Coal is piled up at the Gallatin Fossil Plant in Gallatin, Tenn. Mark Humphrey/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Humphrey/AP Coal is piled up at the Gallatin Fossil Plant in Gallatin, Tenn. Mark Humphrey/AP Coal has long had a grip on American politics. That’s why politicians worry about its fate. They tout the fossil fuel’s
Members of the “Full Rights for Immigrants Coalition” displayed a giant effigy of then-candidate Donald Trump on May Day in Los Angeles last year. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images Members of the “Full Rights for Immigrants Coalition” displayed a giant effigy of then-candidate Donald Trump on May Day in Los
This week and next is a national rite of passage for stressed-out overachievers everywhere. Nearly 3 million high school students at 22,000 high schools will be sitting down to take their Advanced Placement exams. Created by the nonprofit College Board in the 1950s, AP is to other high school courses what Whole Foods is to
Here’s a kale salad and sweet potato that did get their portraits taken in the name of medical research. Courtesy of Brandie Jefferson hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Brandie Jefferson Here’s a kale salad and sweet potato that did get their portraits taken in the name of medical research. Courtesy of Brandie Jefferson “Why
Credit: Chris Nickels for NPR Sometimes, even professionally compassionate people get tired. Kristin Laurel, a flight nurse from Waconia, Minn., has worked in trauma units for over two decades. The daily exposure to distressing situations can sometimes result in compassion fatigue. “Some calls get to you, no matter who you are,” she says. That burnout
Judah (left) and Josh Ridgeway drill a hole in the Tanana River at Nenana, Alaska to measure the thickness of the ice on April 13th. Dan Bross/KUAC hide caption toggle caption Dan Bross/KUAC Judah (left) and Josh Ridgeway drill a hole in the Tanana River at Nenana, Alaska to measure the thickness of the ice
The Manzanar cemetery includes a white obelisk monument in the midst of a wide clearing, making it feel lonely. Melissa Hung for NPR hide caption toggle caption Melissa Hung for NPR From the car seat, the toddler, almost three years old, asked his parents what we were doing. “We’re here to learn our history, your
As I stood up to end our visit, Frank indicated he had one more question. “You know those commercials for Cialis?” he asked. “Would that be all right for me to try?” Here we go with the bathtubs again, I think to myself. Toned silver-hairs in side-by-side bathtubs on a deck somewhere looking out at
President Trump ordered Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to look into whether the federal government has usurped state and local control of education. Olivier Douliery/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Olivier Douliery/Getty Images President Trump ordered Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to look into whether the federal government has usurped state and local control of education. Olivier
Pedestrians walk past St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. The number of Americans who list their church affiliation as “none” has certainly increased, but more than 70 percent still identify generally as Christian. Marianne O’Leary/Flickr Here is a proposition that may seem self-evident to many people: As societies become more modern, religion loses its
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, his national security adviser, at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, in February. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump shakes hands with Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, his national security adviser, at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in
What makes a high-quality learning program effective not just for the child but the whole family? What else, besides a well-run pre-K, is essential to help families break out of intergenerational poverty? These are some of the key questions that an approach called “two-generation” programs are working to answer. There are many of these “two-gen”