Opinion

Thomas Eickes of Norfolk, Va., wanted his 8-year-old son Tommy to witness the "peaceful change of power" at Trump's inauguration.

There Were Hopes And Dreams Aplenty At Trump's Inauguaration, But Whose?

4:17pm January 21, 2017

by Keith Woods

I went to Donald Trump's inauguration to see if people there felt the same pride and promise that I did four years earlier. We met at a common intersection, then went very separate ways.

Religion

After Trump's Election, A Nonpracticing Muslim Returns To Prayer

3:14pm January 18, 2017

by Zahra Noorbakhsh

Comedian Zahra Noorbakhsh often jokes about being a "pork-eating, alcohol-drinking, married-to-an-atheist" Muslim. But lately she finds herself wanting to connect with her religious traditions.

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Then-Senator Barack Obama speaks as rain falls during a rally at Widener University in Chester, Penn. in October 2008.

Politics & Government

Looking Back With Gratitude On Obama, And His Optimistic Vision Of America

1:26pm January 18, 2017

by Mat Johnson

Writer Mat Johnson reflects on what the Obama presidency meant to his biracial family. "I didn't always agree with Obama," he says. "But I always respected — and will always respect — that man."

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Arts

A Wanderluster And A Wandering Eye

12:15pm January 15, 2017

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the hosts consider if it's worth it to have a short relationship away from home.

Arts

For This Relationship, It's Judgment Day

7:04pm January 14, 2017

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the hosts consider if it's OK to judge a man after he confessed to cheating in the past.

Greg Calhoun, President-elect Donald Trump and Steve Harvey speak with the media Friday at Trump Tower in New York.

Politics & Government

Trump Is Bringing His Love-Excoriate Relationship With Media Into Office

9:24am January 14, 2017

by David Folkenflik

As during the campaign, the president-elect wants the established media's attention and craves its respect — but gladly will feed outlets into the news grinder if they cross him. Ask CNN and BuzzFeed.

Chicago police Commander Kevin Duffin, speaking during a news conference in Chicago Thursday, describes the kidnapping and hate crime charges filed against four black people who attacked a white man and livestreamed it on Facebook.

Politics & Government

A Discomfiting Question: Was The Chicago Torture Case Racism?

10:25am January 09, 2017

by Gene Demby

The man was held captive and beaten by four people who livestreamed the attack. He was white. His tormentors were black. Calling that a hate crime doesn't tell the whole story.

A Nigerian chef travelled to Kentucky and found common ground in food with those he met.

Dinner in Appalachia: Finding Common Ground In Trump Country

7:00am January 07, 2017

Appalachia is thousands of miles from Nigeria. But at a potluck dinner in rural Kentucky, natives of the two places found points of connection between their cultures.

Week In Politics: Trump Briefing On Russian Hacking, Obamacare Fight

4:56pm January 06, 2017

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times, about President-elect Trump's intelligence briefing on Russian election-year hacking and the battle in Congress over Obamacare.

The Last of Us is as much about the bonds between Joel and his surrogate daughter Ellie as it is about their post-fungal-apocalypse world.

Arts

Reading The Game: 'The Last Of Us'

10:01am December 31, 2016

by Jason Sheehan

Our occasional series on storytelling in video games continues with a look at The Last of Us. Set in a world undone by a fungal apocalypse, it follows a grizzled smuggler and his surrogate daughter.