Commentary

Personality Tests Are Popular, But Do They Capture The Real You?

5:18am June 25, 2016

by Annie Murphy Paul

It can be a lot of fun taking those back-of-the-magazine personality tests. But tests may be less fun when they are used by employers to make big life decisions on hiring and job performance.

Week In Politics: Brexit, House Democrats' Sit-In Over Gun Control

4:34pm June 24, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with our regular political commentators E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Brooking Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union, Donald Trump's visit to Scotland and House Democrats' sit-in over gun control.

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Living On The Edge Of The 'Vanishing Middle Class'

What It's Like To Be A Part Of The 'Vanishing Middle Class'

11:28am June 23, 2016

by Mat Johnson

Mat Johnson grew up poor, but managed to land in the middle class as an adult. Still, he says, opportunities for advancement are few and far between, and it's all too easy to slide back economically.

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Sarah Hepola is the author of Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget.

Health & Safety

Sobering Up, And Facing The Reality Of Sex Without 'Liquid Courage'

1:43pm June 21, 2016

by Sarah Hepola

Author Sarah Hepola had to rethink her sex life after she quit drinking when she was 35. "Nothing frightened me as much as sex without alcohol," she says.

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Sports

Cavaliers' Historic Win Was Just What This Fan Needed

7:05pm June 20, 2016

by Renita Jablonski

People from Cleveland know not to get ahead of themselves. We know what it's like to lose. Until now.

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Our author Chhavi Sachdev (front row, right), with her dad, mom and brother. Dad is not a fan of Father's Day.

Health & Safety

Father's Day Is Now A Thing In India — But My Dad Is Not A Fan

7:00am June 19, 2016

by Chhavi Sachdev

Growing up in India, I never had to worry about Father's Day. But now I do. Would dad like a booze flask with a mustache decal?

Arts

Compassion Drove Dad To The Salad Bar — That, And Fear Of Alien Abduction

2:33pm June 18, 2016

by Anelise Chen

Her grandparents were vegetarian out of fear of eating reincarnated ancestors. Her father, out of compassion for animals and X-Files-inspired thinking. But it wasn't so great for family unity.

Malcolm Graham poses for a picture in his dining room near a framed print of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.

National

My Big Sister Was Gunned Down In Charleston One Year Ago

10:45am June 18, 2016

by Malcolm Graham

On June 17, 2015, Malcolm Graham learned that his sister, Cynthia Graham Hurd, a librarian and a devout Christian, was one of nine victims shot and killed at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.

Adebisi Alimi and his fiance. When Alimi posted the photo on social media, he received death threats.

I Feel Like 'I Am Orlando' Though I Live Thousands Of Miles Away

9:56pm June 17, 2016

by Adebisi Alimi

The attack on Pulse made this Nigerian LGBT activist remember a time when he saw Orlando in his everyday life.

Week In Politics: Aftermath Of Mass Shooting In Orlando

4:33pm June 17, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with our regular political commentators E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss the mass shooting in Orlando, public reactions from around the country and the political response from Washington, D.C.