Turns Out, Fighting Fat Shaming And Racist Trolls Is Also A Ghostbuster's Job
She's back.Earlier this week actor and comedian Leslie Jones decided she'd had enough of Twitter trolls targeting her because she dared to co-star in a reboot of the 1984 film, Ghostbusters.She was...
View ArticleConservative Icon Phyllis Schlafly Dies At 92
Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, best known for being the voice of opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment, died on Monday. She was 92.Her death was confirmed by her son John, who said she died...
View Article100 Years In The Making, Black History And Culture Museum Ready For Reveal
When peals ring out from a 130-year-old church bell at the Sept. 24 dedication ceremony for the National Museum of African American History and Culture, they will signal the end of a long journey.The...
View ArticleHow Arnold Palmer Hit A Hole-In-One With His Signature Drink
As we mourn the golf great Arnold Palmer, we acknowledge another contribution he made to our culture: the tasty and refreshing iced tea and lemonade beverage that carries his name.Over his long career,...
View ArticleThe Joy (And Fear) Of Making 'Kindred' Into A Graphic Novel
Not surprisingly, artists Damian Duffy and John Jennings felt especially daunted by the chance to adapt renowned speculative-fiction writer Octavia Butler's beloved Kindred for a new graphic novel...
View ArticleHow The Long-Lash Look Went From The Red Carpet To Everyday Life
When Anna Taylor got her U.S. patent for false eyelashes in 1911 , it's doubtful she could see far enough into the future to know that trying to make lashes look longer and fuller would turn into a...
View ArticleThe Final Four: UNC-Chapel Hill And Oregon, South Carolina And Gonzaga
Stare hard at your March Madness brackets because the weekend is over and we are down to the Final Four. When South Carolina faces Gonzaga in the NCAA final four playoffs in Arizona on Saturday, it...
View ArticleThis Country Music Tailor Is Known As 'The Rhinestone Rembrandt'
Manuel Cuevas moved to the U.S. from Mexico in the late 1950s to pursue his calling as a tailor. He started sewing when he was 7 when most kids were occupied with other things, such as playing. "The...
View ArticleThe 'Best Of' Frank Deford, According To Frank Deford
Renowned sports writer and commentator Frank Deford, 78, died on Sunday, just a few weeks after his last piece aired on Morning Edition . He had recorded 1,656 commentaries for NPR over nearly 40...
View ArticleProtect, Serve And Take Care Of The Bees
When Anthony Planakis was going through the New York Police Academy, they told him to write his interests down on a little card. "Beekeeping, of course I put that down," says 54-year-old Planakis, who...
View ArticleWhat One Family Lost In Pulse Nightclub A Year Ago
A year ago, a gunman opened fire in Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. Deonka Drayton was one of the 49 people killed that night, in what was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Drayton...
View ArticleAmericans Agree On Some Gun Restrictions, Pew Survey Finds
Mass shootings in Orlando, Fla. , Alexandria, Va. , and San Francisco during the first two weeks of June — two of them on the same day — have once again put America's complicated relationship with guns...
View ArticleIn North Carolina, No Is Not Always No, If The Sex Has Already Started
While college campuses struggle with consent , and when and how "no means no," a nearly 40-year-old court case in North Carolina says a person can't be charged with rape if their partner revokes...
View ArticleWho Are The Confederate Men Memorialized With Statues?
Though the violence has ended in Charlottesville, Va., debates and protests continue and Confederate statues and monuments are being removed all over the country. A 2016 report from the Southern...
View ArticleWho Are The Juggalos And Why Are They Marching In Washington, D.C.?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkF5VhJ0Mq4 This weekend is expected to be a busy one for protesting in the nation's capital, with the Mother of All Rallies, a pro-Trump group that says it wants to...
View ArticleLas Vegas Massacre Raises Questions About Hotel Security
When police entered 64-year-old Stephen Paddock's 32nd-floor hotel room at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo says, they found "in excess of 10 rifles." Paddock is...
View ArticleDallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones: Players Cannot Disrespect Flag
Two weeks ago he locked arms and knelt with his players before the national anthem, then stood with them as it played. Now, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says players who "disrespect the flag,"...
View ArticleNew York City Marathon Will Run As Scheduled, With Extra Security
As investigations continue into the terrorist truck attack in New York City that left at least eight people dead and several more injured on Tuesday, officials are shoring up security for Sunday's...
View Article#NPRreads: Finding A Point Of View
#NPRreads is a weekly feature on Twitter and on The Two-Way. The premise is simple: Correspondents, editors and producers from our newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the...
View ArticleNew York City Marathon Will Run As Scheduled, With Extra Security
As investigations continue into the terrorist truck attack in New York City that left at least eight people dead and several more injured on Tuesday, officials are shoring up security for Sunday's...
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