Susan Stamberg On NPR's 50th — A Memory Made In A Closet
To mark the 50th anniversary of All Things Considered, NPR special correspondent Susan Stamberg recalls a moment from the program's first decade.
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How NPR Shattered The Old Model Of Broadcast Journalism
In the 50 years that NPR has been around, the journalistic landscape has changed massively. We explore these changes and what role the network
For NPR's 50th: A Listener Riveted by Earthquake 6000 Miles Away
All Things Considered listener Canice Flanagan points to Melissa Block's reporting on an earthquake in China in 2008 as a story that had a dramatic effect on her.
Can't Help Falling In Love With A Vaccine: How Polio Campaign Beat Vaccine Hesitancy
This isn't the first big vaccine rollout, and the past holds lessons for the pandemic present. Here's a look at how the polio vaccine overcame U.S. hesitancy.
Acropolis Renovation Proposals Draw Controversy
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks University of Missouri-St. Louis archeology professor Michael Cosmopoulos about the controversy over planned renovations to the Acropolis in Athens.
Statue Of A Killer: Monument To Colonial Woman Who Scalped Natives Sparks Debate
A statue of 17th-century English colonist Hannah Duston in Massachusetts has become a flashpoint in the ongoing debate about racist monuments.
Carolyn Freiwald: What Can Our Teeth Tell Us About Where We Come From?
Much of our ancestral histories can be found in our bones. Archaeologist Carolyn Friewald traces the story of human migration through the hidden clues in our bones and our teeth.
Isabel Wilkerson: How Did The Great Migration Change The Course Of Human History?
During the Great Migration, almost six million Black Americans moved across the U.S., changing the course of American history. Isabel Wilkerson shares what we can learn from these migration stories.
Maeve Higgins: Why is the "Good Immigrant" Narrative Dangerous?
Irish comedian Maeve Higgins moved to the U.S. with a visa for artists with "extraordinary abilities." But the myth of the "good immigrant," she says, perpetuates harm and discrimination.
'Citizen Kane' Has A Rotten Day
For years, Orson Welles' Citizen Kane has been widely viewed as the greatest film ever made. But now an 80-year-old negative review has resurfaced, bringing its Rotten Tomatoes score down from 100%.