the story of the re

美国国家公共电台 NPR Actor Lakeith Stanfield: 'We All Have Images That We're Attempting To Push'

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The actor Lakeith Stanfield is having a moment. My co-host Audie Cornish recently sat down with him to talk about how he picks his projects and what's next. AUDIE CORNISH, BYLINE: Stanfield was in Jordan Peele's Oscar-winning horro

美国国家公共电台 NPR Abortion Rights Advocates Preparing For Life After Roe v. Wade

DAVID GREENE, HOST: With the balance of the U.S. Supreme Court in question, abortion rights advocates are beginning to prepare for a future they hope never to see - one without the protections of the Roe v. Wade decision. The confirmation of Presiden

美国国家公共电台 NPR A 4 Billion Light-Year Journey Ends At The South Pole

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Scientists announced today that for the first time, they have been able to pinpoint the source of a particle called a high-energy neutrino. It was detected by an observatory at the South Pole. And as NPR science correspondent

美国国家公共电台 NPR In A Tumultuous Administration, Defense Secretary Endures

NOEL KING, HOST: All right. So it's not just China and North Korea. President Trump has had a lot to say on matters of defense lately. He tweeted that Iran would suffer historic consequences if it threatened the U.S., he scolded NATO allies, and he d

美国国家公共电台 NPR After Illness, Willie Nelson Is On The Road Again With Family At His Side

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This is sound from a stage in Charlotte, N.C. Willie Nelson was set to perform. Our co-host, David Greene, has more on what happened. DAVID GREENE, BYLINE: Or what didn't happen. Willie Nelson came out onstage. He picked up his g

美国国家公共电台 NPR Many Common Sunscreens May Harm Coral. Here's What To Use Instead

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This week, the governor of Hawaii is expected to sign the world's first ban on sunscreen sales. Research shows chemicals in some sunscreens may harm coral reefs. So the ban is good for coral, but what about people and their skin?

美国国家公共电台 NPR Mexico's Next President Gets 'Respectful' Call From Trump After Huge Win

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: All right. Well, in addition to interviewing possibilities for the Supreme Court today, President Trump also says he spoke for about 30 minutes today with Mexico's president-elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. (SOUNDBITE OF A

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'I Lived Through All That?': The Temptations Musical Hits The High And The Low Notes

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Philadelphia Is Ending A Major Contract With ICE

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Philadelphia is ending a major contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Federal immigration agents have long had access to an arrest database maintained by local authorities there. But activists and now top city officia

美国国家公共电台 NPR Scooters: Sidewalk Nuisances, Or The Future Of Local Transportation?

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Electric scooters are suddenly popping up on sidewalks in major cities around the country. They've become just about as popular as BJ Leiderman, who writes our theme music. Companies like Uber and Google have recently invested mill

美国国家公共电台 NPR To Focus On Students' Emotional Well-Being, India Tries 'Happiness Classes'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Can you learn happiness? Some students in India are finding out. Children at about a thousand schools in Delhi returned to class this month to find a new course - happiness class. India has one of the highest student suicide rates

美国国家公共电台 NPR Opinion: When A Video Isn't The Whole Story

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We live in times of instant mass outrage. Someone does something, says something or is seen doing something, and they can be demonized with a click. The next time you might be tempted, think of this. In the fourth inning of Sunday'

美国国家公共电台 NPR The 'Downwinders' From Atomic Testing Get Deserved Attention

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In 1945, the people of southern New Mexico saw the flash of the first atomic bomb when it was tested at a place called the Trinity Site. They weren't warned, and they weren't protected from fallout. Six years later, the composer Jo

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Postman Signs Off

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Il Soo Choi retired this week after 22 years carrying letters, magazines, catalogs and packages to 643 addresses on Manhattan's Upper East Side. He's an immigrant from South Korea. His wife has worked in nail salons. Their daughter

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Lifetime Investment: Big Money Pours Into Supreme Court Battle

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: And now to another major battle. President Trump hasn't yet nominated a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, but the fight over confirming that nominee has already begun. It's going to be intense and expen

美国国家公共电台 NPR Alaska Native Tannery Is Bringing Seal Back

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: One of the few ways indigenous people in Alaska can earn cash from traditional hunting is by turning seal pelts into clothing - hats, gloves, slippers. Alaska Public Media's Zachariah Hughes brings us this story from a smal

美国国家公共电台 NPR The U.S. Has A Long, Troubled History Of Detaining Families Together

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Now that President Trump has said he will no longer separate migrant families apprehended at the border, his administration is preparing to lock them up. The Defense Department is under orders to confine up to 12,000 immigrant pa

美国国家公共电台 NPR In The Shadow Of A Terrorist Attack, Rapper Is Targeted By France's Right Wing

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A Paris concert that's months away is already generating controversy. A Muslim rapper is scheduled to play at the Bataclan. That's the concert hall where 90 people were killed by Islamist extremists in a terrorist attack 2 1/2 ye