Autism rates have soared. This doctor says he knows part of the reason why
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Dr. Allen Frances, about his piece in the New York Times titled, "Autism Rates have Increased 60-Fold. I Played a Role in That."
Government Researchers Plan Response To Rising Rates Of Black Lung Disease
Government researchers met in West Virginia this week in response to an NPR investigation and federal study showing much higher rates of the most serious stages of the coal miners' disease black lung.
GOP Lawmakers Face Political Risks In Supporting Unpopular Health Care Bill
Congressional Republicans say the political risks of failing to make good on their promise to dismantle the Affordable Care Act outweigh the risks of passing an unpopular bill.
Voting Commissioner Kris Kobach Defends U.S. Request For Voter Information
Kris Kobach is the vice chairman of a White House commission on voting and elections and the secretary of state of Kansas. He spoke to NPR's Ari Shapiro and defended the commission's request for voter information from across the country.
Kentucky Secretary Of State Denies White House Request For Voter Information
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Democratic secretary of state for Kentucky, about resisting the Presidential Election Commission's requests for voter data from the states.
Week In Politics: GOP Health Care Bill, Travel Ban
NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post, and Yuval Levin, editor for National Affairs about the health care bill, the president's attack on two news show hosts and the travel ban.
Music News: Jay-Z Releases New Album, '4:44'
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to NPR Music Editor Jacob Ganz about the week in music news, including a new album from Jay Z.
Change My View On Reddit Helps People Challenge Their Own Opinions
Four years ago, a Scottish teenager set out to do the impossible: cordon off a space for measured, civil conversation between people who believe different things — on the Internet! Now there are over 300,000 members of the Change My View subreddit. The founder talks about the surprising rules he had to implement in order to make the space work, and a researcher tells us who discovered a kind of agree-to-disagree inflection point by studying the group.