Analysis

Chicago police Commander Kevin Duffin, speaking during a news conference in Chicago Thursday, describes the kidnapping and hate crime charges filed against four black people who attacked a white man and livestreamed it on Facebook.

Politics & Government

A Discomfiting Question: Was The Chicago Torture Case Racism?

10:25am January 09, 2017

by Gene Demby

The man was held captive and beaten by four people who livestreamed the attack. He was white. His tormentors were black. Calling that a hate crime doesn't tell the whole story.

Politics & Government

Trump Has Yet To Acknowledge Intelligence Reports On Russian Hacking

8:31am January 09, 2017

Donald Trump called the accusations that Russia hacked the DNC a "political witch hunt." Steve Inskeep talks to Jonah Goldberg of the National Review about the implications for the Republican Party.

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Global Buzzwords That Will Keep On Buzzing In 2017

7:00am January 08, 2017

by Malaka Gharib

From airpocalypse to UAVs, we decipher the trending terms of global health and development. And we even use them in a sentence!

President-elect Donald Trump talks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., last month. He met Friday with top U.S. intelligence officials about Russian interference in the election.

On Intelligence And Russian Hacking, Are Trump And His Team Missing The Point?

9:20pm January 06, 2017

The president-elect met with intelligence officials Friday about Russian hacking, but still didn't seem convinced of Russia's role in the election. Instead, he stressed none of it changed the outcome.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks at a warhead component being developed for a ballistic missile, at an unidentified location in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on March 15, 2016.

Science

North Korea 'Very Far Along' In Developing New Ballistic Missile

1:25pm January 06, 2017

by Geoff Brumfiel

Many independent arms control experts suspect that North Korea will test a missile capable of reaching the continental U.S. later this year. There may not be much the U.S. can do about it.

Kesha Wilson holds her 1-year-old son, Kamiyan Cooper, while family nurse practitioner Terrance James makes notes as part of an examination, at a county health center in Portland, Ore., in 2012.

FACT CHECK: Once Again, Lawmakers Are Stretching The Facts On Obamacare

8:18pm January 04, 2017

by Scott Horsley

Lots of facts have been thrown around as the new GOP Congress takes steps toward repealing the Affordable Care Act. Lawmakers are bickering over costs and consequences. But what's true in all of it?

Politics & Government

Trump Enjoys Going After The Press, Ex-Presidential Spokesman Says

7:06am January 04, 2017

Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary under President George W. Bush, talks to Rachel Martin about President-elect Donald Trump's relationship with the press.

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National

Cybersecurity Expert Is Convinced Russia Was Behind DNC Hacking

7:06am January 04, 2017

Donald Trump has said the source of the Democratic Party hack is hard to prove. Cybersecurity expert Matt Tait was initially skeptical, but tells David Greene he is sure now the culprit was Russia.

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Politics & Government

House Republicans Act In Secret To Weaken Ethics Panel

12:44pm January 03, 2017

GOP members voted to strip the Office of Congressional Ethics of its independence. Rachel Martin talks to Richard Painter, the chief ethics counselor for President George W. Bush. about the vote.

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World News

In Turkey, Gunman Remains On The Loose After Deadly Nightclub Shooting

6:28am January 02, 2017

Rachel Martin talks to Sinan Ülgen, head of Istanbul-based Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies, about the attack in Istanbul, and why Turkey spent much of 2016 struggling with terrorism.