Opinion

UCLA students hold crosses, while taking part in a 2006 rally on campus to express their concerns about the lack of racial diversity in the student body.

A Theory To Better Understand Diversity, And Who Really Benefits

12:39pm April 19, 2017

by David Shih

The business model for diversity teaches students about cultural preferences and how to avoid offense, but it is ill-equipped to unpack social group power dynamics.

Secretary of State Tillerson speaks with the media after he greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping on April 6 in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Travels — Or The Lack Thereof — With Rex Tillerson

7:51pm April 15, 2017

by Linda Wertheimer

Should the secretary of state travel with a press pool? NPR's Linda Wertheimer thinks it would be good for Secretary Tillerson and the public if he took the media along on his trips.

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Arts

Baby Or Bust: My Time Is Running Out

2:00pm April 15, 2017

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the hosts hear from a woman with a much younger boyfriend. She wants a baby; he doesn't.

Demonstrators protest United Airlines at O'Hare International Airport on April 11, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The protest was in response to airport police officers physically removing passenger Dr. David Dao from his seat and dragging him off the airplan

Politics Of Respectability And A Dragged Passenger

6:30pm April 14, 2017

by Jennifer Lee

The politics of respectability were complicated this week when a 69 year-old Asian-American doctor was forcibly dragged off a United Airlines flight.

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Week In Politics: Trump's Changing Policy Views

4:47pm April 14, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish wraps up the week in politics with Reihan Salam of the National Review and Kimberly Atkins of the Boston Herald. They discuss President Trump's changing policy positions.

Sports

Baseball Moves Beyond The Steroid Era

5:33am April 12, 2017

by Pablo Torre

Steroids used to be the scourge of baseball, to the extent that Congress held hearings about it. Commentator Pablo Torre of ESPN The Magazine says time has been kind to some of the worst offenders.

A visitor to the Robert Mondavi Winery in Napa Valley, Calif., attends a wine tasting class. Unlike food — which gives us sensory cues like crunchy and hot, as well as tasting, say, salty — with wine, it's all about tiny differences in taste and smell

Books
Arts

Oaky, With Notes Of BS: Why Wine Tasting Struggles To Get It On The Nose

3:37pm April 10, 2017

by Tove Danovich

Unlike food — which gives us sensory cues like crunchy and hot, as well as tasting, say, salty — with wine, it's all about tiny differences in taste and smell. The danger is in getting too poetic.

A scene from the 1990s Sci-Fi film Timecop, featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme (left).

Science

It Sounds Like Science Fiction But ... It's A Cliché

7:51am April 09, 2017

by Geoff Brumfiel

The Internet is full of science fiction becoming science fact. NPR Science Editor Geoff Brumfiel is ready to make a stand. Sort of.

Parents, students and supporters of Chicago Public Schools teachers gather at a press conference in 2016 near Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home.

Chicago Mayor's Plan To Update H.S. Graduation Has A Fatal Flaw

4:03am April 09, 2017

by Amy Alexander

The mayor's mention of "like you do with your children," raises questions about his grasp of his school district's largest student and parent constituency — African-Americans and Latinos.

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Arts

Is Deviation Over Procreation Worth A Marriage's Termination?

12:00pm April 08, 2017

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the hosts hear from married women who disagree with their husbands about having children.