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  • NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with rapper Tasman Keith about his newest album, "A Colour Undone."
  • This is an old debate and one the TV news industry seems to have already decided — but until someone is seriously injured doing this kind of reporting, it will continue.
  • China's leadership has formally dismissed the country's defense minister, Li Shangfu, two months after he disappeared from the public eye — the second minister to be removed recently.
  • Latino stories matter. The NPR One team has podcast recommendations that are as varied and important as the community they come from.
  • The 5th Circuit Court rejected a Education Department appeal on Wednesday, the latest setback in several parallel lawsuits. The administration is expected to ask the Supreme Court to weigh in.
  • Two weeks ago, we asked “Are The Guardrails Coming Off?”We got a lot of feedback from listeners who were concerned, frustrated, angry or just plain fed up with such things as “flash mob” retail theft, Random violence, so called “smash and grab” robberies, amongst what is perceived as an atmosphere of rising crime in the Bay Area; they wanted to hear from people on the front lines, with boots on the ground.In our final episode in the series, we want to flip the narrative and talk about solutions more than problems, and where there might be emerging light at the end of the tunnel.Tonight YLR Host, Jeff Hayden and co-host NBC legal and political analyst Dean Johnson, are joined by guests District Attorney Jeff Rosen of Santa Clara County, and Attorney Charles Stone, currently the Mayor of the City of Belmont and a Candidate for the Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County, and political writer Mark Simon, who has reported the behind the scenes of Bay Area goings on for three decades.Who better to discuss such troubling developments? Why that would be you, of course.Questions for Jeff, Dean or their guests? Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.
  • San Jose is ready to bring back police foot patrols to address rising safety concerns and build trust with residents, a service that has not gotten consistent funding for decades.
  • KALW Presents...From WNYC Studios & Radio NancyA Different Kind of Coming Out: A Nancy Pride SpecialComing out means taking a risk and sharing something…
  • NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Lori Windham about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of her client, a Catholic agency that had refused to work with same-sex couples applying to be foster parents.
  • Two weeks ago, we asked “Are The Guardrails Coming Off?”We got a lot of feedback from listeners who were concerned, frustrated, angry or just plain fed up with such things as “flash mob” retail theft, Random violence, so called “smash and grab” robberies, amongst what is perceived as an atmosphere of rising crime in the Bay Area; they wanted to hear from people on the front lines, with boots on the ground.So tonight we bring you “Are The Guardrails Coming Off, Part 2: What The [Bleep] Is Going On In The Bay Area?” and ask what’s being done about it?Tonight YLR Host, Jeff Hayden and co-host NBC legal and political analyst Dean Johnson, are joined by guests District Attorneys Jeff Rosen of Santa Clara and Nancy O’Malley of Alameda County and San Francisco Bay Area Defense Attorneys Kevin Allen and Damone Hale: who better to discuss such troubling developments? Why that would be you, of course.Questions for Jeff, Dean or their guests? Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.
  • Exit polling shows the ruling Law and Justice party, which has steadily chipped away at democratic institutions, is suffering a dramatic upset.
  • At issue in the case is the rights of a city to enforce its anti-discrimination policies in contracting against the rights of religious groups.
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