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Aspiring Writer Questions Value Of English Degree

Heather Lefebvre just graduated with top honors from Brandeis University with a degree in English and creative writing. She's leaving school with a diploma in her hand and a mountain of debt. And that has her worried about her academic choices.

Aspiring Writer Questions Value Of English Degree

Heather Lefebvre just graduated with top honors from Brandeis University with a degree in English and creative writing. She's leaving school with a diploma in her hand and a mountain of debt. And that has her worried about her academic choices.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane enters the courtroom on Aug. 11. A jury has convicted her of leaking grand jury information and lying about it under oath.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Convicted In Grand Jury Leak

A jury found Kathleen Kane guilty of directing a leak of material involving a former office prosecutor, and then lying about it. The voters are already due to choose her successor in November.

Remembering the racist attack at a grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., a year later

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Na'Kya McCann, host of the podcast "Embedded: Buffalo Extreme," about the racist attack in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 14, 2022.

Listening To The Monkees With Fresh Ears, 50 Years Later

Rock historian missed the "Prefab Four" the first time they came along. Listening now, he finds that the Monkees' best songs have held up, mostly because they used top-notch songwriting talent.

Colombian army soldiers patrol Medellin's Loma de Cristobal neighborhood after warring gangs forced dozens of families to flee. Medellin used to be the most dangerous city in the world, but officials embarked on innovative projects designed to make life better in tough neighborhoods.

Once Home To A Dreaded Drug Lord, Medellin Remakes Itself

The Colombian city was the world's murder capital in the 1990s, but it managed to turn its fortunes around. Homicides were cut by 80 percent and made big gains on a number of fronts. But the city still faces many challenges in a region plagued by violence.

Close-up of<em> tzoallis</em> being made during a summer nutrition workshop held by Puente a la Salud, a group based in Oaxaca, Mexico, that is helping to push an amaranth comeback. An ancient Aztec staple, t<em>zoallis </em>are made of amaranth and corn flour, agave honey and amaranth cereal.

Why Mexican Chefs, Farmers And Activists Are Reviving The Ancient Grain Amaranth

The nutritious indigenous plant is part of a movement to revive native crops and cuisines — and a means of restoring the health and economy of Oaxaca, one of Mexico's poorest states.

The same steep growth and use of big data that attracted venture capital cash to companies that administer Medicare Advantage plans have led to scrutiny of the companies by government officials. Federal audits estimate such plans nationwide have overcharged taxpayers nearly $10 billion annually.

Missouri Firm With Silicon Valley Ties Faces Medicare Billing Scrutiny

A federal audit and a whistleblower lawsuit allege that Medicare Advantage plans from the St. Louis-based Essence Group Holdings Corp. have significantly overcharged taxpayers.

Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy is followed by members of the media as he walks in the Capitol.

House Republicans overcome internal divisions to pass debt ceiling bill

House Speaker McCarthy secured the support of GOP members to pass a bill to increase the nation's borrowing limit while slashing federal spending. Democrats say it threatens a default.

Context and perspective on abortion and gun rights after this week's SCOTUS decisions

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Washington Free Beacon editor-in-chief Eliana Johnson and Washington Post politics reporter Amber Phillips about the overturning of Roe and developments on gun laws.

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