Melissa Block

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Kris Kristofferson, musical rebel and movie star, has died at age 88

Sunday, September 29, 2024

Musician and film star Kris Kristofferson has died at age 88. His hit songs include "Me and Bobby McGee" and he starred in dozens of films, including A Star Is Born, opposite Barbra Streisand.

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NPR's Melissa Block bids farewell after 38 years

Friday, June 30, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block bids farewell after 38 years at the network and reminisces on some of her most impactful assignments.

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Florida families face confusion after gender-affirming care ban temporarily blocked

Friday, June 09, 2023

This week, a judge temporarily blocked Florida's ban on gender-affirming care for kids. It's seen as a win for trans rights but a chilling effect has left some providers and families confused on care.

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Judge's blistering ruling halts Florida's ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Tuesday, June 06, 2023

In a strongly worded ruling, a federal judge said that minors who filed suit against Florida's gender-affirming care bans would "suffer irreparable harm." An appeal to the injunction is expected.

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Heads up! Stunning birds are all around us, even in dense cities

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

If you pay attention, you can see or hear a wide variety of birds, especially in migration season.

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She ripped up her manicured lawn and challenged the norms of gardening stories

Friday, May 05, 2023

In Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden, Camille Dungy describes her years-long project to transform her weed-filled, water-hogging, monochromatic lawn into a pollinator's paradise.

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A few Republicans spoke up and stopped abortion bans in their states

Friday, April 28, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block talks with South Carolina Sen. Sandy Senn, who was one of six Republican state senators who helped block a near-total abortion ban from advancing.

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Disney flexes its legal muscle in latest feud with DeSantis

Friday, April 28, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block talks with New York Times reporter Brooks Barnes about the feud between Disney and Gov. Ron DeSantis and the power that Disney holds in the state of Florida.

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For this poet, working on her garden is exploring history, race and sustainability

Friday, April 28, 2023

Poet Camille Dungy made her lawn into an eco-friendly pollinator's paradise of native plants. Her memoir links diversifying the landscape and diversifying the voices who write about the natural world.

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Photographer's decade-long, 600,000-mile journey shows Indigenous life in new book

Friday, April 28, 2023

Matika Wilbur was tired of seeing one-dimensional, insipid, degrading depictions of Native Americans in mainstream media and popular culture. So she did something about it.

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51 years later, Germany has a panel to review the Munich Olympics hostage massacre

Thursday, April 27, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Michael Brenner, professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, about the review the 1972 Munich Olympics terrorist attack that killed 11 Israeli athletes.

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'Dead Ringers' shows pregnancy's beauty, horrors as Rachel Weisz plays Mantle twins

Thursday, April 27, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with actress Rachel Weisz and screenwriter Alice Birch about the new series Dead Ringers, about a pair of celebrity OB/GYN twins in New York.

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Transgender lawmaker speaks out on her banishment from Montana House floor

Thursday, April 27, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Rep. Zooey Zephyr about her ban from attending or speaking in the Montana State House for the rest of the year.

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Coordinator for the American Rescue Plan weighs in on Republicans' debt ceiling bill

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Gene Sperling, coordinator for the American Rescue Plan, about Republicans' debt ceiling bill that would slash federal spending and undo some of Biden's domestic agenda.

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Photographer's decade-long, 600,000 mile journey shows Indigenous life in new book

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Matika Wilbur about her new book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America.

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Three generations of trans Americans speak about how times have changed — and haven't

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with three trans people about how trans rights have changed through their generations and how anti-trans legislation is shaping the future of trans rights.

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Dolly Parton talks about her new children's book — and standing up to bullies

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

The music star talks about writing for children, standing up to bullies, and why her program to deliver books to children meant so much to her dad.

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Dolly Parton talks about her new kids book and why she's drawn to literature

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

NPR's Melissa Block talks with singer-songwriter and American icon Dolly Parton about her new kids book Billy the Kid Makes It Big!

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The U.S. contributed to Sudan's instability, a former official says

Monday, April 24, 2023

Jacqueline Burns, former adviser to the U.S. special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, talks about how the U.S. has contributed to instability in Sudan.

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How a 2024 presidential campaign for Biden will differ from 2020's

Monday, April 24, 2023

Evan Osnos, author and staff writer at The New Yorker, talks about President Biden's strategy for his anticipated run for president.

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