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1 week ago | 
wrvo.org | Erika Beras |Willa Rubin |Marianne McCune
American universities are where people go to learn and teach. They're also where research and development happens. Over the past eight decades, universities have received billions in federal dollars to help that happen. Those dollars have contributed to innovations like: Drone technology. Inhalable Covid vaccines. Google search code. The Trump administration is cutting or threatening to cut federal funding for research. Federal funding for all kinds of science is at its lowest level in decades.
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1 month ago | 
npr.org | Erika Beras |Marianne McCune |Willa Rubin
Why it's so hard to find a public toilet Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1248664709/1269247904" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> A T-shirt with a logo for CEPTIA. Michael Gessel/Stephen Froikin hide caption toggle caption Michael Gessel/Stephen Froikin A T-shirt with a logo for CEPTIA.
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1 month ago | 
kuow.org | Willa Rubin
President Trump's new tariffs could help the American wine industry by making wines from abroad more expensive. But some smaller American winemakers aren't feeling as positive about them.
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1 month ago | 
ctpublic.org | Willa Rubin
SOMOS CONNECTICUT is an initiative from Connecticut Public, the state’s local NPR and PBS station, to elevate Latino stories and expand programming that uplifts and informs our Latino communities. Visit CTPublic.org/latino for more stories and resources. For updates, sign up for the SOMOS CONNECTICUT newsletter at ctpublic.org/newsletters.
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1 month ago | 
wjsu.org | Willa Rubin
Jackson Mississippi's Source for News and Jazz Available On Air Stations All Streams To support WJSU text WJSU to 71777 or click the Donate button How tariffs might impact small American winemakers Published May 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM CDT President Trump's new tariffs could help the American wine industry by making wines from abroad more expensive.
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1 month ago | 
nhpr.org | Willa Rubin
You might expect American winemakers to be popping bottles of California sparkling wine these days. With President Trump's tariffs on the European Union, U.S.-made wine now has a greater price advantage over Italian Prosecco and French Champagne. This is a classic case that protectionists make for tariffs: they help domestic producers. But the American winemakers we spoke with are more sour than bubbly about Trump's tariffs. "To me, it's awful.
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2 months ago | 
npr.org | Greg Rosalsky |Willa Rubin |Meg Cramer
Tariffs: what are they good for? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1242229719/1268838261" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 26: U.S. President Donald Trump displays a signed an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced 25% tariffs on all foreign-made cars.
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2 months ago | 
npr.org | Sarah Gonzalez |Amanda Aronczyk |Willa Rubin |Jess Jiang
The last time we shrank the federal workforce Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1237991516/1267814762" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> FILE - President Bill Clinton, left, and Vice President Al Gore walk past two forklifts carrying reams of federal rules and regulations prior to making their reinventing government announcement, Sept. 7, 1993, at the White House in Washington. J.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
npr.org | Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi |Nic Neves |Jess Jiang |Willa Rubin
such money. wow. omg. many planet. Atsuko Sato hide caption toggle caption Atsuko Sato such money. wow. omg. many planet. Atsuko Sato What do Moo Deng the pygmy hippo, social media sensation Hawk Tuah, and the President of the United States all have in common? They've all inspired highly valuable, highly volatile memecoins. The humble memecoin began as a sort of satirical send up of speculation in the crypto world. But it was a joke that soon became very real.
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Feb 19, 2025 | 
npr.org | Sarah Gonzalez |Meg Cramer |Willa Rubin
Can the president override Congress on spending? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1232435554/1266721545" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> A worker removes the U.S. Agency for International Development sign on their headquarters on February 07, 2025 in Washington, DC.
