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May Unemployment Report Adds Up To Modest Growth
May was another month of steady but modest job growth. Employers across the economy added 175,000 jobs last month, in line with analyst predictions. The unemployment rate ticked up to 7.6 percent.
Obama Defends NSA Programs Amid Meeting With China's Leader
President Obama meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping as details emerge about the National Security Agency's surveillance programs. Obama defended the programs at an event Friday morning. Audie Cornish talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro.
Week In Politics: Sifting Through Surveillance
Robert Siegel speaks with columnist David Brooks of The New York Times and Jane Mayer, staff writer for The New Yorker about this week's big disclosures of data collection by the National Security Agency.
Swimmers begin a 1-mile race in the Great Salt Lake in June 2012. The mounta...
Salt, Flies, Pickled Tongues: A Perfect Great Salt Lake Swim
Open water swimmers in Utah perform weekly marathon swims in water five times saltier than the ocean. They endure blisters, wild currents, a variety of temperatures and water that tastes "like a battery." They treasure the beautiful view and the refuge from boat traffic.
A poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of ...
Black Americans Give Entertainment Options Failing Grades
People often talk about African-Americans and other minorities being subject to "food deserts" — areas where fresh, healthy, affordable food is hard to come by. The findings of an NPR poll suggest that we should be thinking about "popcorn deserts," too.
Russian Rockers Visit Washington To Lobby For Band Mates
Two members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot came to Washington to meet members of the Obama administration and Congress. The feminist activist band is hoping to persuade U.S. officials to visit two of their members in Russian penal colonies to highlight their plight.