Analysis

National Security Council Changes Are Very Significant, Hayden Says

9:49am January 30, 2017

Rachel Martin talks to ex-NSA and CIA director Michael Hayden about the reorganization of the White House National Security Council. Political adviser Steve Bannon has a permanent seat at the table.

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Donald Trump waves from his vehicle during a tour of the World Trade International Bridge at the U.S. Mexico border in Laredo, Texas, in 2015, as a candidate.

Donald Trump's Moving Forward With His Wall. Is It Really Going To Happen?

1:49pm January 25, 2017

by Danielle Kurtzleben

A wall would be expensive — up to $40 billion, according to one estimate. Experts say it's impractical, and a majority of Americans are actually against it. But it was a big Trump campaign promise.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer delivers his first press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room on Saturday.

Delusions Or Deceptions? White House 'Alternative Facts' Rile Press

3:02pm January 23, 2017

by David Folkenflik

President Trump and his top aides spent their first weekend in the White House threatening reporters and insisting on the veracity of demonstrably false statements.

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Reform Party presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, flanked by his wife Shelly, gives the thumbs-up to supporters after his speech at the Reform Party National Convention in Long Beach, Calif. in August 2000.

Trump Vows Policy Vision Of 'America First,' Recalling Phrase's Controversial Past

1:48am January 21, 2017

by Ron Elving

Trump briefly sought the 2000 presidential nomination of the Reform Party. It eventually went to Pat Buchanan, whom Trump called a "Hitler lover." Buchanan's slogan that fall was "America First!"

Politics & Government

Obama Opened The Way For Cynical Demagogue, Conservative Analyst Says

6:20am January 19, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks to Peter Wehner of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Wehner says the president failed on his promise to end the politics of division, which paved the way for Trump's election.

Are Americans becoming less racist? Are children more accepting than their parents? Will racism ever die away?

Will Racism End When Old Bigots Die?

7:07am January 14, 2017

by Leah Donnella

Do people still believe the age-old notion that the next generation will deliver us from racism? Code Switch asked young and old(er). They rarely agreed on the answer.

Map showing youth unemployment by country

Surprising Charts About Smoking, Unemployment And Mobile Phones

7:00am January 14, 2017

by Malaka Gharib

Find out why a World Bank data scientist got excited about the global charts of 2016.

Politics & Government

#AskCokie: A Look Back At Presidential Press Conferences

9:21am January 11, 2017

Columnist and commentator Cokie Roberts drops by Morning Edition for her latest segment of #AskCokie. She and Rachel Martin examine the history of presidential press conferences.

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Politics & Government

Obama, In Farewell Address, Urges Americans To Engage In Government

7:29am January 11, 2017

President Obama gave his farewell address Tuesday night in Chicago. He talked about the meaning of democracy in America. Rachel Martin talks to former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett about the speech.

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Young people have always used language in new and different ways, and it has pretty much always driven older people crazy.

Books
Arts

Why It's Literally Not Wrong To Say 'Literally'

3:14pm January 10, 2017

by NPR Staff

Young people have always used language in new ways, and it has always driven older people crazy. But the linguist John McWhorter says all the LOLs are part of an inevitable evolution of language.