Commentary

Week In Politics: Candidates Make Closing Arguments To Voters

6:31pm November 04, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times, about the presidential candidates' closing arguments to voters in key states just days before Election Day.

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Arizona Cardinals fans wear masks of Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton during the NFL game between the New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals Oct. 17, 2016.

Politics & Government

Stop Lying, America. You Love Election 2016

5:58am October 29, 2016

by Scott Simon

Americans say they're sick of this year's election campaign, that they're switching off the news. Ratings for prime-time TV are down, but cable news networks are seeing higher ratings than ever.

The South Asian holiday of Diwali is often called the festival of lights. Author Parth Shah sometimes thinks of it as Christmas with fireworks.

Diwali Dilemma: My Complicated Relationship With The Swastika

6:30pm October 28, 2016

by Parth Shah

While most Westerners see the swastika as a symbol of Nazi Germany or white supremacy, it has been a symbol of good fortune in Asia thousands of years before Hitler.

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Week In Politics: FBI Reopens Case Into Hillary Clinton's Emails

4:29pm October 28, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times about the reopening of the FBI probe into Hillary Clinton's emails, the hacked John Podesta emails, the Senate races, and the conservative intellectual landscape.

A subway ride hammers home the reality that many Muslims face: While they fear being hurt by terrorists and vigilantes, others see them as a threat.

Muslim 'Twoness': Fearful Of Some, Feared By Others

4:31pm October 27, 2016

by Beenish Ahmed

A subway ride hammers home the reality that many Muslims face: While they fear being hurt by terrorists and vigilantes, others see them as a threat.

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Novelist Mat Johnson looks back on his mother's journey with multiple sclerosis.

Health & Safety

As His Mother's Multiple Sclerosis Progresses, A Son Shifts To Caregiver

1:41pm October 27, 2016

by Mat Johnson

Novelist Mat Johnson's mother spent decades trying to escape her MS diagnosis. Johnson looks back on her journey — and what it meant when the disease finally caught up with her.

Andy Griffith as a pre-reality TV star turned populist in A Face in the Crowd.

We've Seen This Election Before, In Classic Movies

6:00pm October 25, 2016

by Bob Mondello

It's life imitating art — election edition. A look at movies that have covered ground that's been well trod this campaign season, like A Face in the Crowd and The Lion in Winter and Ace in the Hole.

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Linguist Geoff Nunberg argues that the media's decision to bleep or otherwise block out a particular word can result in concealing information the public needs to know.

Politics & Government

Not Fit To Print? When Politicians Talk Dirty, Media Scramble To Sanitize

2:01pm October 25, 2016

by Geoff Nunberg

Donald Trump isn't the first politician to use coarse language, but linguist Geoff Nunberg says the 2005 Access Hollywood tape of him discussing women's genitalia wasn't like other live-mic incidents.

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National

A Question For The Ages: Can A May-December Relationship Last?

3:27pm October 22, 2016

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the Sugars consider relationships with a significant age difference.

Politics & Government

Graceful Losers Triumph, In Spite Of Defeat

8:11am October 22, 2016

by Scott Simon

One way or another, someone's going to lose on election night. And there's a graceful way to concede defeat, as Adlai Stevenson showed in 1952, and Al Gore did in the disputed 2000 election.