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  • Former Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington on April 12, 2023.
    Chrystia Freeland negotiated with Trump. Now she's watching a trade war unfold
    Chrystia Freeland understands the U.S.-Canada relationship from her time at the negotiating table. Here's what she sees now.
  • The Senate passes the Protect College Sports Act
    The U.S. Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act Monday night, marking the most significant milestone to date in the attempt to legislate reform in college athletics.
  • Los Angeles Police Department officers block the street near Echo Park Lake as protesters demonstrate against the removal of a homeless encampment on March 25, 2021, in Los Angeles. Officials asked people living in tents at the park to leave. Police detained 16 journalists reporting on the night's events, arresting two and shooting two others with rubber bullets.
    When police cracked down on reporters on one chaotic night in LA's Echo Park
    The LAPD detained at least 16 journalists covering a protest in March 2021, a low point in a year of increasing mistrust and hostilities between police departments and the media.
  • The 25 Best Songs Of 2019
    From reggaeton to rock and country to classical, these were the songs we couldn't stop playing in 2019.
  • D'Angelo circa 2000.
    20 Years Later, How Does It Feel?
    Hailed as a neo-soul smash in 2000, D'Angelo's Voodoo now feels decades more lived-in than its peers. The album's engineer, Russell Elevado, says sounding "old" became the key to sounding timeless.
  • 15 Summer Reads Handpicked By Indie Booksellers
    Not sure what to read? NPR's Susan Stamberg asked three booksellers to share their top five picks for the books you shouldn't miss — tales of con artists, grade-school spies, refugees and ranchers.
  • Left: Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio speaks at a campaign rally on July 30 in Reno, Nevada. Right: Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a campaign rally with his running mate, Vice President Harris, at the University of Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center on August 10 in Las Vegas.
    VP debates may alter a close race’s dynamic even when they don't predict the winner
    Vice presidential debates have produced many memorable moments, but it’s hard to say any has made a decisive difference in the election outcome. It’s worth recalling how much media heat and drama they have generated.
  • Morning news brief
    Four senior House Democrats in private call said President Biden should step aside. French left coalition finishes election on top. Boeing to plead guilty to criminal fraud in deal with prosecutors.
  • Clockwise from left: Sinéad O'Connor, Tina Turner, Matthew Perry, Wayne Shorter, Paul Reubens and Harry Belafonte
    Remembering the actors, musicians, writers and artists we lost in 2023
    Giants of the arts world left us this year: We look back on the legacies of Harry Belafonte, Tina Turner, Sinéad O'Connor, Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman), Richard Roundtree, Norman Lear and more.
  • The Ann Arbor Library Lot
    Ann Arbor voters to render decision on Proposals A & B
    Voters in Ann Arbor will render a final decision on two ballot proposals on August 5th. Proposals A and B would approve the sale of city owned land for a new downtown library. Opponents say the city is reneging on its promise to turn the land into an urban park and civic commons called the “Center of the City.” And now, a lawsuit accuses the City of “perpetrating a fraud upon the electorate” through misleading ballot language. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor explores what has become a contentious issue in an off-year summer election.
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