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Four states have recently passed legislation to limit teaching and assessments via screens for students. So has the United States' second-largest school district.

Air America, the new commercial liberal talk radio network, has been on the air for a little more than a week now. Michael Harrison, publisher of Talkers magazine -- the premier trade publication of the commercial talk radio industry -- reviews the network's performance.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jacqueline Smith of the International Transport Workers' Federation about conditions for sailors stranded on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Changing Face of America series brings us a behind-the-scenes visit to Pittsburgh International Airport one winter day. We find out from Airport Operations Director James Maloney how the busy job of getting passengers from one plane to another has changed over the years. We hear how increased passenger loads has taken a toll on the people who work there. The job of getting people where they need to go has strained even the most polite airport personnel. Customers are rude and its hard not to be rude back. But for a lot of the people at the airport, there's still great pleasure in doing their jobs. There's pride in the daily dance of safely getting people on the ground, quickly escorting them and their baggage to another plane, and getting the aircraft ready to fly again. A team of NPR producers collaborated to prepare this sound portrait. (22:00) Find out more at: http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2001/jan/010131.cfoa.html.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that now that the hoopla of election night is over, it is apparent that the results show some alarming trends in the American electorate.

Etched with Argentine folklore and fueled by the rap batallas of Buenos Aires, Milo J's songs call upon the cumulative spirit of the centuries.

There's no end in sight for the dueling U.S. and Iranian naval blockades. This raises a host of challenges as for the possibility of an extended standoff or a resumption of hostilities.

Mechanical engineer Don Gilmore has the key to a persistent musical problem: how to keep a piano perpetually in tune. The top-selling line of Story-Clark grand pianos will soon be outfitted with Gilmore's self-tuning device. Hear from Gilmore and NPR's John Ydstie.

NPR's David Kestenbaum has the second of two reports on security concerns at the U.S. nuclear weapons complex in New Mexico. Every year, the federal government tries to break into its own weapons facilities to see if terrorists could get in and steal materials to make a bomb. In some drills, lapses in security have been exposed. But the government says that is not the case.

From peptides and protein to sleep hygiene and vaccines, what actually helps you age well? Physician Eric Topol breaks down the science — and the myths — of longevity and anti-aging.

Baby Reindeer was an unexpected hit on Netflix in 2024. Now its creator and star is back, with a series about two boys who become brothers after their mothers fall in love in 1980s Scotland.

Everyone who's ever rigged a line seems to have a few fish stories (or dozens). In the last installment of Morning Edition's summer series on fishing in America, NPR's Elizabeth Arnold strings together the best of the accounts for one colossal fish tale.