In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, a former Red Cross official says as many as 40 percent of the organization's emergency vehicles were assigned for public relations purposes. This photo, which shows one of their trucks in Long Island, N.Y., in January 2013, is one example of the many publicity photos taken by the Red Cross. Les Stone/American Red Cross hide caption itoggle caption Les Stone/American Red Cross NPR News Investigations Red Cross Under Scrutiny In Storms' Aftermath An investigation by NPR and ProPublica reveals how the American Red Cross increased its focus on public relations while it struggled to meet basic needs of storm victims. Listen Loading… 8:18 Download Playlist
NBC cameraman Ashoka Mukpo, 33, contracted Ebola in Liberia, arrived in Nebraska for care on October 6 and was released from the hospital on the 22nd. Taylor Wilson/Courtesy of Nebraska Medicine hide caption itoggle caption Taylor Wilson/Courtesy of Nebraska Medicine Goats and Soda Why The Ebola Evacuees Survived And What We Learned From Them Ten of the 14 Ebola patients evacuated from West Africa have survived. We asked specialists: What made the difference?
Live Event David Greene. Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Ariel Zambelich/NPR Parallels - World News Ask Me Anything: NPR's David Greene Takes Questions On Crimea Morning Edition Host David Greene recently returned from a reporting trip to Crimea and responds to questions on Reddit about how the Black Sea peninsula has changed since it was seized by Russia.
LA Johnson/NPR NPR Ed 50 Great Teachers: Socrates, The Ancient World's Teaching Superstar It's been 2,400 years since he taught his last class, but the teaching method Socrates created, and that bears his name, lives on today. Listen Loading… 7:46 Download Playlist
Law Can Authorities Cut Utilities, Pose As Repairmen To Conduct Search? That's what federal agents did earlier this year to see if gamblers in Las Vegas were running a sportsbook operation. Agents lacked evidence for a warrant. Courts are considering the case.
These scuba divers are among the two million tourists who visit the Great Barrier Reef each year. They contribute about $5.6 billion to Australia's economy, according to the Queensland government. Steve Dorsey for NPR hide caption itoggle caption Steve Dorsey for NPR Parallels - World News As Great Barrier Reef Ails, Australia Scrambles To Save It One Australian report estimated the reef had lost more than half its coral since 1985. The government is considering a new 35-year plan to rescue the reef, but some say it falls short. Listen Loading… 3:46 Download Playlist
YouTube The Two-Way - News Blog Unmanned Rocket Explodes Shortly After Takeoff The rocket was made by Orbital Sciences, which was contracted by NASA to ship supplies to the International Space Station. It exploded six seconds after liftoff from Wallops Island, Va.
The U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Mark Wilson/Getty Images The Two-Way - News Blog U.S. Beefs Up Security At Some Federal Buildings The Department of Homeland Security said public calls by terrorists to attack the U.S. spurred the new measures.
People working on the assembly line in April 2012 at Huajian shoe factory in Dukem, Ethiopia. Jenny Vaughan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Jenny Vaughan/AFP/Getty Images Business The Next Shirt You Buy May Say 'Made In Ethiopia.' Here's Why Ozy.com The garment industry is still seen as a good partner for jump-starting the economies of undeveloped nations. Manufacturers entering these countries say they're trying to treat workers more ethically. Partner content from
An explosion following an airstrike is seen in the Syrian town of Kobani from near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc, in Sanliurfa province, on Wednesday. Yannis Behrakis/Reuters/Landov hide caption itoggle caption Yannis Behrakis/Reuters/Landov The Two-Way - News Blog Kurdish Fighters Begin Using Turkish Crossing To Reach Kobani Syrian rebels and Iraqi peshmerga fighters have been allowed to use Turkish territory to enter the fight against militants of the self-declared Islamic State.
Christopher Duggan Dance At 83, Dancer Carmen De Lavallade Looks Back At A Life Spent Onstage De Lavallade's husband of 59 years, dancer Geoffrey Holder, died on Oct. 5. "He was my biggest fan and I was the same way with him," she says. De Lavallade's one-woman show is called As I Remember It. Listen Loading… 3:20 Download Playlist
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (left) speaks with Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud as the Saudi ambassador to the United States, Adel al-Jubeir, listens before a meeting at the Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Sept. 11. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Parallels - World News Why Does Saudi Arabia Seem So Comfortable With Falling Oil Prices? Normally, the "central banker of oil" would slow production to push up prices. Not so now. Some say it's a geopolitical tactic aimed at Russia and Iran; others say the nation is just protecting market share.
Clockwise from top: Belle And Sebastian, Grouper, Bo Ningen, The Velvet Underground Courtesy of the artists hide caption itoggle caption Courtesy of the artists All Songs Considered New Mix: The Velvet Underground, Belle & Sebastian, Grouper, More On this week's All Songs Considered, we share dance music from Belle & Sebastian and unreleased Velvet Underground, plus Bob Boilen discusses new discoveries from this year's CMJ Music Marathon. Listen Loading… Download Playlist
A woman cleans the floor prior to a session at the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Michel Euler/Associated Press hide caption itoggle caption Michel Euler/Associated Press The Two-Way - News Blog World Economic Forum: Global Gender Gap Won't Be Closed For Decades The group's annual report found that the gender gap is shrinking overall, just very slowly.
Amy Poehler plays Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation, which will air its final season next year. Poehler says, "It's a privilege in television to be able to have a proper goodbye." Colleen Hayes/NBC hide caption itoggle caption Colleen Hayes/NBC Author Interviews A Candid Memoir From Comedian Amy Poehler? 'Yes Please' Poehler joins Fresh Air's Terry Gross to talk about fighting the body image "demon," being a "world-class snooper" and how she was once told that she had a "great face for wigs." Listen Loading… 39:32 Download Playlist
Fans cheer during the 2014 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Kansas City Royals at AT&T Park. Rob Carr/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Rob Carr/Getty Images Sweetness And Light Start World Series Games Earlier, Let Us Sleep Commentator Frank Deford says the Fall Classic could boost its sagging ratings by scheduling games early enough for people in the Eastern and Central Time Zones to see the end. Listen Loading… 3:18 Download Playlist
Farms outside Baghdad as seen from a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter. Much of Iraq's soil has a high salt content because of flooding and poor drainage. Jim Gordon/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Flickr hide caption itoggle caption Jim Gordon/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Flickr The Salt Who Should Pay To Fix The World's Salt-Damaged Soils? The area of land no longer suitable for farming because of salt degradation is rising quickly. Scientists argue the private sector should help fund efforts to reverse it since it relies on the crops.
Storyful is making a business out of verifying material on social media for journalists and news organizations. Storyful hide caption itoggle caption Storyful All Tech Considered Behind The Scenes, Storyful Exposes Viral Hoaxes For News Outlets Journalists regularly turn to this social media organization to seek out and verify online material that could bolster traditional reporting. Listen Loading… 5:13 Download Playlist
The Wiper Wave, attached to your car's rear wiper, promises to take a bit of the tension out of the rough commute. Tyler Fishbone hide caption itoggle caption Tyler Fishbone All Tech Considered Weekly Innovation: Friendly Roadways Just A 'Wave' Away Ever wish you could thank someone for letting you cut in while stuck in traffic? This simple hand symbol attached to your car's rear wiper promises to take a bit of the tension out of a rough commute.
Sourdough loaves made by Fromartz with a bolted white flour from Anson Mills in South Carolina that he says reminded him of the wheat he'd tasted in southern France. Samuel Fromartz hide caption itoggle caption Samuel Fromartz The Salt To Make Bread, Watch The Dough, Not The Recipe One man's quest for the perfect loaf took him to Paris, Berlin, California and Kansas. What he learned can't easily be captured in words. It's a feeling in your fingers that comes from experience. Listen Loading… 4:23 Download Playlist
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., poses with constituent Noelle Hunter. In a campaign ad, Hunter explains that McConnell helped get her daughter back from Mali after a custody battle. AP hide caption itoggle caption AP Politics Constituent Services Give Voters Something To Remember If played just right, members of Congress can see a political payoff from simply doing their jobs and helping out voters who elected them. It's one reason incumbents fare well come Election Day. Listen Loading… 4:09 Download Playlist
A statue of Jesus Christ called "Cristo Rey" is prominently located next to a sculpture called "Tree of Life" in the middle of Dimitrov. Juan Carlos for NPR hide caption itoggle caption Juan Carlos for NPR Parallels - World News With A Soft Approach On Gangs, Nicaragua Eschews Violence Despite being in one of the most dangerous regions in the world, Nicaragua remains relatively peaceful. Analysts credit its style of policing, which has rejected the iron fist policies of neighbors. Listen Loading… 4:20 Download Playlist