"Hustle" is just one of many buzzwords in a culture obsessed with productivity. But before the gig economy, hustling was tied up in both stereotypes and realities of working as a black person.
The coronavirus is often compared to one of the most severe outbreaks of the 20th century: the 1918 flu pandemic. NPR's History Podcast Throughline investigates how that pandemic differs from today.
"We had no ICUs at that time. We had no antivirals, had no vaccines for flu. We had no idea that the flu was even a virus at that time," one scholar said. But social distancing helped then too.
In The Splendid And The Vile, author Erik Larson details the British prime minister's first year in office, during which England endured a Nazi bombing campaign that killed more than 44,000 civilians.
The emergency relief package includes direct payments to Americans, expanded unemployment insurance, aid to large and small businesses, and significant funding for the health care industry.
Journalist Eduardo Porter has written a book that cuts to the root of racism, tracing it from slavery, Jim Crow, and segregation — and bringing it to today — with unblinking honesty and facts.
Poet Natalie Diaz returns, interrogating the lasting effects of colonization asking: If a colonizer's influence can't be eradicated from a culture, how can you push back against violence and erasure?
Public health officials need public buy-in to manage infectious disease outbreaks. Historians suggest that past epidemics have lessons — but also say the politics of coronavirus is unprecedented.
The last surviving Puerto Rican nationalist who opened fire on Congress in 1954 died Monday. Supporters of Puerto Rico's independence continued to consider him a hero.
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Erik Larson about his latest book: The Splendid and the Vile. Larson's past books have often focused on less famous characters at the edge of history.
A new documentary looks at America's struggle to send its first black astronaut to space. "It would've been fantastic if we saw Ed Dwight walking on the moon," says black astronaut Robert Satcher.
This year, Nevada Public Radio marks 40 years of churning out news, culture, and warm community feels for Southern Nevada. Here are the highlights, from our birth to teen years to midlife crisis!
Southern segregationists resented the Freedom Riders who came by bus to protest Jim Crow laws. So in 1962, they tricked black Southerners into migrating north and transformed families' lives forever.
Olivia Hooker advocated for the military to open its doors to women of color. But even after policies started to change, "nobody seemed to be joining," she said. So she decided to join herself.
Vice President Pence is now in charge of U.S. coronavirus response, prompting a look back at his health record as Indiana governor facing an HIV outbreak, a drug epidemic and Medicaid expansion.
Elizabeth Freeman used the colonists' ideas of equality and independence to sue for her freedom. Her lawyer was Theodore Sedgwick, who would later become speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
In Ghost River: The Fall and Rise of the Conestoga, Native artists retell the events of a brutal massacre in pre-Revolutionary Pennsylvania and bring a painful history to life on the page.
As he runs for president, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is likely to face more tough questions about aggressive police tactics that disproportionately targeted young men of color.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with sociology professor Amy Kate Bailey on the historical significance of Wednesday's House vote on the Emmett Till Antilynching Act.
Shig Yabu rescued a bird when he was a young boy detained at a Japanese relocation camp in Wyoming. "She was so compassionate with the internees," he said. "I don't think she realized she was a bird."
