Opinion

Computers use algorithms to do everything from adding up a column of figures to resizing a window.

Algorithmic Intelligence Has Gotten So Smart, It's Easy To Forget It's Artificial

1:28pm June 28, 2019

by Geoff Nunberg

Artificial intelligence becomes hard to ignore when it starts taking over tasks that used to require human judgment — such as winnowing job applications or prioritizing stories in a news feed.

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President Trump, shown here with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Group of 20 meeting in Buenos Aires last November, will be meeting the Indian leader again at the Osaka G-20 on Friday, amid rising trade tensions.

World News

Opinion: Don't Let U.S.-India Trade Differences Escalate Into A Trade War

3:04pm June 27, 2019

by Alyssa Ayres

President Trump will meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G-20. Trade tensions threaten to overshadow progress in strategic ties, former State Department official Alyssa Ayres writes.

Bianey Reyes (center) and others protest the separation of children from their parents in front of El Paso Processing Center, an immigration detention facility, at the Mexican border on June 19, 2018, in El Paso, Texas.

Opinion: The 'Filthy And Uncomfortable Circumstances' Of Detained Migrant Children

2:12pm June 22, 2019

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the unsanitary conditions for detained migrant children in border detention facilities.

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The U.S. Navy says a limpet mine put a hole in this Panama-flagged, Japanese-owned tanker anchored off Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. The limpet mines used to attack the tanker near the Strait of Hormuz resemble mines displayed by Iran, a Navy explosives

Opinion: Why War With Iran Is Bad For Trump — And America

1:05pm June 20, 2019

Iran's shoot-down of a U.S. drone underscores the growing risk of conflict between the countries. If war occurs, President Trump will wish he stayed out, write Aaron David Miller and Richard Sokolsky.

Zahra Noorbakhsh is a comedian and co-host of the #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast. Her one-woman show, "On Behalf of All Muslims: A Comedy Special" premieres June 21 in San Francisco.

'See You Tonight!' 'I Needed This!': How A Ritual Friday Gathering Brought Healing

6:21pm June 07, 2019

by Zahra Noorbakhsh

In March, when the Christchurch mosque shooting coincided with Zahra Noorbakhsh's own health crisis, the Iranian American comic found hope in the continued practice of Friday gatherings.

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Physicians often harbor unconscious bias against kids with obesity, which can have lasting effects on their young patients' health. Some doctors are trying a new approach.

Health & Safety

How Doctors Can Stop Stigmatizing — And Start Helping — Kids With Obesity

12:50pm June 05, 2019

by Mara Gordon

Physicians often harbor unconscious bias against kids and teens with obesity. It affects how they talk with their patients and can make kids' health worse. Some doctors are trying a new approach.

Sports

Commentator Is Still Outraged After Blues-Bruins 1970 NHL Finals

5:49am June 05, 2019

The Boston Bruins and the Saint Louis Blues are tied at two wins apiece in the Stanley Cup final. Commentator Mike Pesca remembers the first time the two teams met in the NHL finals.

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Family members of inmates wait and pray in front of the Puraquequara prison in the city of Manaus, the capital of northern Brazil's Amazonas state, on Monday. Dozens of inmates were killed in four jails in northern Brazil on Sunday and Monday, authorities

World News

Opinion: Brazil's Prison Massacres Send A Dire Message

7:01pm May 28, 2019

by Robert Muggah

Once again, Brazil's prisons are in the spotlight because of mass killings. The penitentiary system is badly understaffed, overcrowded and needs reforming, says security expert Robert Muggah.

Daisy, the only dog Scott Simon's kids will get, runs on the beach in France.

Arts

Opinion: Want Another Dog, Kids? Let's 'Have That Conversation'

12:10pm May 25, 2019

by Scott Simon

"I think we should have that conversation" is this era's preferred nonanswer for politicians trying to avoid tricky subjects, NPR's Scott Simon says.

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New research confirms what we've been hearing for years: Cooking from scratch and eating "real food" is healthier than consuming the highly processed foods that make up the majority of calories in the American diet. The problem is that knowing this doesn'

OPINION: Why Ditching Processed Foods Won't Be Easy — The Barriers To Cooking From Scratch

7:00am May 24, 2019

Though a new study shows that eating unprocessed food is healthier, home-cooked meals require resources that food experts take for granted, such as money and time, the authors of a new book argue.