NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94 NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94 Mon, 22 Jun 2020 05:01:16 +0000 https://www.wwno.org/post/transcript-nprs-full-interview-john-bolton-0 180297 as https://www.wwno.org Mon, 22 Jun 2020 04:02:00 +0000 Transcript: NPR's Full Interview With John Bolton Rachel Treisman A university in Georgia is partnering with an alumna to award full scholarships to the four children of Rayshard Brooks , the Black man fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer in the parking lot of a Wendy's drive-through on June 12. Clark Atlanta University is teaming up with local restaurateur Pinky Cole to offer the scholarships, which are worth more than $600,000 and will cover the costs of full tuition, meals, room and board. University President George T. French Jr. said the scholarships will become available to all four children when they are ready to matriculate from high school to college. Brooks leaves behind three daughters, ages 1, 2 and 8, as well as a 13-year-old stepson. An attorney representing the family said Brooks had planned to take his youngest daughter skating to celebrate her birthday the following day. "The senseless death of Mr. Brooks will undoubtedly have long-term financial effects on the family and these scholarships will not only provide them with a https://www.wwno.org/post/clark-atlanta-university-announces-full-scholarships-rayshard-brooks-children 180293 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 22:45:00 +0000 Clark Atlanta University Announces Full Scholarships For Rayshard Brooks' Children editor Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: The New Yorker is one of this country's most influential literary magazines, its articles and cartoons devoured as soon as they arrive in the mail or online. But Liz Montague felt something was missing in the cartoons - a point of view like hers. So she wrote to the editor, and now she's believed to be the first Black female cartoonist to have her work featured in the magazine. And at 24 years old, she's also one of the youngest. Given the focus of her work and the events of recent weeks, we thought we'd like to hear more about what's on her mind and sketchpad these days, so we've called her up. Liz Montague, thanks so much for joining us. LIZ MONTAGUE: Thank you for having me. MARTIN: And first of all, congratulations. I mean, The New Yorker takes only a fraction of the pieces submitted to it, so that's no small thing. MONTAGUE: (Laughter) Thanks. MARTIN: It isn't. I mean, so can you just tell us a little bit about when you https://www.wwno.org/post/new-yorker-artist-importance-cartoonists-protest-movements 180296 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 21:58:00 +0000 'New Yorker' Artist On The Importance Of Cartoonists In Protest Movements editor Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Last week, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, ICE, reported a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases at one of its detention facilities in Arizona. In a matter of days, the number of detainees infected with the coronavirus inside the Eloy Detention Center went from just over 20 to more than 120. ICE said it has, quote, "comprehensive protocols," unquote, in place to protect staff and patients in accordance, it says, with CDC guidance. But advocates say conditions inside the facility and a neighboring one in Arizona are putting the health of detainees and possibly their lives at risk. Reporters Valeria Fernandez and Jude Joffe-Block have been following the case of one detainee who tested positive for COVID-19 at the Eloy facility. They wrote about it for The Guardian last week, and they are with us now from Phoenix. Welcome to you both. Thank you both so much for joining us. JUDE JOFFE-BLOCK: Thank you for having us https://www.wwno.org/post/marisol-mendoza-has-been-ice-detention-2016-now-she-has-covid-19 180295 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 21:58:00 +0000 Marisol Mendoza Has Been In ICE Detention Since 2016. Now, She Has COVID-19 editor Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: There was better news this week for the nearly 650,000 beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program or DACA. The program covers people who came into the country as children and are here illegally. On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration's attempt to end the program was arbitrary and capricious, which means that DACA recipients, also known as DREAMers, can stay - at least for now. People like Edison Suasnavas, who came to the U.S. with his family from Ecuador when he was 12. He is now a specialist in a molecular oncology lab working with cancer patients in Utah. EDISON SUASNAVAS: I feel like 90% of us thought, like, we were going to lose that decision in court, but it just gives us hope that whatever pattern they want to choose in Washington to help us out, we'll take it. MARTIN: Today, Suasnavas is celebrating Father's Day with his 4-year-old daughter and 6-month-old son, both https://www.wwno.org/post/daca-recipient-dads-celebrate-fathers-day-and-scotus-ruling 180294 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 21:58:00 +0000 DACA Recipient Dads Celebrate Father's Day And SCOTUS Ruling Jason Slotkin The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says he believes Attorney General William Barr should be impeached, but conceded on Sunday that any such effort would be futile in the Republican-controlled Senate. "I don't think calls for his impeachment are premature any more than calls for the president's impeachment were premature, but they are a waste of time at this point," said Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) in an interview with CNN. Nadler called the Senate "corrupt" for its decision to acquit the president earlier this year on two articles of impeachment. His comments followed the controversial firing on Saturday of Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Under Berman's watch, the SDNY oversaw the prosecution of Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and brought the grand jury indictment against two associates of the president's current personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani. The office has also investigated the business dealings of Giuliani https://www.wwno.org/post/house-judiciary-chair-says-barr-should-be-impeached-wont-be 180292 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 21:25:00 +0000 House Judiciary Chair Says Barr Should Be Impeached, But Won't Be Christianna Silva The family of the late American rock legend Tom Petty has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Trump campaign after it blasted the song "I Won't Back Down" at the president's rally in Tulsa , Okla. In a statement posted to Petty's Twitter account on Saturday, the family said the use of the song was "in no way authorized." "Both the late Tom Petty and his family firmly stand against racism and discrimination of any kind," the statement read. "Tom Petty would never want a song of his used for a campaign of hate. He liked to bring people together." Petty, who died of an accidental drug overdose at age 66 in 2017 , said "I Won't Back Down" had the most powerful impact on his fans. The song, which was released in 1989 on Petty's solo album Full Moon Fever , inspired listeners to send him messages about how it helped them through tough times. "He told me that he heard, or read somewhere, that it brought a girl out of a coma," his widow, Dana Petty, told NPR in 2019 . "It was her favorite https://www.wwno.org/post/tom-pettys-family-doesnt-want-trump-using-his-music-campaign-hate 180291 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 19:35:00 +0000 Tom Petty's Family Doesn't Want Trump Using His Music For A 'Campaign Of Hate' Rachel Treisman A stabbing in an English park that killed three people and injured several others on Saturday is being investigated as a terrorist incident, authorities in the U.K. announced on Sunday. The attack took place in Forbury Gardens, a public park in the town of Reading, England, about 40 miles west of London. According to the Thames Valley Police , a man attacked park-goers with a knife around 7 p.m., leaving three people dead and three with "serious injuries." Officers detained a 25-year-old man from Reading on the scene and arrested him for suspicion of murder. In a statement released Sunday, Head of Counter Terrorism Policing Neil Basu said the individual remains in custody and is thought to have acted alone. Security sources told the BBC the man is thought to be a Libyan national. "From our enquiries undertaken so far, officers have found nothing to suggest that there were any other people involved in the attack, and presently, we are not looking for anyone else in relation to this https://www.wwno.org/post/authorities-uk-will-investigate-english-park-stabbing-terrorist-incident 180290 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 18:12:00 +0000 Authorities In U.K. Will Investigate English Park Stabbing As A Terrorist Incident Harry Shearer This week on Le Show, Harry Shearer Reads the Trades , and looks at Nixon in Heaven , plus News of the Warm , What the Frack , News of the Olympic Movement , The Apologies of the Week , and more! https://www.wwno.org/post/le-show-week-june-21-2020 180279 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 17:00:00 +0000 Le Show for the Week of June 21, 2020 Jason Slotkin China is halting the import of poultry from a Tyson Foods plant in Arkansas following an outbreak of coronavirus cases at the facility. The nation's General Administration of Customs office made the announcement on Sunday, saying shipments from the plant would be temporarily suspended, while products that have already arrived will be seized. Tyson Foods confirmed to NPR that the announcement pertains to its Berry Street facility in Springdale, Ark., where 227 workers tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this month. All but four of them were asymptomatic, according to Tyson . The company said that tests of its facilities in northwest Arkansas showed that 481 employees , or 13% of 3,748 employees, had tested positive. The company said 455 of those employees (95%) were asymptomatic. In a statement, Tyson Foods said it was investigating reports of the suspension. "At Tyson, our top priority is the health and safety of our team members, and we work closely with the US Department of https://www.wwno.org/post/china-suspends-poultry-imports-tyson-foods-plant-arkansas 180289 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 16:18:00 +0000 China Suspends Poultry Imports From Tyson Foods Plant In Arkansas Scott Horsley Just as supplies of toilet paper are finally getting back to normal, the coronavirus has triggered another shortage of something we typically take for granted: pocket change. Banks around the U.S. are running low on nickels, dimes, quarters and even pennies. And the Federal Reserve, which supplies banks, has been forced to ration scarce supplies. "It was just a surprise," said Gay Dempsey, who runs the Bank of Lincoln County in Tennessee, when she learned of the rationing order . "Nobody was expecting it." Dempsey's bank typically dispenses 400 to 500 rolls of pennies each week. Under the rationing order, her allotment was cut down to just 100 rolls, with similar cutbacks in nickels, dimes and quarters. That spells trouble for Dempsey's business customers, who need the coins to stock cash registers all around Lincoln County, Tenn. "You think about all your grocery stores and convenience stores and a lot of people that still operate with cash," Dempsey said. "They have to have that just https://www.wwno.org/post/latest-pandemic-shortage-coins-are-new-toilet-paper 180287 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000 The Latest Pandemic Shortage: Coins Are The New Toilet Paper Sushmita Pathak The narrow lanes inside the slum in east Mumbai where Swati Patil lives flood every year during the monsoon season of July and August. "Even if it rains for half an hour, we have waterlogging," says Patil, 46. Homes remain inundated for days and many people pile all their belongings on beds floating in the water, she says. Mosquito-borne diseases like malaria dengue as well as water-borne diseases like typhoid and leptospirosis are common. But these aren't the only obstacles. This monsoon season, Patil and her neighbors have one more thing to fear: the coronavirus. India's financial capital is in the throes of a COVID-19 crisis. With more than 60,000 total cases, Mumbai is responsible for roughly a sixth of all of India's infections. Mumbai's congested slums are especially vulnerable. Although slums cover only about 8 percent of Mumbai's total area, they are home to some 40 percent of Mumbai's population of more than 20 million . People live in cramped quarters and share dirty public https://www.wwno.org/post/covid-19-mucking-mumbais-plans-prepare-monsoon-season 180288 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:58:00 +0000 COVID-19 Is Mucking Up Mumbai's Plans To Prepare For Monsoon Season Gabrielle Emanuel Shanna LaFountain has been a nursing assistant in New England for 20 years. About two months ago, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, she stopped working. "It was an extremely hard decision," she said. LaFountain has three children and made the decision once their schools closed and their learning went online. "My son was not answering teachers, not doing assignments," she said. "I had to be home with my children." Instead of working, she gets state unemployment benefits, and receives another $600 each week from the federal government. She is making more money now than when she works. LaFountain is not alone. As part of the CARES Act, the federal government added an extra $600 per week to individuals' unemployment checks. Such benefits may be available not only to those who were let go but also to those who quit their jobs due to the virus. While a Federal Reserve report said the expanded benefits provide a critical lifeline to many individuals, there is concern that the https://www.wwno.org/post/nursing-homes-struggle-staff-choose-unemployment-checks-over-paychecks 180282 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:01:00 +0000 Nursing Homes Struggle As Staff Choose Unemployment Checks Over Paychecks Hannah Allam Editor's note: A previous version of this story included a photo of a protester being struck by a car in Louisville, Kentucky. The photo, chosen by editors, does not appear to be an example of the assaults described in the story, and has been replaced. Police have not charged the driver, but have charged two of the protesters involved in that incident. Authorities continue to investigate. Right-wing extremists are turning cars into weapons, with reports of at least 50 vehicle-ramming incidents since protests against police violence erupted nationwide in late May. At least 18 are categorized as deliberate attacks; another two dozen are unclear as to motivation or are still under investigation, according to a count released Friday by Ari Weil, a terrorism researcher at the University of Chicago's Chicago Project on Security and Threats . Weil has tracked vehicle-ramming attacks, or VRAs, since protests began. The 20 people facing prosecution in the rammings include a state leader of the https://www.wwno.org/post/vehicle-attacks-rise-extremists-target-protesters 180281 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:01:00 +0000 Vehicle Attacks Rise As Extremists Target Protesters Marc Silver Masks make a statement. About who you are — and your views of the pandemic. That's true in countries from the United States to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The government of Congo requires all Congolese to wear masks when going out in public to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. A woman at a market in the eastern Congolese city of Bukavu. Raissa Karama Rwizibuka But many people resent this rule — and the fact that police can arrest you as if you've committed a crime and fine you 5,000 Congolese francs — the equivalent of $2.50 to $3 — for not obeying. That's a steep fine: The average per person income in the Congo is less than $2 a day. The role of the police in mask enforcement makes people uneasy in a country with a history of police brutality. What's more, some in Congo don't believe the novel coronavirus is a major threat. One reason is that the conflict-ridden country is dealing with other major health challenges. The annual count of malaria cases is over 800 https://www.wwno.org/post/photos-masks-congo-are-worn-protect-protest-and-strike-pose 180286 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:00:00 +0000 PHOTOS: The Masks Of Congo Are Worn To Protect, To Protest — And To Strike A Pose Tovia Smith The protests since the death of George Floyd are being hailed by many as a watershed moment that might ultimately bring about an end to police brutality and systemic racism. But the high hopes are also tangled up in dark fears that the current uprising will eventually die down and will end up being just one more missed opportunity. Nelba Marquez-Greene, 45, has seen it before. After her 6-year-old daughter, Ana Grace, was killed, along with 25 others, in the 2012 mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, she'd hoped that tragedy would mark a turning point. She poured herself into protesting and lobbying for meaningful change. Today, as she watches demonstrators demanding racial justice, with their unusually large crowds, their diversity and their "fierce determination to change things," she said, she can't help but feel "so much hope." But at the same time, she said, her rising hopes also bring pain. "It just is retraumatizing to live this over and over and over again," she https://www.wwno.org/post/parents-sandy-hook-shooting-victim-hope-protesters-will-hold-out-real-change 180285 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Parents Of Sandy Hook Shooting Victim Hope Protesters Will Hold Out For Real Change Maria Godoy Mask wearing has become a topic of fierce debate in the United States. People opposed to mask mandates have staged protests, and one local health official in Orange County, Calif., quit her job after receiving a death threat for a mask order. Not long after, California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered Californians to wear face coverings in public. Meanwhile in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott recently allowed some counties to impose mask mandates on businesses, despite an earlier order forbidding penalties on individuals for not wearing masks. While politicians spar over the topic, a growing number of scientific studies support the idea that masks are a critical tool in curbing the spread of the coronavirus. Take, for example, a meta-analysis of 172 studies that looked at various interventions to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, SARS and MERS from an infected person to people close to them. The analysis, which was published in The Lancet on June 1, found that mask wearing significantly reduces https://www.wwno.org/post/yes-wearing-masks-helps-heres-why 180284 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Yes, Wearing Masks Helps. Here's Why Alex Smith Despite the lack of dine-in customers for nearly two and half long months during the shutdown, Darrell Loo of Waldo Thai stayed busy. Loo is the bar manager for the popular restaurant in Kansas City, Mo., and he credits increased drinking and looser liquor laws during the pandemic for his brisk business. Alcohol also seemed to help his customers deal with all the uncertainty and fear. "Drinking definitely was a way of coping with it," says Loo. "People did drink a lot more when it happened. I, myself, did drink a lot more." Many state laws seemed to be waived overnight as stay-at-home orders were put into place and drinkers embraced trends such as liquor delivery, virtual happy hours and online wine tasting. Curbside cocktails in 12 and 16-ounce bottles particularly helped Waldo Thai make up for its lost revenue from dine-in customers. Retail alcohol sales jumped by 55% nationally during the third week of March, when many stay-at-home orders were put in place, according to Nielsen data https://www.wwno.org/post/drinking-has-surged-during-pandemic-do-you-know-signs-addiction 180283 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Drinking Has Surged During The Pandemic. Do You Know The Signs Of Addiction? Milton G. Scheuermann Jr. One of the most important early music manuscripts is the Las Huelgas Codex dating from around 1300. It originated and still remains in the Cistercian convent of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas in Burgos, in northern Spain. The convent was a wealthy one which had connections with the royal family of Castile. This Continuum program presents excerpts from this important musical document performed by the female vocal ensemble, Anonymous 4. The recordings used are; Secret Voices - Chant & Polyphony from the Las Huelgas Codex, c. 1300 (Anonymous 4) - Harmonia Mundi HMU 807510, and Lamento di Tristano (Capella de Ministrers) - Licanus B0001Z24NU. https://www.wwno.org/post/continuum-las-huelgas-codex-1 180280 as https://www.wwno.org Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:00:00 +0000 CONTINUUM: The Las Huelgas Codex Eyder Peralta Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Since the killing of George Floyd, people around the world have taken to the streets to protest police brutality. But Kenya, which has a notoriously brutal police force, has seen few public demonstrations. NPR's Eyder Peralta explores why. And we'd like to warn you that the story includes some very disturbing details and the sounds of gunshots from a police shooting that was caught on video. EYDER PERALTA, BYLINE: Just as protests took off in Western capitals, a handful of Kenyans showed up for a march in downtown Nairobi. Luis Magana was one of the organizers. Cops have killed too many Kenyans, he says. And during this pandemic, they have tear-gassed, beaten and killed citizens for nothing more than breaking curfew. LUIS MAGANA: People have to live a dignified life. People have to be respected by their own state. PERALTA: He looks around. Police have parked a tactical vehicle on one side of the park, and plainclothes officers https://www.wwno.org/post/kenyas-police-are-notorious-few-people-are-protesting 180278 as https://www.wwno.org Sat, 20 Jun 2020 21:44:00 +0000 Kenya's Police Are Notorious. Few People Are Protesting