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1 day ago | npr.org | Adrian Ma |Lilly Quiroz |Kate Concannon

What we misunderstand about gun violence Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1251284819/1269306267" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> The U.S. is known around the world for its problem with gun violence. The vast majority of murders in the U.S. are committed using guns. But what leads one person to shoot another?

1 day ago | flipboard.com | Adrian Ma |Lilly Quiroz |Kate Concannon

12 hours agoWhy the MAGA economy is thrivingImagine the perfect morning. After sleeping between sheets from MyPillow—a company established by Mike Lindell, a conspiracy theorist—you drink some …7 hours agoThere aren't enough words to describe Trump treasury secretary's immoralityDonald Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, has been front and center in the Trump administration’s trade wars.

1 day ago | wrvo.org | Darian Woods |Adrian Ma |Julia Ritchey |Kate Concannon

Before NPR, and before there were threats to defund NPR, there was a decentralized scattering of stations across the U.S. airing mostly educational programs. There was WHA in Wisconsin, which broadcast updates on 4-H clubs and rising dairy prices. And KPFA in Berkeley, Calif., featuring Beat poets and interviews with civil rights leaders. It wasn't until the 1960s, when Congress began working on the Public Television Act, that the idea of federal funding for public radio came to the fore.

2 days ago | npr.org | Darian Woods |Adrian Ma |Julia Ritchey |Kate Concannon

A brief history of NPR funding Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1250902337/1269298862" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty) Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty) Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Before NPR, and before there were threats to defund NPR, there was a decentralized scattering of stations across...

2 days ago | wrvo.org | Darian Woods |Adrian Ma |Julia Ritchey |Kate Concannon

Today, we're airing an episode of NPR's daily economics podcast, The Indicator from Planet Money. It's about a group of people we know well: scientists. President Trump's federal cuts and scrutiny of academic institutions are forcing some U.S. scientists to head for the border. On today's show, an entomologist keeping America's farms safe from pests reconsiders America. And a CEO of a Canadian hospital explains how they are benefiting from the exodus.