Search results for

While California job losses continue to grow at its highest levels, as reported by the U.S. Labor Department on Thursday, a new national poll suggests that nearly half of Americans whose families experienced a layoff during the coronavirus pandemic now believe those jobs are lost forever — a sign of increasing pessimism that would translate … Continue reading California Unemployment Climbs, Nearly Half of Americans Believe Jobs Losses are Permanent →

Thousands of people lost their homes and businesses in the tornadoes that tore through Kentucky last week. Now, residents are sorting out how to move forward and whether or not to rebuild.

In Kerr County, Texas, people say they're eager to help their neighbors who have lost everything due to flooding. The community has found a gathering place in a local church.

Is it possible to hear the music of 2020 without getting lost in the noise? NPR Music's critic Ann Powers studies a year during which nearly everything about loving music was turned upside down.

In the past century, many Americans have lost the ability to sit in a way that doesn't strain their backs. Specialists say we could take a lesson from excellent sitters from other cultures.

It’s a little hard to believe today, but the GOP nominated perhaps their most conservative presidential candidate in modern history right here in the Bay Area — at the Cow Palace in Daly City. There’s no question that today, the nine-county Bay Area is solidly blue. But the first thing you notice when you ask … Continue reading When and Why Did the Bay Area Become So Liberal? →

The Taliban beat him for being Hazara. He spent his life savings to smuggle his family to Turkey — climbing over its border wall — to find a community of Afghans that helps each other get settled.

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh about the Justice Department's seeking to delay a consent decree to overhaul the Baltimore Police Department.

Under a new proposal, a bill that could create gun bans in some public buildings might merge with one to mandate safe storage of firearms. Both would be scaled back somewhat.

Want to read and laugh? From NPR's yearly reading list, Books We Love, four NPR staffers offer their suggestions.