Alejandra Marquez Janse
Stories
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Arts & Life
With fake paperwork and a roguish attitude, he made the San Francisco Bay his gallery
For decades, small sculptures would pop up along the San Francisco shoreline: whimsical sculptures of biplanes, like the Red Baron, perched on pier pilings. This is the story of the man behind them.
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Politics
After weeks of violence, protests expected to continue in Peru
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Marcelo Rochabrun, Peru Bureau Chief at Bloomberg, about the ongoing protests against the Peruvian government which have left dozens of people dead.
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Health
A nurse's view as three viruses send Americans to hospitals
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with travel nurse Grover Nicodemus Street about the surge of three different infectious diseases ahead of the holidays.
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'Ronnabyte' and 'Quettabyte' are the new terms to describe large amounts of data
Measurement officials have expanded the system of prefixes used to describe very large and small numbers, adding "ronna" and "quetta," among others, to the ranks of "giga" and "tera."
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National
Colorado State Rep. says the Club Q shooting shows the impact of anti-LGBTQ actions
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Colorado State Representative Brianna Titone about the anti-LGBTQ actions and rhetoric she's seen in the state.
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Animals
Researchers find rats move to the same tempos in music that humans like
Researchers at the University of Tokyo found that rats react to the same tempos that humans like.
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Arts & Life
She survived a mass shooting in 2015, and she's sharing her story in a graphic novel
NPR's Juana Summers talks with artist Kindra Neely about her debut graphic novel, Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting.
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Politics
Jan. 6 committee hearing highlights how Trump's election denial led to the attack
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6th attack on the Capitol held a hearing Thursday — honing in on how Former President Donald Trump's election denial led to the attack.
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National
Mientras las escuelas de Uvalde abren este mes, estas familias escogen otras opciones
Mientras que las clases en persona empiezan por primera vez en Uvalde esta semana desde el tiroteo masivo, algunas familias han escogido educar a sus hijos en casa en vez de llevarlos a las escuelas.
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National
Uvalde kids go back to the classroom this week. These parents chose other options
This week, as in-person school resumes for the first time since the shooting, some Uvalde parents have chosen to homeschool their kids rather than send them back to the classroom.