History

A Quechua woman tends to her clay oven in her outdoor kitchen on the road to the Sillustani archaeological site in Puno, Peru. The stone table is laid with a collection of potatoes and other tubers, as well as homemade cheese and bread.

The Ancient Andean Tradition of Eating Clay May Have Helped To Protect Health

2:33pm November 28, 2017

by Megan Jula

Farmers in Peru's Andean highlands have been consuming clay for centuries. Scientists now think it may have allowed them to eat wild potatoes, which are rich in toxic chemicals.

Sen. Bob Packwood is surrounded by members of the media on Capitol Hill on May 18, 1995.

Politics & Government

When Bob Packwood Was Nearly Expelled From The Senate For Sexual Misconduct

1:03pm November 27, 2017

by Tamara Keith

The last time the Senate Ethics Committee voted to expel a senator was 1995. The Packwood case is newly relevant in light of the allegations of sexual misconduct swirling around Congress.

Politics & Government

Encore: Lessons In Bipartisanship

7:57am November 26, 2017

by Ron Elving

The last time lawmakers worked across the aisle in a big way was when the Senate overhauled the federal tax code in 1986.

A machine coined "The Enrober" provides the "Willy Wonka moment" of MoonPie-making, when the treats are propelled under a gooey chocolate waterfall.

Even After 100 Years, People Are Still Reaching For The Moon(Pie)

9:18am November 25, 2017

by Melanie Peeples

Though the marshmallow-chocolate-graham cracker treat began a century ago as a coal-miner's snack, it is still made by the same Chattanooga bakery and has since become a cultural icon of the South.

A fallen leaf reflects in a puddle in a park.

For Many Native Americans, Fall Is The Least Wonderful Time Of The Year

12:24pm November 23, 2017

by Savannah Maher

"Fall is the annual middle finger this country gives Native Americans," says one member of the Oglala Lakota nation.

National

How A Missouri Town Keeps Winston Churchill's Legacy Alive

5:08am November 23, 2017

by Alex Heuer

A movie about Winston Churchill opens this week. A Missouri town is keeping Churchill's memory alive with the use of a church originally built in central London in the 12th century.

National

What POW/MIA Means To A New Generation Of Veterans

5:08am November 23, 2017

by Zachariah Hughes

The POW/MIA movement that began during the Vietnam War changed the way the U.S. sees its responsibility for missing service members. A new generation of veterans sees the flag differently than before.

Nura Mustafic, one of the Mothers of Srebrenica, wipes away tears as she reacts to the verdict handed down against former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic, in The Hague on Wednesday. Mladic was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity and

World News

Remembering The 'Monstrous' Legacy Of Ratko Mladic

4:46pm November 22, 2017

by Tom Gjelten

Mladic's conviction "serves as a reminder of the evil one man can do with an army at his command," writes NPR's Tom Gjelten, who covered the war in Bosnia in the 1990s.

Politics & Government

Cokie Roberts On Expelling Members Of Congress

7:32am November 22, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks to commentator Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions about the history of expelling members of Congress.

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By 1495, Christopher Columbus was in trouble. The riches he had imagined finding in Asia were not materializing in the New World, and the costs of his voyages were mounting. Sending indigenous people back to Europe as slaves became his solution.

National

An American Secret: The Untold Story Of Native American Enslavement

9:18pm November 20, 2017

From the time of Columbus until the 1900s, as many as five million Native Americans were enslaved. This week, we explore that history, and the psychological reasons it stayed hidden in plain sight.

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