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NPR staffers pick their favorite fiction reads of 2024
NPR· 2 days agoEven hardworking news journalists by day need a break from reality in their off hours. In our newsroom at NPR, there are some omnivorous fiction readers. We have fans of romance ...
The FAFSA rollout left many students in limbo. Some colleges feel the effects, too
WUNC Chapel Hill· 5 days agoNPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Eric Hoover, reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education, about how last year’s chaotic rollout of the FAFSA is affecting colleges and universities.
Here are the nonfiction books NPR staffers have loved so far this year
NPR· 2 days agoWe see you, hard-core NPR readers — just because it's summer doesn't mean it's all fiction, all the time. So we asked around the newsroom to find our staffers' favorite nonfiction ...
Boston Celtics fans are celebrating a league record 18th NBA championship
WLRN Miami· 2 days agoNPR's A Martinez talks to Martenzie Johnson of ESPN’s Andscape about the Celtics 106-88 win over the Dallas Mavericks Monday night in Game 5 of the NBA finals.
'Grandmother of Juneteenth' Opal Lee discusses her work to solidify the holiday
WLRN Miami· 9 hours agoOpal Lee, an activist for the Juneteenth holiday, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Lee about the holiday she worked hard to solidify.
50% of U.S. military bases are in a health care desert, NPR probe finds
WLRN Miami· 3 days agoThe U.S. military has its own healthcare system for troops and their families. NPR has been reporting this year about how the Pentagon has tried to outsource much of that ...
Last Call for 6.19.24 — A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics
Florida Politics· 5 hours agoA prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics. Recent polls are showing a close race between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump ahead of the first presidential ...
The U.S. healthcare industry has been the target of two ransomware attacks this year
WLRN Miami· 4 days agoNPR's Lauren Frayer talks with Wired senior writer Andy Greenberg about how healthcare hacks are on the increase after a major attack against Change Healthcare earlier this year.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is pardoning 175,000 marijuana convictions
KTEP 88.5 El Paso· 2 days agoNPR's Michel Martin talks to Gov. Wes Moore about absolving people convicted of cannabis-related crimes, in what he calls “the most sweeping state level pardon in any state in American history.”
25 years on, 'Boys Don't Cry' remains a milestone in trans cinema : Consider This from NPR
NPR· 3 days agoAs part of his ongoing look at groundbreaking films from 1999, host Scott Detrow speaks with...