Natalie Escobar

took a walk around the block and was immediately rewarded with the sight of a bald eagle landing on top of an apartment building — and then got the joy of pointing it out to all of my neighbors who walked by! life is very beautiful sometimes!

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

In the spring, Trump cut $500 million from aid to food banks.

But they had already ordered 94 million pounds of food from the program — all abruptly canceled.

People at food banks noticed. The cuts meant less meat and lighter pickups.

We visualized it:

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Today is NPR's first day ever without the support of public funding. Thanks to everyone who has donated to your local stations. It means the world.

Today, the NPR shop also re-launched with a bunch of swag to help support us, too. I've always been partial to the 70s logo, myself.

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sorry to #HomophobiaPost but! got snickered at by a group of men this morning for giving my wife a hug and kiss when dropping her off at work.....god forbid I have a loving marriage with care and affection!

Mother, children detained by ICE at Millennium Park Sunday held at O’Hare with other families: ‘We never imagined’ The mother said she felt her family was targeted because of their appearance. “There were a lot more people there, but the agents came directly to us because of how we look,” she said.

Dasha Ramirez, 8, and her little brother were playing with the water at the Crown Fountain in Chicago’s Millennium Park when federal agents approached their parents.

She ran toward her father, Jaime Ramirez, who was suddenly surrounded by a group of heavily armed agents in full camouflage.

Emma Sarappo sits to the left of Patricia Lockwood in front of a Politics and Prose sign

! @emmasarappo.bsky.social talked to @tricialockwood.bsky.social about WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER YOU tonight and it absolutely ruled !

The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News Brian Lehrer leads the conversation about what matters most now in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives.

💥 @chelseacirruzzo.bsky.social on Brian Lehrer talking about vaccines and public health 💥 www.wnyc.org/shows/bl

if you're in the D.C. area: @emmasarappo.bsky.social is talking to @tricialockwood.bsky.social about her new book tomorrow night at Politics and Prose! politics-prose.com/events?srslt...

What it’s like raising trans kids in Trump’s backyard Families in and around Washington, D.C., are navigating the White House’s crackdown on gender-affirming care and a growing assertion of federal power.

“Every day you wake up and there’s still uncertainty, if not more..."

I spoke with five families in the D.C. area about what it's like raising trans kids in Trump's backyard. They're deeply afraid of being targeted by the federal government — simply for navigating what's best for their kids.

SCHLAPP: And the other thing that needs to happen is, quite frankly, people in the media - we need to stop villainizing people. You know, people have ideas, and, you know, might not like them. There's a lot of people whose ideas I think are abhorrent. But, you know, would I help them change their tire if they were on the side of the road? Hope I would. MARTIN: But, you know, on Newsmax, yesterday, you called on leaders of the left to stop normalizing hatred and violence. Are you also calling on leaders of the right to do the same? SCHLAPP: Everyone should stop doing that, but the only difference is in the age of Trump is that, you know, there has been a outrageous commentary that goes on and isn't stopped... MARTIN: Two months ago... SCHLAPP: ...By people... MARTIN: ...Two elected Democratic state officials and their spouses were shot in Minnesota by a man who had a hit list of 45 elected Democrats he intended to kill. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband attacked in his home, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's official residence set on fire. This would seem... SCHLAPP: Yeah, these were... MARTIN: ...To be an equal opportunity problem, right?

On Thursday, NPR invited CPAC Chair Matt Schlapp to pay tribute to his friend, Charlie Kirk, which he did, at length.. But he ended up getting angry and cutting the interview short. This is what angered him:

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I'm working on a story for NPR on how high housing costs are causing some people to have fewer kids, or no kids, than they planned.

Is this you and you're open to being in the story? Drop a line with a bit about your situation, where you live, + your phone number to lwamsley@npr.org. Thanks!

Have questions about homeownership or renting? NPR wants to know Your input will help shape a new NPR series on renting, homeownership and everything that comes with it.

Your input will help shape a new NPR series on renting, homeownership and everything that comes with it.

Trump's D.C. takeover has led to more arrests. NPR looks at cases of those swept up NPR combed through court records and other data related to Trump's takeover of D.C. police to get a better understanding of who has been swept up in the federal surge and what charges they are facing.

NPR combed through court records and other data related to Trump's takeover of D.C. police to get a better understanding of who has been swept up in the federal surge and what charges they are facing.

Ira Glass to pubmedia: ‘The time of invention does not need to be over’ It's an “enormously energizing moment to be on the radio and doing journalism,” Glass told attendees at the Public Media Content Conference.

Ira Glass shouted it out in his keynote at the Public Media Content Conference:

"'When a story works at its best, it’s the frame through which you see the other daily news,' he said. 'I feel like this does that. This rises to that standard.'" current.org/2025/08/ira-...

One family. One attack. 132 names. A Gaza investigation. More than 51,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war with Hamas, Gaza health officials say. We reconstructed what happened in one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the war.

Revisiting this today — truly an astounding piece of journalism. apps.npr.org/gaza-buildin...

We asked 12 staffers at The Atlantic: What’s the one book you recommend again and again to friends and loved ones? One of their favorites will, we hope, be the title you pick up next: https://theatln.tc/VebePpnm

“There is a lot of uncertainty for the multilingual community in my school … Can I get my kid to school without being stopped by law enforcement? Is mom or dad going to be home when I get home?”

Natalie wearing a purple SAG-AFTRA tshirt that says “union made for 50 years”

happy labor day I love my union!!!

One last word about the importance of producers in radio. It is almost impossible to place too much emphasis on the important role that the producer plays in radio. It is often the producer who conceives of the program or the piece, who writes the script, obtains the actors, does the interviews, edits the tape, and works with the engineer on the final mix. In many instances the producer is the program. That is why the producer is so often cited in this listing. Without excellent producers, NPR would not have been able to broadcast a body of programming worth keeping in any reputable archive, let alone the Library of Congress.

on this labor day, i'm thinking about a paragraph written in the association for recorded sound collections journal more than 30 years ago that was true then and remains true now.

happy labor day to all of my friends and colleagues at NPR, and to all in the workforce. solidarity now & forever.

“Upon analyzing the receipt, ChatGPT purported to find references to Soelberg’s mother, his ex-girlfriend, intelligence agencies and an ancient demonic sigil.”

One of the world's best competitive Pokémon players lives in DC Wolfe Glick has made a full-time career out of competing and streaming about the video game.

something that is so crazy is when your good friend is extremely famous in his world! anyways Wolfe rocks and is very nice when we ask very basic questions about how the gameplay works lol

With cellphone cameras and tip lines, D.C. residents find small ways to fight ICE How neighbors and school communities are organizing against the immigration crackdown.

Protests get the attention, but D.C. residents have been engaging in smaller acts of resistance to Trump's federal surge. They're recording ICE agents and calling in thousands of sightings to a tip line, helping scared families get kids to school, and more. @51st.news: 51st.news/dc-residents...

The road to famine: How U.S. policy failed Palestinians in Gaza As famine plagues Gaza, NPR exclusive reporting looks at the U.S.'s role in the humanitarian crisis. Many former officials NPR interviewed share a common refrain: Did we do enough to prevent this?

As famine plagues Gaza, NPR exclusive reporting looks at the U.S.'s role in the humanitarian crisis. Many former officials NPR interviewed share a common refrain: Did we do enough to prevent this? n.pr/3VnVTQm

With no federal facial recognition law, states rush to fill void Nearly two dozen states have passed laws regulating how tech companies collect data from our faces, eyes and voices. It comes as Congress has yet to pass any facial recognition technology.

One fun thing about having lived in the state of Illinois, which has pretty strong biometric data laws, is that sometimes I'll be eligible for a class action lawsuit (see: getting a couple hundred dollars from Facebook back in 2022)

Once again I find myself in the trenches, defending women's right to write memoir in which they behave poorly or do not acquit themselves well ... while having to do so on behalf of bad writing

Last photos taken by Gaza journalists before they were killed in Israeli strikes ***

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Natalie holds a big, gray, fluffy cat, both looking at the camera.

Adopted the most perfect big baby cat of all time six years ago! Bonito is sweet and snuggly and devious and perfect and I can’t imagine life without this floppy creature who lets us pick him up like a stuffed animal.

Too much to pack, not enough hugs: A Kenyan man's last 48 hours in America Samuel Kangethe has lived in the U.S. for nearly two decades, but an unresolved immigration case has made him deportable. He's decided to return to Kenya, leaving his wife and three children behind.

Samuel Kangethe has lived in the U.S. for nearly two decades, but an unresolved immigration case has made him deportable. He's decided to return to Kenya, leaving his wife and three children behind.

this is one of the all-time @amandamull.bsky.social bangers

D.C.'s homeless need housing, not jail, says legal advocate wary of Trump plan Details on President Trump's plan to get unhoused people off Washington D.C. streets are sparse. A legal advocate for the vulnerable population worries that means the focus will be on criminalization.

Details on President Trump's plan to get unhoused people off Washington D.C. streets are sparse. A legal advocate for the vulnerable population worries that means the focus will be on criminalization.