Ahmad Damen
Stories
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Could President Trump really use the U.S. military against Americans?
National security scholar Tom Nichols argues that Trump has taken control of the nation's intelligence and justice systems and is now testing the military's independence.
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The album Cate Le Bon never planned to write was born of heartbreak
Welsh artist Cate Le Bon has been reluctant to write about love in the past but embraces the heartache and challenges of breakup on her new album Michelangelo Dying.
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The image Saudi Arabia hopes to achieve beyond the comedy festival
Saudi Arabia is working to reshape its global cultural image, but controversies over several acts in its comedy festival tied to the country's human rights record are underscoring the tension between the government's Vision 2030 ambitions and how the kingdom is perceived abroad.
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The Texas podcast exploring the culture behind every taco
Mando Rayo reports on taco culture across Texas. In his podcast with member station KUT, he tells the stories of the people behind the food and how tacos reflect history, identity, and political divides.
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A Georgia town is still reckoning with the aftermath of a chemical fire
In Manufacturing Danger, Georgia Public Broadcasting's Pamela Kirkland examines the BioLab fire in Conyers, Georgia, and the broader safety failures it revealed.
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A new generation of pilots is taking flight at Tuskegee, 80 years after the Airmen
Vontasia Smith is among the first students training for pilot licenses in Tuskegee University's revived aviation program.
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What to know about the missions just launched in NASA's cosmic carpool
Astrophysicist David McComas is leading a new SpaceX mission to the point between Earth and the sun, where scientists hope to study the boundary of the heliosphere.
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The inspiration behind soccer commentator Ray Hudson's creative superlatives
Soccer commentator Ray Hudson on retiring from the microphone and what inspired his decades of trademark exclamations
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Gov. Cox of Utah looked to his Mormon faith in hopes of keeping the state free of political violence. Is that possible now?
Writer Mckay Coppins talks about his article on Utah's Governor Spencer Cox and the shooting of Charlie Kirk that took place in the state.