NPR - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/npr/?source=rss&aim=npr en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT The return of the welfare queen By Ed Kilgore Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/31/welfare_wedge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/31/welfare_wedge/index.html?source=rss Healthcare reform has brought back the right's favorite wedge issue -- government handouts for the "undeserving" Could targeting women help with integration of immigrants? By Catherine Price Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/22/npr_immigration/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/22/npr_immigration/index.html?source=rss NPR's Sylvia Poggioli launches a six-part series about European Muslims. Today's Democratic debate on NPR By Walter Shapiro Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/roadies/2007/12/04/radio_debate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/roadies/2007/12/04/radio_debate/index.html?source=rss One bonus is that CNN will not be choosing the questions. The Internet is making us stupid By Ben Van Heuvelen Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/07/sunstein/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/07/sunstein/index.html?source=rss Legal sage Cass Sunstein says democracy is the first casualty of political discourse in the digital age. Better than any telethon By Aaron Kinney Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/23/pbs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/23/pbs/index.html?source=rss Supporters of NPR and PBS score a victory against conservative Republicans aiming to pare down the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Sports 1, Womanhood 0 By Lynn Harris Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/05/24/deford_titleix/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/05/24/deford_titleix/index.html?source=rss NPR's Frank Deford laments "the decline of women into the depths of the male athletic syndrome." A pink slip for Ken Tomlinson? By Tim Grieve Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/21/cpb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/21/cpb/index.html?source=rss Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Schumer call on Bush to fire the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The GOP war on PBS and NPR By Eric Boehlert Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/10/pbs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/06/10/pbs/index.html?source=rss Republicans on a House subcommittee move to eliminate all federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. GOP now goes after NPR By Eric Boehlert Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/16/npr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/16/npr/index.html?source=rss Bad news from the Middle East? Maybe more music programming would be nice. "It's not National Some-of-the-Public Radio" By Brian Montopoli Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/12/16/tavis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/12/16/tavis/index.html?source=rss Tavis Smiley tells Salon why he decided to ditch NPR. That's what she gets for asking By David Talbot Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/09/30/terrygross/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/09/30/terrygross/index.html?source=rss "Fresh Air" host Terry Gross talks about the famous people in her life -- and her strange encounters with Bill O'Reilly. Rush's forced conscripts By Eric Boehlert Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/26/rush_limbaugh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/26/rush_limbaugh/index.html?source=rss 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? Right Hook By Mark Follman Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2003/10/15/oreilly_brooks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2003/10/15/oreilly_brooks/index.html?source=rss 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." Sanitized for our protection By Eric Boehlert Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/11/images/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/11/images/index.html?source=rss 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? "I Thought My Father Was God" Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/11/30/auster_stories/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/nonfiction/2001/11/30/auster_stories/index.html?source=rss Paul Auster reads from a new compilation of stories submitted to him by listeners as part of NPR's National Story Project. National Private Radio By Lorenzo W. Milam Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/02/npr1/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/02/npr1/index.html?source=rss A veteran of community broadcasting blasts public stations for selling their souls to the highest bidders. Who are you calling a corporate shill? By Jim Russell Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/02/npr2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/07/02/npr2/index.html?source=rss The founder of "Marketplace" says public radio is beholden to no one and more popular than ever. Inside the Texas death machine By Suzy Hansen Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/20/npr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/20/npr/index.html?source=rss Last meals and last words are just part of the daily routine for death-row employees featured in an NPR documentary. David Sedaris By David Sedaris Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/sedaris_barrel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/sedaris_barrel/index.html?source=rss Barrel Fever Me Talk Pretty One Day By David Sedaris Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/sedaris_mepretty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/sedaris_mepretty/index.html?source=rss Stories by David Sedaris Jackie Lyden By Jackie Lyden Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/lyden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/lyden/index.html?source=rss Daughter of the Queen of Sheba Mixed signals By Eric Boehlert Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/11/radio/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/04/11/radio/index.html?source=rss 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. Vox populi By Heather Chaplin Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/1999/10/12/isay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/1999/10/12/isay/index.html?source=rss An interview with "Sound Portraits'" mike-shy producer, David Isay. The magical mystery tour By Sarah Vowell Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/10/06/onesong/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1999/10/06/onesong/index.html?source=rss 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. Words in your ear By Janelle Brown Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/review/1999/05/03/audible/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/review/1999/05/03/audible/index.html?source=rss Audible's digital Walkman delivers on-demand spoken-word programming -- but only in limited doses.