SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Nearly a third of African-Americans report experiencing discrimination when they've been to the doctor. It's according to a poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Perhap...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: I let you down. I should have acted faster and more decisively - the words of NPR CEO Jarl in an email to our newsroom. He met with NPR staff this afternoon two days after he asked for the resignation of senior vice president...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Now, it's been a rough few days for Democrats, too. They are trying to rebuild and win elections, including two gubernatorial races next week. And yet the 2016 Democratic primary is a wound that just can't seem to heal. Donna...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A disabled 10-year-old girl was recently apprehended in South Texas for immigration violations. Her case spotlights a harsh reality of the borderlands. Undocumented immigrants who live north of the border but south of a string of B...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Anne Fadiman's father was the very model of the modern, cultivated man. He quoted Shakespeare and Shaw, recited Homer and Sophocles, made clever wisecracks and pointed puns. He was a longtime judge of the Book of the Month Club, th...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Dan Rather's career has entered a new phase. At age 86, he's speaking to millions of people every day not at CBS where he anchored the Evening News for more than 20 years. Instead, Facebook has given him a new audience where he wri...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: There's no such thing as an off year for voters in Virginia from politics. The state holds a gubernatorial election Tuesday. The race looks tight. The state's often seen as a political bellwether, and the stakes feel especially hig...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: For one young mother in Pennsylvania, one thing has been on her mind - health insurance. Since last year's presidential election, we've been checking in with Jamie Ruppert and other Americans from all walks of life. She voted for D...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: All this farm-to-table stuff in restaurants these days has renewed interest in heirloom fruits and vegetables. But long before the most recent enthusiasm, there's been a Tennessee gardener who's been on a mission to preserve rare h...
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: It's a moment to dance in New York. The New York City Council has voted to repeal a ban on dancing in bars and restaurants that's been on the books for 91 years. The so-called Cabaret Law was passed during Prohibition - a way to cr...