Search results for

The publicity of the fight against HIV/AIDS has eclipsed other diseases plaguing people around the globe. Jake Marcus of The New Republic argues that a new initiative to treat noncommunicable diseases like depression, cancer and obesity will do a world of good.

While there was a solid-sounding 0.6 percent gain in personal spending in March from February, the Bureau of Economic Analysis says most of that increase was not "real." Higher prices for gas and food drove the increase.

Democrats have decided they won't unilaterally disarm in the war for campaign cash even though the leader of their party has publicly opposed certain fundraising tactics, like raising money from donors who remain anonymous.

"I used some tidbits that I learned from your podcasts ... to get a date with a girl."

Vice President Joe Biden begins negotiations next week with House and Senate leaders on a deficit reduction framework. The White House hopes the talks will persuade Congress to raise the ceiling on the federal debt. If the debt limit isn't raised by early July, the U.S. could default on its financial obligations for the first time in history.

The late James Farmer Jr. was one of the leaders of the civil rights movement and an organizer of the 1961 Freedom Ride, which challenged segregation across the American South. In 1985, Farmer spoke to Terry Gross about his lengthy career fighting discrimination.

Steve Inskeep talks about the highlights of Friday's wedding ceremony for Prince William and Kate Middleton, then hears from NPR's David Greene in St. James Park and Philip Reeves in London, who monitored the day's events.

Roy Orbison didn't really find his identity until he signed with a small Nashville label, Monument, in 1959. Ed Ward looks at the 17 singles that put him, and the Monument label, on the map.

The Italian duo Dumbo Gets Mad specializes in psychedelics for the sober, combining experimentation with detailed pop songwriting.

More than 600,000 people have fled the fighting in Libya, international agencies say — triggering one of the largest refugee crises seen in the past 20 years. Dealing with the displaced has stoked an already-hot political debate about immigration in Europe.