美国国家公共电台 NPR As More Electric Cars Arrive, What's The Future For Gas-Powered Engines?

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Democrats' proposed Green New Deal calls for America to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. transportation, an ambitious goal that would require - among many other things - phasing out cars that run on gasoline. That m

美国国家公共电台 NPR This City Told Amazon And Google: No Incentives For You

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It was rolled out like a rose ceremony. Who would be chosen to marry Amazon? Every city tried to make themselves the most attractive. As we know, it didn't quite work out as planned. Activists and local politicians in New Y

美国国家公共电台 NPR U.S. Masses Aid Along Venezuelan Border As Some Humanitarian Groups Warn Of Risks

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to the Colombia-Venezuela border, where the U.S. is positioning food and medicine, which it hopes to get to needy Venezuelans. But the plan is highly controversial. Venezuela's authoritarian president, Nicolas Maduro, claims

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Every Day Is A Good Day When You're Floating': Anne McClain Talks Life In Space

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: This is Lulu's log, stardate February 17, 2019, where we discuss matters of space, the stars and the universe. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) GARCIA-NAVARRO: And today, we're actually going to take you out of this world and into spac

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Chance Meeting Changes Lives In Sophie Kinsella's Latest

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The new book I Owe You One centers around a family shop in London and a young woman trying to make her way and find love while dealing with her self-centered siblings. It's written by the author known as Sophie Kinsella. Sh

美国国家公共电台 NPR Their Home Survived The Camp Fire — But Their Insurance Did Not

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Californians who live in an area devastated by wildfires have new protections as of January 1. If their home survives a blaze, their property insurer must maintain their coverage for at least a year after the disaster. But

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Birds Of Passage,' A New Lens On The Narcotrafficking Drama

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The decadeslong drug war in Colombia has fueled a whole genre of movies and TV shows. Think men with guns wearing crisp suits in the tropical heat, like in the Netflix series Narcos. A new film from Colombia shows another ver

美国国家公共电台 NPR Bernie Sanders Launches 2020 Presidential Campaign, No Longer An Underdog

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Senator Bernie Sanders is giving it another run. He announced this morning in an interview with Vermont Public Radio that he is launching a campaign for president in 2020. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST) BERNIE SANDERS: We began

美国国家公共电台 NPR Democrats Used To Talk About 'Criminal Immigrants,' So What Changed The Party?

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Democrats have been mostly unified against President Trump's border wall. But on more nuanced immigration issues, it hasn't always been that simple. Some immigrant advocates called President Obama the deporter in chief for his po

美国国家公共电台 NPR Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Debuts 'Lazarus' To Celebrate 60th Anniversary

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Ask anybody who's tried - It's hard to keep even a well-known arts institution going. To keep it going after its founder and namesake has died is even more impressive. But, to do that for some six decades, some might call that mi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Andrew McCabe, Ex-FBI Deputy, Describes 'Remarkable' Number Of Trump-Russia Contacts

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: More than 20 years ago, Andrew McCabe was a newly hired agent at the FBI. He investigated Russian organized crime groups in New York. Decades later, as acting FBI director, his investigations centered on a similar theme. ANDREW M

美国国家公共电台 NPR Scientific Duo Gets Back To Basics To Make Childbirth Safer

DAVID GREENE, HOST: This is the story about two women, a doctor and a mechanical engineer. They came together to study one of the most basic parts of human life - pregnancy and labor. That's because there's a lot we just don't know. NPR's Alison Kodj

美国国家公共电台 NPR Facing Loss Of Accreditation Over Finances, Women's HBCU Raises Millions

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: There are only two historically black women's colleges in the U.S. One of them, Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., has been facing a loss of accreditation because of shaky finances, and that would lead to a loss of federal fund

美国国家公共电台 NPR Former Teacher Blames Education Policymakers For Atlanta Cheating Scandal

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to return now to a story you may remember from a few years back - a cheating scandal in the Atlanta public school system. Prosecutors charged that teachers and administrators conspired to change incorrect answers to i

美国国家公共电台 NPR Scrubbing The Past To Give Those With A Criminal Record A Second Chance

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Here's a startling figure - almost 1 in 4 American adults has a criminal record. That's according to federal statistics. People charged with or convicted of even minor offenses can face consequences long after they have paid thei

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 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