A Rorschach test for America? Covering the military parade and a No Kings rally on the same day
Last weekend's military parade and No Kings rallies could be seen as an example of a DIVIDED America… a moment where our differences were placed in pretty stark relief. But reporting from both places on the same day… you see something different.
Encore: In Istanbul, what was once routine for the winter is now a luxury
Routines of Istanbul winter life — from visits to traditional public baths to hot drinks — are getting hard for many to afford amid Turkey's economic crisis.
Pamela Anderson tells her story in her own words with a new memoir
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with actor and writer Pamela Anderson about her autobiography Love, Pamela.
Encore: Actress Andrea Riseborough on her new movie, 'To Leslie'
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with actress Andrea Riseborough about her new movie, To Leslie. It's about a single mother who wins the lottery but quickly loses the money.
Monterey Park's long history as a bastion for Asian-American suburban life
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Min Zhou, a professor of sociology and Asian American Studies at UCLA, about the city of Monterey Park, Calif., and the community where a shooting took place on Saturday.
Gatherings across the world kicked off Lunar New Year celebrations this weekend
This weekend, celebrations across the world kicked off the Lunar New Year. Family gatherings, food, parades and performances ushered in the year of the rabbit.
A 13-year-old found unexpected support in the school hallway after he lost his mom
When Todd Kashdan was 13, his mother died of breast cancer. He and his twin brother stayed home for about a week, before heading back to school. An unlikely peer reached out when no one else did.
An Alabama farmer secretly helped strangers pay their pharmacy bills
For almost a decade, some residents in the tiny town of Geraldine, Ala., were having their pharmacy bills paid by a secret benefactor. No one knew until after the man's death.
President Biden picks a new chief of staff: Jeff Zients
President Biden has picked a new chief of staff for the next contentious stage of his presidency, turning to Jeff Zients, an adviser known for his ability to get things done amid crises.
Tucker Carlson's war on M&M's
M&M is withdrawing its "spokescandy" ads after Fox's Tucker Carlson railed about the candies' de-sexualization as part of a push for a "woke" society. Maya Rudolph is the new face of the ad campaign.
Encore: What makes that song swing? At last, physicists unravel a jazz mystery
Jazz musicians and scholars have long debated the question: What exactly is this thing called swing? Now physicists say they've cracked the secret.