Ailsa Chang

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Tampa Bay Times Political Editor Emily Mahoney about Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, as he faces Democrat Charlie Crist in a debate Monday.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Grammy award-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens about her new children's book, "Build a House."

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Simon Johnson, a professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, about warning signs for the U.S. from the U.K.'s political and economical upheaval.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Nick Akerman about the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol issuing a subpoena on former President Donald Trump Friday.

A food distribution company in Philadelphia, Pa., had a few too many avocados on hand. Its solution? Giving them away for free.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Financial Times political editor George Parker about the continuing effects Brexit has had on U.K. politics and the economy.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Republican strategist Alice Stewart and Democratic strategist Joel Payne about how political campaigns communicate their messages to voters with political ads.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with sociologist and author Nancy Wang Yuen about Anna May Wong, the pioneering Asian-American actress who's on the latest coin minted for the American Women Quarters Program.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Mother Jones reporter Julia Lurie about her reporting on the family separation crisis in Massachusetts.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with actor William Shatner, best known for starring in Star Trek, about actually visiting space in 2021.

As Republicans seek to win control of Congress, Democrats are doubling down on abortion. They are hoping that outrage over the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade will turn the tide in their favor.

New York announced a new plan Tuesday to crack down on the city's rat infestation.

President Biden is set to announce Wednesday that the U.S. plans to draw 15 million barrels of oil out of its strategic stockpiles in December.

President Biden gave a speech about abortion rights Tuesday, billed as a political event ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Ryan Sorrell, the founder and executive editor of the Kansas City Defender, about a man accused of kidnapping and assault, following reports of missing Black women.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Yun Sun, Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center, about Xi Jinping and the 20th Party Congress.

After seeing Twitter threads pointing out a potential link between negative candle reviews and spikes in COVID cases, one professor sought to determine if there was a relationship between the two.

A mother-daughter baking duo is responsible for the 6-foot tall "Pan Solo" sculpture that sits outside of the family business, One House Bakery, in Benicia, Calif.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with civil engineering professor Brett Sanders about what's needed in terms of infrastructure planning to make communities more resilient to serious floods and storms.

Russian President Vladimir Putin illegally annexed four more Ukrainian regions Friday. NPR's Juana Summers speaks with senior policy researcher at the RAND corporation Dara Massicot about the move.