Analysis

Journalist Advocate Responds To Trump's Latest Attack On Media

5:10pm July 02, 2017

by Michel Martin

As tensions rise between the Trump Administration and the U.S. media, Joel Simon, executive director for the Committee to Protect Journalists, talks about the safety of journalists around the world.

In this June 1, 2017 file photo Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch is seen during an official group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.

Justice Neil Gorsuch Votes 100 Percent Of The Time With Most Conservative Colleague

12:29pm July 01, 2017

by Nina Totenberg

Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas agreed on cases spanning several hotly contested issues, including same-sex marriage, gun rights, immigration and taxpayer aid to religious schools.

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Health Care Debate Opens A Wound Between House And Senate GOP

7:52am July 01, 2017

It has become clear that Republicans can't agree with one another on what to do about the Senate health care bill. Scott Simon talks to Mark Hemingway of The Weekly Standard about the GOP divide.

Pro-democracy activists hang a black cloth with a message demanding universal suffrage and the release of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo on the Golden Bauhinia flower statue in Hong Kong. On Monday, they had obscured the statue — a gift

World News

As Hong Kong Marks Handover Anniversary, A Push And Pull With China Over Identity

7:00am July 01, 2017

There's anxiety in Hong Kong over things appearing from mainland China. But the continued presence of things not found on the mainland shows there's still a gap between this and other Chinese cities.

Politics & Government

Trump's Latest Tweet Is Roundly Criticized

9:09am June 30, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks with Jonah Goldberg, senior editor at the National Review, about President Trump's latest tweet, which has been criticized from both sides of the aisle.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been answering questions about the Senate health care bill ever since it was released.

How The Senate GOP Health Care Bill Could Affect The Midterms And Beyond

8:21am June 30, 2017

by Danielle Kurtzleben

The Senate's bill puts off provisions that could push people off of insurance and out of Medicaid until well past the 2018 midterms and even past the 2020 presidential election.

The Code Switch podcast is celebrating its first anniversary.

From Mourning to 'Moonlight': A Year In Race, As Told By Code Switch

11:36am June 29, 2017

by Leah Donnella

As we light a candle on the Code Switch podcast's birthday cake, our team looks back on the stories that mattered.

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World News

Supreme Court Will Rule On Trump's Travel Ban In The Fall

9:26am June 27, 2017

In the meantime, the court allowed parts of the ban to be enforced again. Rachel Martin talks to Carrie Severino, chief council for the conservative Judicial Crisis Network.

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From sports, to politics, to the stock market, we love to make (and hear) predictions. This week, Hidden Brain explores why the so-called experts are so often wrong, and how we can avoid the common pitfalls of telling the future.

Degrees of Maybe: How We Can All Make Better Predictions

9:00pm June 26, 2017

Pundits and prognosticators make predictions all the time: about everything from elections, to sports, to global affairs. This week, we explore why they're often wrong, and how we can all do better.

Jon Ossoff supporter Jan Yanes, center, cries as the Democratic candidate for the 6th congressional district special election in Georgia concedes Tuesday night.

What The Democratic Loss in Georgia Means For The Midterms

11:58am June 21, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

Everyone wants to take credit for wins, and fingers get pointed in every direction for losses. But what can be read into a special election more than a year out from congressional elections?