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The Yellow Submarine, Jazz Concerts & More

What an exciting time of music happenings in the Cincinnati area this week! One of the most exciting ones is the 3-day appearance, 8/17-19, at the...

"This Time" by Ana Egge is featured in January's edition of <em>Heavy Rotation</em>.

Heavy Rotation: 20 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

This January, NPR member stations share a mix of the most popular songs on their airwaves, including music from The Avalanches, Jade Bird, Madlib, Run the Jewels and more.

Atlanta rapper Latto belongs to a lineage of women inspired by Miami icon Trina, whose sexually explicit bars have both challenged gendered double standards and shown their staying power.

'When I changed as a woman, my music changed'

Like her idol Trina two decades earlier, Latto saw her creativity open up when she started rapping explicitly about sex. But with her frankness came harsh new standards to live up to.

Students crowded around General Logan Monument during the 1968 National Democratic National Convention in Chicago, August 1968.

Chicago ’68 recalls a Democratic convention and a political moment like no other

In the months leading up to DNC 2024, "Chicago ‘68" has been repeatedly conjured. But there is nothing in this political climate to compare to '68 and the all-encompassing anxiety over Vietnam.

Zubedah Hassan, 32, at home in Kibera. She works as a champion for the Stop Sex for Water program, encouraging women and girls to speak out if they face sexual violence from water vendors or are groped or peeped on in public bathrooms. "The main problem is poverty," she says. "A girl tries to save money on water by doing favors for a vendor. Another challenge is drought. You find schoolchildren waking up very early to go and look for water and being raped along the small paths they take."

Some women who can't afford water are often pressured to provide sex for it

Water is often a scarce commodity in Nairobi's largest slum. The only source may be a local cartel — and with that comes the risk of sexual threats and attacks.

Little Time To Celebrate Iowa; It's On To New Hampshire

Caucus night is over. Sen. Ted Cruz was the winner on the Republican side and Hillary Clinton pulled out victory in a very close race with Sen. Bernie Sanders. New Hampshire holds a primary next week.

The flawed coronavirus test kits went out to public laboratories in February. An internal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention review obtained by NPR says the wrong quality control protocols were used.

CDC Report: Officials Knew Coronavirus Test Was Flawed But Released It Anyway

An unreleased CDC review obtained by NPR shows that lab officials knew an early coronavirus test kit had a high failure rate. They decided not to recall it and sent it to the nation's labs anyway.

A Timeline Of Coronavirus Comments From President Trump And WHO

How did the president respond to key moments during the pandemic? And how did representatives of the World Health Organization respond during the same period?

Two men stand and talk at a counter of a shop.

Ohio retailers keep an eye on state regulation of ‘intoxicating' hemp

Pending delta-8 regulation could be a game-changer for Northeast Ohio’s cannabis ecosystem. However, some believe a potential crackdown on so-called “diet weed” may not be a bad thing.

"In college, I would tell my friends that I wanted to pursue a Ph.D., and they would chuckle and ridicule the idea," says Eqbal Dauqan, who is an assistant professor at the University Kebangsaan Malaysia at age 36. Born and raised in Yemen, Dauqan credits her "naughty" spirit for her success in a male-dominated culture.

She May Be The Most Unstoppable Scientist In The World

First she was shot at on the way to work. Then her house was destroyed by a bomb. That didn't deter this female scientist.

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