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Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019We tend to think that those in poverty are products of drug addiction or mental illness, but many poor people hold full-time or…

Nick Mamatas takes on the legacy of H.P. Lovecraft — both Lovecraft's notorious racism and sexism, and the zealous fandom that's sprung up around him — with scathing humor in his latest novel.

Matthew Kressel kicks off an Old Testament-flavored fantasy trilogy with this story of a man, abducted by a demon, who learns he's one of 36 hidden saints whose existence preserves the Earth.

The Fall Out Boy frontman delivers a whip-smart remix that dares to treat Jepsen as more than a meme.

The veteran singer, songwriter and producer recently released The Reverend Shawn Amos Loves You, which combines old-fashioned blues music with new technology.

Members of the public have 30 days to submit comments on the plan, which was released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

The president is renewing his push for U.S. control of Syrian oil. Experts say the limited oil there belongs to Syria, but it may provide a pretext for a continued U.S. presence in the country.

A curious Columbia, Mo. native, Bram Sable-Smith has documented mbira musicians in Zimbabwe, mining protests in Chile, and the St. Louis airport's tumultuous relationship with the Chinese cargo business. His reporting from Ferguson, Mo. was part of a KBIA documentary honored by the Missouri Broadcasters Association and winner of a national Edward R. Murrow Award. He comes to KBIA most recently from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine.

A bipartisan group of senators is on the cusp of unveiling a plan for immigration reform. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), one of the so-called "Gang of Eight," talks to host Jacki Lyden about the effort. We also hear from some of the thousands of demonstrators who gathered on the National Mall for a pro-reform rally this past week. NPR's Ted Robins tells us what the economic effect of legalizing 11 million workers could be, and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) talks about bringing undocumented workers out of the shadows.

Welcome to “A Trifling Place,” a podcast dedicated to exploring the ins-and-outs of Charlotte.So about a month ago, reporter Lisa Miller handed me a book…

A rush hour commute on all 26 miles of the toll lanes on I-77 from Charlotte to Mooresville will cost up to $6.55 one way when the lanes open later this…

NPR has obtained the government's $5.3 billion contract for the first 10 million courses of Paxlovid, an antiviral pill for COVID-19. Here's what's in it.

Eileen Pace is a veteran radio and print journalist with a long history of investigative and feature reporting in San Antonio and Houston, earning more than 50 awards for investigative reporting, documentaries, long-form series, features, sports stories, outstanding anchoring and best use of sound.

The rising Jamaican soul singer and Protoje co-sign performed four songs for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.

The Nigerian singer-songwriter delivers "Afro-life" in a three-song Tiny Desk home concert.

00000174-fa0c-de55-a17c-fe2d1d740000To many she was the revered Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. To others, she was Notorious R.B.G. Ginsburg was a brilliant legal mind who fought for equality, and a cultural icon whose twice-weekly workouts even as she was in her 80s reflected her stubborn toughness. She died Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, at age 87 after five times battling cancer, succumbing to complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas.She was a passionate defender of liberal ideals, but even President Donald Trump relayed condolences via Twitter, saying, “Her opinions, including well-known decisions regarding the legal equality of women and the disabled, have inspired all Americans, and generations of great legal minds.”At NPR, Nina Totenberg had a five-decade-long friendship with Ginsburg that led to numerous one-on-one interviews. We are sharing some of that exclusive content here today in remembrance of Ginsburg.Totenberg tweeted, “A Jewish teaching says those who die just before the Jewish new year are the ones God has held back until the last moment (because) they were needed most and were the most righteous. And so it was that #RBG died as the sun was setting last night marking the beginning of Rosh Hashanah.”Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Champion Of Gender Equality, Dies At 87VIDEO: Watch Justice Ginsburg talk about her health, marriage, career and having no regrets.

Rap from Nashville isn't new, nor is the city's tendency to overlook the creators and entrepreneurs behind that music – despite country artists borrowing liberally from the genre over the past decade.

Emily Abshire (she/they) is an assistant producer for NPR One. She makes day-to-day programming and production decisions about the content in the NPR One app and collaborates with the newsroom to optimize audio stories for platforms beyond radio. She also hand-curates NPR One's ethical news algorithm that powers the app and is used on voice platforms. Along with other members of the NPR One team, Abshire works to envision fresh news experiences on emerging platforms, such as voice assistants and smart speakers.

Webb Hubbell was a political prodigy. When he was just 29, he became mayor of Little Rock. A few years later, he was chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme…

The first time most of us saw Brooklyn Decker, she wasn’t wearing many clothes. She first appeared in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue in 2006, when…