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News The return of the welfare queen

Healthcare reform has brought back the right's favorite wedge issue -- government handouts for the "undeserving"
By Ed Kilgore Aug 31, 2009

  • Sports 1, Womanhood 0

    NPR's Frank Deford laments "the decline of women into the depths of the male athletic syndrome."
    By Lynn Harris May 24, 2006

  • A pink slip for Ken Tomlinson?

    Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Schumer call on Bush to fire the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
    By Tim Grieve June 21, 2005

  • The GOP war on PBS and NPR

    Republicans on a House subcommittee move to eliminate all federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
    By Eric Boehlert June 10, 2005

  • GOP now goes after NPR

    Bad news from the Middle East? Maybe more music programming would be nice.
    By Eric Boehlert May 16, 2005

  • "It's not National Some-of-the-Public Radio"

    Tavis Smiley tells Salon why he decided to ditch NPR.
    By Brian Montopoli December 16, 2004

  • That's what she gets for asking

    "Fresh Air" host Terry Gross talks about the famous people in her life -- and her strange encounters with Bill O'Reilly.
    By David Talbot September 30, 2004

  • Rush's forced conscripts

    American Forces Radio fires a daily barrage of Rush Limbaugh at its million uniformed listeners. So why are liberals kept off the military's airwaves?
    By Eric Boehlert May 26, 2004

  • Right Hook

    O'Reilly gets medieval on NPR's Terry Gross, and David "don't-hate-Bush" Brooks celebrates the Northeast's hate-filled baseball fans. Plus: Arnold makes the GOP "hip."
    By Mark Follman October 15, 2003

  • Sanitized for our protection

    The rest of the world is shown far more graphic war images than the U.S. media allows. Is the American public being insulated from the true horrors of the battlefield?
    By Eric Boehlert April 11, 2003

  • "I Thought My Father Was God"

    Paul Auster reads from a new compilation of stories submitted to him by listeners as part of NPR's National Story Project.
    November 30, 2001

  • National Private Radio

    A veteran of community broadcasting blasts public stations for selling their souls to the highest bidders.
    By Lorenzo W. Milam July 2, 2001

  • Who are you calling a corporate shill?

    The founder of "Marketplace" says public radio is beholden to no one and more popular than ever.
    By Jim Russell July 2, 2001

  • Inside the Texas death machine

    Last meals and last words are just part of the daily routine for death-row employees featured in an NPR documentary.
    By Suzy Hansen October 20, 2000

  • David Sedaris

    Barrel Fever
    By David Sedaris October 5, 2000

  • Me Talk Pretty One Day

    Stories by David Sedaris
    By David Sedaris October 5, 2000

  • Jackie Lyden

    Daughter of the Queen of Sheba
    By Jackie Lyden October 5, 2000

  • Mixed signals

    NPR says it supports low-power FM, but it's joining with industry lobbyists to drive a stake through the heart of grass-roots broadcasting.
    By Eric Boehlert April 11, 2000

  • Vox populi

    An interview with "Sound Portraits'" mike-shy producer, David Isay.
    By Heather Chaplin October 12, 1999

  • The magical mystery tour

    Listening to good music is like watching a quiz show without cue cards -- the fun is in knowing that you might not ever figure it out.
    By Sarah Vowell October 6, 1999

  • Words in your ear

    Audible's digital Walkman delivers on-demand spoken-word programming -- but only in limited doses.
    By Janelle Brown May 3, 1999
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