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Earlier this year, Monster City Studios, a company that normally makes amusement park and movie props, pivoted to manufacturing MCS face shields with forehead protection. It was one of many small companies to make the switch.

Why Can't America Make Enough N95 Masks? 6 Months Into Pandemic, Shortages Persist

There's just not enough PPE to satisfy demand. Medics are re-using masks and small practices can't even find supplies they can afford. Some domestic manufacturers could help, but it's a risky move.

The logos for Fox programs are displayed on the News Corp. building on January 25, 2023 in New York City.

Producer sues Fox News, alleging she's being set up for blame in $1.6 billion suit

Abby Grossberg says she was misled by Fox lawyers who prepared her to testify in the defamation lawsuit. Fox News says she's revealed confidential information and has sued her.

The Reading List with Maurice Carlos Ruffin

This week on The Reading Life: Susan talks with New Orleans writer Maurice Carlos Ruffin, whose long-awaited new novel, “We Cast a Shadow," is on all the…

The Reading Life: Jarvis DeBerry, Kelly Harris-DeBerry

Susan talks with Jarvis DeBerry, whose new book is “I Feel to Believe: Collected Columns,” and Kelly Harris DeBerry, whose new collection of poems is…

Committee members from left, Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., listen as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation on Tuesday.

Here's every word from the fourth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

Read the full transcript from the June 21 hearing from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

Where Y’Eat: Around the Smoker, BBQ Culture Develops at Hogs for the Cause

New Orleans food writer Ian McNulty on a culture of barbecue and charitable effort at Hogs for the Cause.

The pot roast beef debris po-boy from Mahony's Po-Boys in New Orleans.

Where Y’Eat: Po-Boy Tradition Endures, Even As Creativity Gets Even More Wild

New Orleans food writer Ian McNulty on creative and classic po-boys side by side.

August Walker stands amongst thousands of oyster shells at the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana's restoration headquarters in Violet, LA. Each week, August makes the rounds to some 35 New Orleans restaurants, collecting oyster shells which will eventually make their way back to the water. The effort is part of the Oyster Recycling Program run by the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, or CRCL. It's one of around 10 oyster recycling operations in the country.

Wetlands Radio: Part 4

Protesters march Saturday, Jan. 28, in Memphis, Tenn., over the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police.

A 6th Memphis police officer has been fired after the beating death of Tyre Nichols

Preston Hemphill had been suspended as he was investigated for his role in the Jan. 7 arrest of Nichols, who died in a hospital three days later. Five Memphis officers have already been fired.

O'Hare To Get 6th Runway, But Without Expanded Terminals, Delays May Continue

American and United — the airport's two major carriers — reached agreement with O'Hare to build a new runway, which will complete a decade-long modernization project.

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