The Bureau of Indian Affairs promised to reform tribal jails. NPR uncovered neglect, disrepair and the deaths of at least 19 men and women since 2016 at the Shiprock District Department of Corrections facility. Read the story here.
Zoom is the most popular video conferencing software and many people's communications lifeline during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hear the story about how the tiny company beat tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Cisco.
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Hollywood director Jon M. Chu got his start splicing VHS tapes of home videos. In 2018, he directed Crazy Rich Asians — the first Hollywood film with a majority Asian cast in 25 years — and in 2021, Lin Manuel Miranda's In the Heights. Read the comic about Chu's creative journey.
NPR is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. And in preparation, we asked listeners of a certain age for some advice and lessons learned from a half-century of living. Listen to one man's advice for the big milestone.
In the upheaval following the murder of George Floyd, passionate debates ignited across America about what to do with the remnants of the Civil War. It divided Jacksonville, Fla.
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Podcasts of the Week
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The author of the new book, Mercury Rising, writes about the United States' first mission to put an astronaut in orbit around the Earth, and, more broadly, about how Cold War fears fueled the early days of the space program. (Fresh Air)
After hearing a vicious rumor on the internet that vegetables aren't real, Maddie goes looking for answers. (Short Wave)
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Millions of women left the workforce during the pandemic. Here's a story about a mother's tough decision to leave work and an economist's view on the labor market for women during the pandemic. (The Indicator From Planet Money)
A year after several high-profile police killings, polls show that white support for the movement has not only waned, but is lower than it was before. On this episode, two researchers explain why last year so-called racial reckoning was always shakier than it looked. (Code Switch)
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