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  • New York officials seized Mark Longo’s internet-famous pet squirrel Peanut in the final weeks of the 2024 presidential race.
    The Peanut effect: How one dead squirrel upended New York wildlife enforcement
    The state’s decision to euthanize a celebrity squirrel became an issue during the presidential campaign, disrupting lives around the country.
  • Remembering jazz singer Rebecca Kilgore
    Kilgore, who died Jan. 7, was a talented interpreter of American popular song. We'll remember her by listening back to her in-studio concerts with pianist Dave Frishberg from 1995 and 1999.
  • Dr. Maya Bass would visit Oklahoma monthly to help provide abortions at a local clinic. Since the state banned abortions after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, she found another way to support patients with limited access to abortions.
    Three years after Roe fell, more women are managing their abortions without doctors
    A growing body of research demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of self-managed abortion with pills, coupled with the global pandemic in 2020 and the fall of Roe in 2022, has many U.S. doctors changing their views.
  • Looking Ahead To The Challenges Of The Next Term
    President Barack Obama faces a number of pressing domestic and foreign policy issues as he begins his second term. A sluggish economy at home, regional conflicts and threats of terrorism abroad and a political stalemate in Washington all pose unique challenges for the president.
  • Marvin Gaye's hit record "What's Going On" encapsulates the political turmoil of 1971 while also inspiring hope for change.
    NPR's 50 Favorite Songs Of 1971
    Critics widely consider 1971 one of the best years in music history. For NPR's 50th anniversary, public radio stations turn back the clock and reflect on the year's best tracks.
  • 'Ricochet' explores how the right to bear arms expands -- while gun laws contract
    The New York Times reporter Mike McIntire says gun companies and the NRA are broadening the scope of the Second Amendment, socializing kids to appreciate guns and marketing a new brand of masculinity.
  • Olcott cuts cost of dredging project
    Niagara County's Town of Newfane needs to dredge its marina in Olcott. The project carries a high cost, one reduced after the town hired a dredger already…
  • Singer Ian Curtis on stage in 1980 with Joy Division, whose song "Transmission" is among those explored in Greil Marcus' book <em>The History of Rock 'N' Roll in Ten Songs.</em>
    The Other Rock History
    What makes an essential rock song? Music journalist Greil Marcus argues that it's not the stature of the performer, but the degree to which a song tells the story of rock 'n' roll itself.
  • Should College Dropouts Be Honored By Their Alma Maters?
    From a Top Gun sequel starring drones to Howard University's pick of Puff Daddy as its commencement speaker, the Barbershop guys weigh in on the week's news.
  • Does Ethnicity Of Trayvon Martin's Killer Matter?
    The Beauty Shop ladies weigh in on whether it matters that Trayvon Martin's killer is Hispanic. They also discuss the Illinois primaries and a TV commercial that critics say reinforces stereotypes about Latinas. Host Michel Martin checks in with columnists Mary Kate Cary and Mary Mitchell, and with bloggers Viviana Hurtado and Danielle Belton.
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