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Alicia Graf Mack, dean and director of The Juilliard School's Dance Division (center), speaks with fourth-year dance students Kailei Sin (left) and Nyoka Wotorson (right) in between classes.

West African dance and hip-hop play a key role in a revamped Juilliard track

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Alicia Graf Mack about how she's reshaping Juilliard's prestigious Dance Division to make it more relevant than ever.

The exterior of the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building is pictured on May 4, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

DOJ memo stokes fear among disability advocates of a return to institutionalization

The Justice Department's opinion challenges civil rights protections that have long treated the institutionalization of disabled Americans as a last resort.

Troy Jackson speaks during Maine Democrats' nominating convention at the Bangor Cross Insurance Center on Saturday in Bangor, Maine.

Democrats in Maine formally nominate Troy Jackson as their new U.S. Senate candidate

Democrats are hoping to move past Graham Platner's scandal-plagued campaign as they look to unseat Susan Collins. In Jackson, they chose a nominee with a similar economic populist message as Platner.

Didier Betofe, from the Congo, Africa, and his 6-year-old son clean windshields and beg for money in the Mexican town of Ciudad Acuña across from Roma, Texas. Didier arrived in Ecuador and traveled north to Ciudad Acuña, where they have been living the past three months.

Postcards From The Border aims to challenge skewed portrayal of U.S.-Mexico border

Challenging perceptions of the US-Mexico border: A new Texas art project uses music, photos and storytelling to highlight the the rich cultural tapestry beyond headlines of migration and enforcement

"Ultimately, I was the audience's guide into a very scary place," Kyle MacLachlan says of his roles in Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks. He's shown above in London on Dec. 3, 2025.

Kyle MacLachlan says he was David Lynch's 'submersible' into dark places

MacLachlan was 23 when he auditioned for Lynch's adaptation of Dune. The two would go on to work together on the cult classics Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks. MacLachlan's new memoir is Fictional Selves.

Barbershop: Kellogg's, Breitbart And Self-Tying Shoes

Republican consultant Puneet Ahluwalia, consultant Jolene Ivey, and Farajii Muhammad of Listen Up! radio take on "rage donations," corporations getting political and Nike's new self-tying shoe.

Ronson's latest album, <em>Late Night Feelings</em>, is due out June 21 via RCA Records.

After Years Of Hit-Making For Others, Mark Ronson Puts His Feelings 1st

On Late Night Feelings, Mark Ronson tapped into the melancholy side of disco, pop and country for what he calls "sad bangers." The super-producer spoke with NPR's Audie Cornish about making the album.

Donald Glover, performing as Childish Gambino on <em>Saturday Night Live </em>May 5, 2018.

This Season's 'SNL' Musical Guests, Cruelly Ranked

With the 2017-18 season of Saturday Night Live now a wrap, we consider all 21 musical guests from this year — from worst to best. Apologies in advance to Sam Smith.

An NPR analysis has found that for years people of color have been underrepresented in the top rank of career civil servants at the U.S. Census Bureau, whose headquarters in Suitland, Md., are shown in this 2018 photo.

The federal agency that measures racial diversity is led mostly by white people

While the Census Bureau's set to have its first director who's Latinx, an NPR analysis finds people of color are underrepresented in the top rank of civil servants at the country's main data producer.

There's a new generation of folk protest singers on TikTok

Amid a 24-hour news cycle and personalized algorithms, a wave of young artists are reviving bold, plainspoken protest music that cuts through the noise.

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