Commentary

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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Journalists Are Still 'Detectives For The People' Despite Fake News

7:23pm January 22, 2017

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin comments on the importance of the press being what late journalist Wayne Barrett called "detectives for the people," as President Trump begins his first week.

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Arts

Years Later, Divorce Leaves Doubt About Remarriage

3:04am January 22, 2017

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the hosts consider how experience with divorce can make someone hesitant to remarry.

Thomas Eickes of Norfolk, Va., wanted his 8-year-old son Tommy to witness the "peaceful change of power" at Trump's inauguration.

There Were Hopes And Dreams Aplenty At Trump's Inauguaration, But Whose?

4:17pm January 21, 2017

by Keith Woods

I went to Donald Trump's inauguration to see if people there felt the same pride and promise that I did four years earlier. We met at a common intersection, then went very separate ways.

President Donald Trump speaks after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States.

Politics & Government

A Plea For President Trump: Restore Respect

8:16am January 21, 2017

by Scott Simon

The presidential campaign was filled with coarse language. Now that the inauguration is over, NPR's Scott Simon encourages all Americans to treat and speak to each other with respect.

Religion

After Trump's Election, A Nonpracticing Muslim Returns To Prayer

3:14pm January 18, 2017

by Zahra Noorbakhsh

Comedian Zahra Noorbakhsh often jokes about being a "pork-eating, alcohol-drinking, married-to-an-atheist" Muslim. But lately she finds herself wanting to connect with her religious traditions.

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Then-Senator Barack Obama speaks as rain falls during a rally at Widener University in Chester, Penn. in October 2008.

Politics & Government

Looking Back With Gratitude On Obama, And His Optimistic Vision Of America

1:26pm January 18, 2017

by Mat Johnson

Writer Mat Johnson reflects on what the Obama presidency meant to his biracial family. "I didn't always agree with Obama," he says. "But I always respected — and will always respect — that man."

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A Clown Says Farewell To The Circus

6:38pm January 16, 2017

Murray Horwitz began his career as a clown on the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus. With the Greatest Show on Earth planning its last performances this spring, he remembers that experience.

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Arts

A Wanderluster And A Wandering Eye

12:15pm January 15, 2017

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the hosts consider if it's worth it to have a short relationship away from home.

Arts

For This Relationship, It's Judgment Day

7:04pm January 14, 2017

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the hosts consider if it's OK to judge a man after he confessed to cheating in the past.