Kentucky Pastor On School Shooting
In the shooting aftermath at Marshall County High School, Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Life in Christ Church pastor Chris McDonald on the community's reactions in Kentucky.
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Rep. Jim Himes On The Nunes Memo
Republicans say they have a memo listing FBI abuses. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Democratic Rep. Jim Himes, who says Republicans are trying to discredit the Trump-Russia inquiry.
The Other NPR: Nuclear Posture Review
The Trump administration is working on a new military weapons policy. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Alexandra Bell of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.
Philadelphia Plans Supervised Drug Injection Sites
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Philadelphia health commissioner Thomas Farley and Vancouver doctor Mark Lysyshyn about Philadelphia's decision to allow supervised drug injection sites.
'There Isn't A Just Housing Choice': How We've Enabled The Pains Of Gentrification
Decades of unjust policies have led to the devaluing of lower-income neighborhoods. But urban sociologist John Schlichtman says closing the gap between revaluing and devaluing can minimize inequities.
Business And Wildlife Groups Skip The Fight, Work Together To Save A Species
When an animal is listed as endangered that can be bad news for nearby businesses. That's why Georgia's biggest utility is helping to protect the slow-breeding gopher tortoise.
State Of The Federal Workforce: Low
One year into the Trump administration there are thousands of rank-and-file vacancies and hundreds in key management posts. A government shutdown and hiring freeze has led to a beleaguered workforce.
Children Who Survive Congenital Heart Defects Can Face New Problems As Adults
It was a medical miracle: Surgery that made it possible for babies born with heart defects to live to adulthood. But for some, those mended hearts start to falter decades later.
School Shootings Are Sad, But No Longer Surprising
The school shooting in Kentucky that killed two students and injured several others was the 11th of 2018 in the U.S. Scott Simon wonders if school shootings have lost the power to shock and sober us.
Honeybees Help Farmers, But They Don't Help The Environment
Maybe honeybees get too much attention. They are agricultural animals, like sheep or cattle, and they sometimes make life harder for wild bees. In fact, the bees in true peril are the wild ones.