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6 months after the deadly wildfire in Lahaina, a family tries to rebuild their lives
Sunday, February 11, 2024
For one family whose home was severely damaged in the Lahaina fire, times have been tough. They remain scattered around Maui. The father lost his job and is only working part time.
Mexican president proposes sweeping reforms increasing pensions, minimum wage
Sunday, February 11, 2024
NPR's Debbie Elliot speaks with Reforma columnist Carlos Bravo Regidor about Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's new constitutional reforms.
'Thank You Please Come Again' is an ode to the food of Southern gas stations
Sunday, February 11, 2024
NPR's Debbie Elliott talks with photographer Kate Medley about her book, "Thank You Please Come Again," on eateries in Southern gas stations. She also speaks with Otha Campbell who helps run one.
Politics chat: New conditions for military aid; Trump attacks NATO
Sunday, February 11, 2024
The US attaches new conditions to military aid for allies; Trump's campaign rhetoric against NATO, Democrats react to the special counsel report's characterization of Biden.
King cake is a Mardi Gras tradition in New Orleans. Locals voted for the best one
Sunday, February 11, 2024
NPR's Debbie Elliot speaks with Ian McNulty, a food culture writer for nola.com about Mardi Gras cakes and the first Mardi Gras king cake bracket.
Streaming services announce a joint bundle for live sports
Sunday, February 11, 2024
NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks to John Ourand of Puck News about a recent deal to bundle sports streaming services and what the future of sports media rights will look like.
Israeli military claims an underground tunnel links Hamas with the UNRWA
Sunday, February 11, 2024
Israel's military showed journalists what it claims is a Hamas tunnel beneath the Gaza headquarters of the UN agency that assists Palestinians.
Britti Guerin's debut album navigates the hardship and triumph of finding your voice
Sunday, February 11, 2024
NPR's Debbie Elliot speaks to singer/songwriter Britti Guerin about her debut album, "Hello I'm Britti."
Actor Camila Mendes on 'Upgraded', a new rom-com about a New York art intern
Sunday, February 11, 2024
NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with actor Camila Mendes, star of the movie "Upgraded," now streaming on Amazon Prime. It's a romantic comedy about an intern at a New York art auction house.
More than 5,000 Maui residents are still displaced after last summer's fires
Thursday, February 08, 2024
Maui had a housing crisis even before last summer — but the fires on Maui amplified it. As local politicians work to find longer term housing, the instability is taking a toll.
A look from Maui six months after devastating wildfires
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
As we approach the six-month anniversary of the Maui fires, we look at the biggest issues that people on the island are still facing.
An Alabama engineer says a major defense contractor fired him for speaking Hindi
Monday, January 29, 2024
An engineer in Huntsville, Ala. is suing the defense contractor Parsons Corporation for discrimination, arguing he was fired for speaking his native Hindi language at work.
Alabama engineer sues major defense corporator for racial discrimination
Saturday, January 27, 2024
An engineer in Huntsville, Ala., is suing the defense contractor Parsons Corporation for discrimination, arguing he was fired for speaking his native Hindi language at work.
NPR staffers pick their favorite food books from the 2023 Books We Love list
Saturday, January 06, 2024
From NPR's Books We Love list, our staff recommends the cookbooks "Ed Mitchell's Barbeque," "Invitation to a Banquet," "The Secret of Cooking," "The Migrant Chef," and "Asada."
Confederate monument melted down to create new, more inclusive public art
Sunday, October 29, 2023
The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va. is being melted down into an inclusive art display. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on October 26, 2023.)
Confederate monument melted down to create new, more inclusive public art
Thursday, October 26, 2023
A project in Charlottesville, Va. seeks to upend the narrative around the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was the center of deadly white nationalist protests there in 2017.
Black residents in rural Alabama demand sanitation equity, saying 'it's a right'
Friday, October 13, 2023
A landmark environmental justice agreement is aimed at fixing longstanding sanitation issues in a rural, predominantly Black Alabama county. Residents say they've waited long enough.
Landmark environmental justice case aims to fix an Alabama county's sewage problems
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
The Biden administration reached a landmark environmental justice agreement to fix longstanding sanitation issues in rural Lowndes County, Ala., where some homes pipe raw sewage into their yards.
A century ago, Black WWI vets demanded better care. They got their own VA hospital
Friday, September 29, 2023
This is the centennial of the first Veterans Affairs hospital established to treat Black veterans. It opened in Tuskegee, Ala., after veterans were denied equitable health care after World War I.
Tuskegee Veterans Affairs hospital, the first to treat Black veterans, turns 100
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Marking the centennial of the first Veterans Affairs hospital established to treat Black veterans, who protested after being denied equitable health care upon returning from WWI.