美国国家公共电台 NPR Ahead Of 2020 Election, Voting Rights Becomes A Key Issue For Democrats

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Democrats are getting clearer on their priorities for 2020. And one of them is voting rights. Here's NPR's Miles Parks. MILES PARKS, BYLINE: Stacey Abrams took the stage in Atlanta on Tuesday night for the Democratic response to

美国国家公共电台 NPR Ahead Of 2020 Summer Olympics, A Building Boom In Kyoto Is Yielding Ancient Artifacts

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. A tourism boom is changing the face of Japan. The number of visitors has nearly tripled in the past five years to about 30 million, and the country is scrambling to build enough hotels ahead of next year's Tokyo Olympic

美国国家公共电台 NPR Sen. Kamala Harris Announces 2020 Presidential Candidacy

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Senator Kamala Harris is running for president. The California Democrat made the announcement this morning. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, GOOD MORNING AMERICA) KAMALA HARRIS: My parents were very active in the civil rights movement, and

美国国家公共电台 NPR For 2020 Democrats, The Race Is On To Win Over Black Voters

DAVID GREENE, HOST: At least half a dozen Democrats interested in the 2020 presidential nomination are speaking today at events commemorating the Martin Luther King holiday. NPR's Asma Khalid reports that this is really a reminder of how important bl

美国国家公共电台 NPR Judge Orders Trump Administration To Remove 2020 Census Citizenship Question

Judge Orders Trump Administration To Remove 2020 Census Citizenship Question MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The Trump administration suffered a big defeat in court today over its plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. A federal judge in Ne

美国国家公共电台 NPR Furloughed Workers In Hard-Hit Community Organize Potluck During Shutdown

SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: We're going to turn now to the partial federal government shutdown, which is now the longest in history as we've entered day 22. We're going to hear from voices across the country during the program today about how the shutdown

美国国家公共电台 NPR What A Case Of Mistaken Identity Tells Us About Race In America

DAVID GREENE, HOST: This week, 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes was buried in Harris County, Texas. The second-grader was shot and killed as she sat in a car on the morning of December 30, during a drive-by shooting. After initial reports that the shooter w

美国国家公共电台 NPR House GOP Leaders Move To Strip Rep. Steve King Of Committee Assignments

House GOP Leaders Move To Strip Rep. Steve King Of Committee Assignments MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Tonight, House Republicans took a rare step to punish one of their own, Iowa Republican Congressman Steve King. Here's Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. (

美国国家公共电台 NPR Both Satire And Slasher, 'Velvet Buzzsaw' Sends Up Contemporary Art

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Dan Gilroy is out with a new film, called, Velvet Buzzsaw. Like his last movie, Nightcrawler, Gilroy is the writer and director. And also like his last film, this one stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo. Gyllenhaal plays an art cr

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Many Fire Evacuees, There's Still No Going Back To Paradise

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now to California, where a massive cleanup is getting underway in and around the town of Paradise, which was nearly wiped out by a deadly wildfire last fall. Disaster response officials say the country has not seen a toxic debris c

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'High Flying Bird': In An NBA Lockout, An Agent Shoots His Shot

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: High Flying Bird is a basketball movie, but you rarely see a basketball. It's a film about, as one character calls it, the game that owners, broadcasters and advertisers put over the game. Andre Holland plays Ray, a sports agent wh

美国国家公共电台 NPR Opinion: As U.S. Seeks To Withdraw Troops, What About Afghanistan's Women?

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: I bought a burqa in a market when I covered the war in Afghanistan in 2002. I showed it to my wife when I got home and pulled the blue garment over my head to look through the single thin eye slit that allowed an Afghan woman's onl

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Teen Faces Colorism At School And At Home In 'Genesis Begins Again'

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The new book Genesis Begins Again is about a 13-year-old African-American girl who dreams of having smooth hair and skin many shades closer to her light-skinned mother and grandmother. Genesis says a prayer every night - Lord, turn

美国国家公共电台 NPR Keeper Of Southern Folklife Is Up For 2 Grammy Awards

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Grammy Awards come next weekend in Los Angeles. Among this year's nominees is Southern folklorist William Ferris. Now, you probably will not see him outside Staples Center fending off the paparazzi. But if you do not know his

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Northam, Neeson Can Represent 'Racism Without Racists'

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Virginia's governor, Ralph Northam, tried to get back to business as usual yesterday, meeting with state lawmakers about his agenda. Still looming, though - the controversy about that photo in his medical yearbook of a man in bla

美国国家公共电台 NPR How One Couple's Love Story Sparked Change In Their Community, Block By Block

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It is Friday, which means it's time for StoryCorps. We're on the day after Valentine's Day, which is really becoming almost like Valentine's week here on MORNING EDITION, which is fine. Today, two people whos

美国国家公共电台 NPR McCabe's 'The Threat' May Be Darkest Vision Of Trump Presidency Yet

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Andrew McCabe used to be the deputy director of the FBI until he was fired by President Trump. Now almost a year later, McCabe is talking. In his first public interview on the subject, McCabe told CBS' 60 Minutes that he authoriz

美国国家公共电台 NPR When Your Shared Netflix Account Outlasts The Relationship

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Now that we're past Valentine's Day, we can tell this story about sharing. You know, people try to share things when they love each other, including passwords for their video and music streaming services. But what happens when th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Emergency Declaration For Border Wall Could Tap Military Funds

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We now know the next sentence of the story of President Trump's drive for a border wall. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said yesterday the president will sign a border security measure that does not include funding for

美国国家公共电台 NPR Love Is: A Crowdsourced Valentine's Day Poem

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A poet once said, there's a lot of love around us. But if our hearts aren't open, we won't see it. That poet is Kwame Alexander. And he is here with us on MORNING EDITION to celebrate Valentine's Day. Hey, Kwame. KWAME ALEXANDER: