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The Federal Communications Commission has ordered Disney's ABC to seek early broadcast license renewals for the eight TV stations it owns amid backlash over Jimmy Kimmel's joke about Melania Trump.

Paul Salazar is a member of the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers and keeps a regular astronomy blog called the Urban Astronomer. He sat down with KALW’s…

In 1941, on the eve of America's entry to World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt wanted to curb the influence of Nazis and fascists in South America. So the President enlisted someone who embodied the American capitalist spirit: Walt Disney. Guest host Mandalit del Barco talks to film director Ted Thomas, who's new documentary ''Walt & El Grupo'' chronicles Walt Disney's adventure and public relations mission to South America.

Philadelphia's Rocky statue gets as many visitors as the Statue of Liberty. Now the Philadelphia Museum of Art is trying to use it to create dialogue between people who disagree.

In his new book, Why We Hate Us, NPR's Dick Meyer argues that a lack of trust in public leadership and an overall weakening of public morality are part of the problem.

Virginia filmmaker Tom Davenport is best known for his movie adaptations of Brothers Grimm fairy tales — set in Appalachia. Now he spends much of his time making sure people see the work of other filmmakers. His Folkstreams.net is an online archive for documentaries on a range of folk culture, virtually all of them impossible to find anywhere else.

Many of the 350,000 Latina girls turning 15 this year will celebrate with a bash called the "quinceanera." It's a rite of passage, and a growing industry in the U.S. Julia Alvarez, author of Once Upon a Quinceanera, shares aspects of the ceremonies with Renee Montagne.

Concerns over energy resources aside, economists say a global shortage of water would curtail the world's ability to raise food — perhaps by 2025. Fred Pearce is an environmental and development consultant at New Scientist. His new book is When the Rivers Run Dry.

President Trump is using his influence to run Republican challengers against some of the Indiana state senators who refused to redistrict to keep GOP control of the U.S. House.

Rap music may have started in the Bronx, but in recent years, the South has taken over the airwaves. The latest selection in the You Must Hear This series, in which musicians talk about a piece of music they love, is some early Southern rap from the group that coined the term "Dirty South." Rapper Bun B, of the Grammy-nominated group UGK, says that Goodie Mob's debut album inspires his life and music to this day.

In 2025, the global climate coverage fell by 14%, according to the Media and Climate Change Observatory at the University of Colorado Boulder.

When it was published in 1960, Harper Lee's modest novel helped Americans think differently about race. Now, 50 years later, To Kill a Mockingbird still resonates in a much-changed America. NPR's Lynn Neary examines the lasting impact of Scout Finch and her father, Atticus — a lawyer who defends a black man unjustly accused of rape.