CPB agrees to revive a $36 million deal with NPR killed after Trump's pressure The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $35.9 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.

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To settle NPR's lawsuit, CPB revives $36 million deal it killed after Trump’s pressure

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New United Mine Workers of America president Brian Sanson discusses the industry NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Brian Sanson, the new president of the United Mine Workers of America, about the Trump administration's impact on the coal industry and the future of the union.

A surprisingly frank interview from @npr.org Scott Simon with the new head of the United Mine Workers Union. Pitched & produced by WV’s @davemistich.bsky.social

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Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51 The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.

The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m

Alaska station that covered devastating storm cuts jobs A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department.

As villages across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta clean up from remnants of Typhoon Halong, they face another loss. Public radio and television station KYUK has lost federal funding and plans to make cuts in January. My @npr.org story: www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...

Alaska’s Public Schools Serve as Emergency Shelters. Those Buildings Are Also in Crisis. Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters. After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.

NEW: Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters.

After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.

As Western wildfires are getting bigger, one small town volunteer is fighting back Wildfires in the western U.S. have been growing larger in recent years. Volunteer firefighters in Wyoming, like T.J. Gideon, are doing what they can to fight back.

Wildfires in the western U.S. have been growing larger in recent years. Volunteer firefighters in Wyoming, like T.J. Gideon, are doing what they can to fight back. n.pr/4oQF4u9

In the rural South where Medicaid has been a lifeline, residents brace for cuts With Medicaid cutbacks on the horizon, millions in the U.S. are expected to go uninsured. In the Mississippi Delta region — one of the poorest places in the U.S. — people are stressed and mad.

With Medicaid cutbacks on the horizon, millions in the U.S. are expected to go uninsured. In the Mississippi Delta region — one of the poorest places in the U.S. — people are stressed and mad.

🎙️ Episode 8: Buried in Silence: What Mount St. Helens, Upper Big Branch, and Black Lung Reveal About Industrial Risk How investigative journalism uncovers the human cost of industrial failures? Listen to the conversation with Howard Berkes on four decades of exposing preventable industrial disasters.

The "Industrial Risk: Beyond the Blueprint" podcast with Jowanza Joseph features some of my reporting from Mount St Helens to Coal's Deadly Dust. "How investigative journalism uncovers the human cost of industrial failures." parakeetinc.substack.com/p/episode-8-...

Opinion: Susan Stamberg gave NPR its voice NPR has lost a singular, distinctive radio journalist: Susan Stamberg, who died Thursday. She was the first woman to host a national news broadcast and set the tone, pace, and scope of the network.

NPR has lost a singular, distinctive radio journalist: Susan Stamberg, who died Thursday. She was the first woman to host a national news broadcast and set the tone, pace, and scope of the network. n.pr/3IR4JUn

Public Media Careers Discover jobs from top public media organizations across the country.

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This is how I will always remember Susan Stamberg. Union strong. Standing with her NPR colleagues and marshalling her considerable clout for the least powerful. NPR was a far better place with Susan in its orbit.

NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS

Hunting guide, who counts Trump Jr. as a client, behaved badly for years, Utah says The Utah Investigative Journalism Project obtained a 160-page investigative report into Wade Lemon by the Utah Attorney General’s Office. The report details allegations of illegal and unethical…

The 2018 state case involved a guided hunt for Trump Jr., where a bear was allegedly baited. The settlement reduced guide Wade Lemon’s felony charge to a wildlife violation infraction.

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

A Closer Look at What’s Driving the Rising Rate of Uninsured Children - Public Health Watch Decades of progress on children’s health coverage is being slowly erased, with the U.S. rate now at a 10-year high. Texas still has the highest rate of uninsured kids, with a total of over 1 million.

Decades of progress on children’s health coverage is being slowly erased, with the U.S. rate now at a 10-year high. Texas still has the highest rate of uninsured kids, with a total of over 1 million.
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A Community Burdened by Chemical Waste Is Demanding Cancer Data. Texas Health Officials Won’t Give It to Them. - Public Health Watch Last year, state epidemiologists studied an industrialized region east of Houston. They reported finding high rates of cancer, but refused to release key geographic details — a decision some experts s...

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A Community Burdened by Chemical Waste Is Demanding Cancer Data. Texas Health Officials Won’t Give It to Them. The data shows extraordinarily high rates of disease.

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How to Leak to Us The Center for Investigative Reporting—home to Mother Jones and Reveal—has a long track record of fairly and responsibly reporting sensitive stories and breaking high-impact news that changes the…

The Center for Investigative Reporting—home to Mother Jones and Reveal—has a long track record of responsibly reporting sensitive stories and breaking high-impact news. We fact-check the hell out of our reporting, and we respect and protect our sources.

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Terrific story from @kuer.org @macylip.bsky.social about a small town coming together for volleyball…and potatoes.

‘I was ordered to lie’: Weber State censorship event canceled, after organizers said school wanted to censor speakers Weber State University's annual Unity Conference tried to tackle the subject of censorship. Organizers said they canceled when school officials said they would have to censor some of the speakers' mat...

A conference on censorship was censored by Weber State U. WSU cited a UT law prohibiting discussion of "DEI" topics on state-funded campuses. That was signed into law by "Disagree Better" Gov Spencer Cox, who apparently believes some disagreement is unacceptable. www.sltrib.com/amplify-utah...

Video: Telling the Stories of the Uninsured Reporter Kim Krisberg talks about what she found in reporting a story about low-income Texans who have epilepsy but lack health insurance.

Video: Telling the Stories of the Uninsured

Reporter Kim Krisberg talks about what she found in reporting a story about low-income Texans who have epilepsy but lack health insurance.

For People With Mental Illness, the Path to Disability Benefits Can Be Long and Difficult A shortage of mental-health providers and other barriers to proving a disabling condition can make qualifying for benefits especially challenging. Federal funding cuts could worsen the picture.

For People With Mental Illness, the Path to Disability Benefits Can Be Long and Difficult

A shortage of mental-health providers and other barriers to proving a disabling condition can make qualifying for benefits especially challenging. Federal funding cuts could worsen the picture.

Gov. Spencer Cox has been preaching calm in a violent moment—but there's something missing In Utah, the fight over gerrymandering shows how hard bridging divides really is.

For those inclined to believe the “Disagree Better” hype from Utah Gov Spencer Cox, read this. Not all national media types failed to look under the hood. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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NPR to trim $5 million this year as public radio stations struggle to pay bills NPR plans to make trims totaling more than $5 million over the course of the coming fiscal year to bring its annual budget into balance. Meanwhile, local stations are asking for more help.

NPR to trim $5 million as some public radio stations struggle to pay bills

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NPR cuts $5 million as public radio stations struggle to pay bills

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“I'm upset. This is horrific. But I am not shocked.”

I visited Tyler Robinson’s family home today to learn how the neighborhood is reacting to his arrest in the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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Are hotel rooms accessible for people who use wheelchairs? NPR wants to hear from you Hotels have accessible rooms for wheelchair users. If you or someone you know has experienced problems with those rooms, we'd like to hear about it.

NPR wants to write about what makes travel difficult for people who use wheelchairs--with hotels. Tell us your stories. www.npr.org/2025/09/11/g...

Political activist believed shot at Utah Valley University speaking appearance A suspect is in custody after political activist Charlie Kirk was believed to have been shot during a speaking appearance at Utah Valley University in Orem.

Shot fired at right wing activist Charlie Kirk during speech at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Witnesses say he was hit and bleeding.

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Hurricane Katrina forced changes at FEMA. Trump is rolling them back The government's colossal failure to respond after Hurricane Katrina led to major reforms at the nation's top disaster agency. Now, the Trump administration has reversed some of those changes.

The government's colossal failure to respond after Hurricane Katrina led to major reforms at the nation's top disaster agency. Now, the Trump administration has reversed some of those changes.

20 years after Hurricane Katrina, St. Bernard Parish is still recovering Hurricane Katrina flooded nearly every building in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans in 2005. Twenty years later, the community is still rebuilding and flood protections encouraged some to return.

Hurricane Katrina flooded nearly every building in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans in 2005. Twenty years later, the community is still rebuilding and flood protections encouraged some to return.