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- Highland Park community reacts; Mental health of migrant children in custodyby NPR on July 6, 2022 at 12:32 pm
The community of Highland Park is coming to terms with the mass shooting that left seven dead and dozens more injured. The Anti-Defamation League's Midwest regional director and resident David Goldenberg, who was at the parade in the morning before the attack […]
- Summer reading suggestions for kids; One woman's planned pregnancy abortion storyby NPR on July 6, 2022 at 12:25 pm
Virginia Children's Book Festival executive director Juanita Giles talks about recommendations for books for kids 12 and under. And, we turn to a woman who recently chose to get a legal abortion in California. It was a decision she and her husband made after […]
- Black girls left behind by Title IX; Somalia faces food crisis amid war in Ukraineby NPR on July 5, 2022 at 12:39 pm
Tina Sloan Green has dedicated her career to leveling the playing field for girls and women of color and founded the Black Women in Sports Foundation. Sloan Green joins us to discuss how Title IX left Black girls behind. And, the Washington Post's Sudarsan […]
- Ann Leary's new book 'The Foundling'; VA offers clean needles for veteransby NPR on July 5, 2022 at 12:37 pm
Ann Leary's new book, "The Foundling," centers around a young woman who gets a job at an institution designed to prevent "feeble-minded" women from reproducing. Leary joins us. And, the Department of Veteran Affairs Clean Syringe program provides veterans who […]
- Baseball fans split on the wave; The summer of 'revenge travel'by NPR on July 4, 2022 at 12:03 pm
Attend any sporting event and you're bound to witness the wave. But while some baseball fans love it, others look on in annoyance. Colorado Public Radio's Vic Vela encapsulates the debate. And, revenge travel is here — Americans 'sticking it to COVID' by […]
- 'The Greatest Beer Run Ever'; Summer travel snagsby NPR on July 4, 2022 at 12:03 pm
John "Chickie" Donohue talks about his book "The Greatest Beer Run Ever," which tells the story of a trip he made to Vietnam in November 1967 to deliver beer to his buddies from their New York City neighborhood. And, Southwest and American Airlines delayed […]
- The tasty rebrand of Asian carp; FIFA's use of AIby NPR on July 1, 2022 at 1:06 pm
If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em. That's the new battle cry for Illinois fisheries managers who are trying to rebrand four invasive species of Asian carp. Here & Now's Chris Bentley reports. And, it's no secret that soccer fans are extremely […]
- California passes the nation's strictest plastic law; Tips and advice on medical debtby NPR on July 1, 2022 at 1:05 pm
California says two-thirds of all plastic packaging must be recyclable or compostable within the next decade. Senior editor for Bloomberg Michael Regan joins us. And, a joint investigation by Kaiser Health News and NPR has found that 100 million Americans are […]
- Mary Pipher's new memoir; Kansas City's gay rights movement before Stonewallby NPR on June 30, 2022 at 12:34 pm
Best-selling author of "Reviving Ophelia" Mary Pipher talks about her new memoir, "A Life in Light: Meditations on Impermanence." And, before the Stonewall Inn raid in 1969, gay rights groups organized in Kansas City, Missouri, creating inroads of their own. […]
- Big Mama Thorton's original 'Hound Dog'; Texas talk show host comes out transby NPR on June 30, 2022 at 12:30 pm
Elvis Presley's hit "Hound Dog" actually belongs to blues singer Willie Mae Thornton, also known as Big Mama Thornton. Author Maureen Mahon tells us about Thorton and the impact of Black women on rock 'n' roll. And, Mikaela Taylor, the host of the "Morning […]
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