nprreads

#NPRreads: Ben Carson's Memory And A 14-Year-Old Rock-Climbing Phenom

3:55pm November 13, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Also this week: a conversation between U.S. and Chinese sailors about pizza and wings (among other everyday topics).

#NPRreads: Two Stories About Mental Health And A Profile Of Pitcher Bronson Arroyo

5:06pm October 23, 2015

Also this week: an interview with Eric Schmidt, the chairman of Alphabet and formerly the chairman and CEO of Google.

#NPRreads: A Digital Dark Age And A Story That's Part Listicle, Part Longread

5:39pm October 16, 2015

Also this week: a look at President Obama's decision to keep more U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

#NPRreads: The Power Of Nicki Minaj And The Failure Of ESPN's 'Black Grantland'

4:36pm October 09, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

Also this week: Politico alleges Joe Biden leaked his son's deathbed wish that the vice president run for the White House, to help weigh a possible 2016 bid.

#NPRreads: China's One-Child Policy, And Pat Sajak's Politics

3:57pm October 02, 2015

by L. Carol Ritchie

Also this week: What the Washington Nationals dugout clash between Jonathan Papelbon and Bryce Harper says about the culture of baseball.

#NPRreads: Ta-Nehisi Coates' Latest Essay And A Profile Of The 'Anti-Redskin'

3:24pm September 18, 2015

by Tracy Wahl

Also this week: How Iran's supreme leader controlled domestic criticism of the nuclear deal, and the parallel to debate over the deal in the U.S.

#NPRreads: From The Hell Of The North To 'Trash' Food

2:38pm April 17, 2015

by Ina Jaffe

We highlight a 160-mile cycling race, reminiscences of an interview with the Oklahoma City bomber, the Finnish prison system, the nuclear deal with Iran, and the meaning of calling someone "trash."

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

#NPRreads: From Supreme Court Justice To The Notorious R.B.G.

2:29pm March 20, 2015

by Nina Totenberg

For your weekend, here are four recommendations: How Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became an Internet meme, how The Great Wave went viral, a profile of Hugh Hewitt and why 4Chan's founder walked away.

People line up outside the Bicentenario, a state-run supermarket, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 9. Most of the shortages in Venezuela are driven in part by the country's tight currency controls, which make it hard to get dollars at a subsidized rate for

#NPRreads: A Sign Of The Times? Trinidad Offers Venezuela Toilet Paper For Oil

5:44pm February 27, 2015

by Anders Kelto

For your weekend, here are three recommendations for stories that may surprise you about the rise of OxyContin, the fall of Venezuela and an undocumented immigrant who made money for Goldman Sachs.