1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1274+ words) Actor Tatyana Ali holds a Baby Yams quilt. Ali's baby blankets raise funds and awareness for Black and Indigenous birth workers. Manfred Baumann hide caption Actor and singer Tatyana Ali has become an important voice in a growing movement to…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (354+ words) The Trump administration is making a new push to exclude millions of U.S. residents from a key census count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state." President Trump's administration is making a new push…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (161+ words) Lonnie G. Bunch III, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, is stepping down from his post at the end of the year.The Smithsonian, which includes museums, libraries and a zoo, has been a frequent target of criticism by President Trump.How…...

6+ day, 39+ min ago   (311+ words) Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III, who resigned as head of the Smithsonian Institution Tuesday, makes remarks at an opening ceremony introducing the public to the new giant pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, at the National Zoo on Jan 24, 2025. Tyrone Turner…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (665+ words) Today's economy is brought to you by… the letter K! Or is it C? Or … well, it depends on who you talk to about how the rich and poor are doing these days. This desire to Sesame Street the economy…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (116+ words) How did you celebrate July 4 this year? What did the country’s landmark 250th anniversary, in honor of the founding of the United States, mean to you?The next 50 years likely hold a lot of change for our country where democracy, economic…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (91+ words) The UN estimates 650 million women and girls currently alive were married before age 18. A new resolution aims to bring awareness and push countries to act to end child marriage. The UN passed resolution ahead of General Assembly calling for end…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (69+ words) NPR Youngest of the Young Highlights Program We’ve gone back in our archive to rediscover astonishing performances by some of the youngest performers (12 and under) to appear on From the Top! You’ll even hear a young violinist who now performs…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (259+ words) Sunday Puzzle NPR hide caption Today we're going to the spa. Every answer is a familiar two-word, phrase or name in which the first word starts with S and the second word starts PA-. Ex. Purchasse of beer at a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (200+ words) This week, the popular prediction market known as Kalshi banned former Congressman George Santos for life and fined him more than 70-thousand dollars — after he engaged in insider trading on the site. That came as no shock to NPR technology…...