Search results for

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to journalist and writer Lijia Zhang for analysis of the protests happening across China. She organized factory workers in China in the late 1980s.

A deadly fire in Urumqi, China, sparked the mass protests that are currently spreading across the country — with residents demanding democratic reform and an end to COVID-19 controls.

Republicans will take control of the House in January but the Senate will remain under Democratic control. Until then, Democrats have a lot to do in the lame duck session.

Voters in Georgia are heading to the polls in the runoff election for a U.S. Senate seat. The race is between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker.

Nearly every national team has a chance to advance to the knockout round. The U.S. soccer federation displayed the Iranian flag in solidarity with protesters in Iran. Iran's government protested.

Musician Ahmad Jamal has been a major jazz figure since the 1950s. Emerald City Nights: Live at the Penthouse is a set of never-before-released recordings of Jamal in his prime.

The pandemic led to global supply snarls — including a shortage of dogs that detect explosives. One big reason is that the U.S. gets the vast majority of its dogs from other countries.

Big cities like Los Angeles and Las Vegas that rely on the Colorado River have money to find water elsewhere. But an Arizona town on the shore of Lake Powell is also struggling with its water supply.

One individual may be responsible for hundreds of false reports of active shooters across the U.S. The hoaxes have raised awareness of "swatting," and how it may be a national security threat.

Atari announced a revolutionary new way to play table tennis on Nov. 29, 1972. Pong became the first wildly popular video game, igniting an industry that boomed over the next 50 years.