Kira Wakeam
Story Archive
Friday
Bertie Bowman, the longest serving African-American congressional staffer, dies at 92
Tuesday
Curtis Chin recounts coming of age as a Chinese American gay kid in his new memoir
Tuesday
Olivia Rodrigo's second album, the follow-up to her 2021 breakthrough Sour, is called Guts. Photo by Nick Walker/Courtesy of the artist/Illustration by Jackie Lay/NPR hide caption
Tuesday
Judges strike down another Alabama congressional map over Voting Rights Act violation
Thursday
A neurology professor weighs in on the health questions surrounding Mitch McConnell
Monday
Lahaina teacher leads efforts to remember children killed and missing after wildfires
Thursday
Yellowknife mayor provides the latest update on evacuations in the Canadian city
Wednesday
Amid a water crisis, Arizona is using lots of it to grow alfalfa to export overseas
Friday
Michelle Buteau at the premiere of her new show, Survival Of The Thickest. Cindy Ord/Getty Images hide caption
Michelle Buteau is creating the empowering TV series she wanted to see growing up
Thursday
Michelle Buteau's 'Survival of the Thickest' is a love letter to the 'fatty baddies'
Wednesday
A portrait of the artist. Camille Sauvayre/Pitch Perfect PR hide caption
An exploration of love was also a journey of self-acceptance for Pierre Kwenders
Monday
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist has seen the lasting harm of cluster bombs
Monday
Actress Patricia Arquette brings sass and vulnerability to her 'High Desert' role
Wednesday
The lost Jeopardy tapes: the 40-year mystery behind an enigmatic champion
Sunday
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will speak with survivors of Native American boarding schools as part of a tour called "The Road to Healing." Her department found that between 1819 and 1969, the federal government operated or supported more than 400 schools. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
Haaland seeks healing for Native American boarding school survivors
Sunday
"I have been the architect of my creativity and my life in such a specific and obsessive way," Florence Welch tells NPR. Autumn de Wilde hide caption
On 'Dance Fever,' Florence + the Machine explores her fractured desires
Saturday
Alabama's state Capitol has been the location of fights over redistricting. The Supreme Court hears a case this fall that could have implications for gerrymandering across the country. Andi Rice for NPR hide caption
Sunday
Ady Barkan and Nicholas Bruckman during the making of the documentary Not Going Quietly. Nicholas Bruckman hide caption
Progressive activist Ady Barkan says his ALS has increased his platform
Sunday
In Yellowjackets, a New Jersey girls soccer team must survive in the wilderness after a plane crash. Kailey Schwerman/Showtime hide caption
Surviving teenage girlhood takes on a whole new meaning on 'Yellowjackets'
Sunday
Love it or hate it you've almost certainly heard Kenny G's soprano saxophone — be it in an elevator or in your car. Here, Kenny G performs at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival in 2019, in Indio, Calif. Amy Harris/Invision/AP hide caption
Why everyone loves to hate Kenny G, according to the jazz musician himself
Sunday
Former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean, who co-chaired the 9/11 Commission, testifies in 2011 in Washington, D.C. Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images hide caption