Gus Contreras
Stories
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COVID's impact on classrooms will linger and must be addressed, according to teachers
Teachers across the country are facing new obstacles in post-pandemic life as they try and shape young minds at the same time. We catch up with a group of educators to find out what's on their mind.
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Yellow Magic Orchestra drummer Yukihiro Takahashi has died at age 70
We remember Yellow Magic Orchestra drummer Yukihiro Takahashi died over the weekend. He was 70 years old. Yukihiro co-founded the Japanese super group known for electronic hits.
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Kathy Whitworth, the winningest professional golfer, died Saturday at age 83
Kathy Whitworth, the winningest professional golfer of all time, died Saturday at age 83. Whitworth won 88 LPGA Tour tournaments in a career that spanned nearly a quarter-century.
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Morocco fans back the soccer team to beat France in the World Cup
NPR's Juana Summers talks with journalist Aziza Nait Sibaha about Morocco's unlikely semifinal run at the World Cup and what it means to fans across Africa and the Arab world.
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The death of a boy fractures a family in Namwali Serpell's 2nd novel 'The Furrows'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Namwali Serpell about her new novel — The Furrows: An Elegy.
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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg talks about exonerating 6th member of 1989 Central Park case
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg about a sixth teenager charged in the infamous 1989 Central Park case having his conviction overturned.
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U.S. soccer legend Brianna Scurry on the new documentary about her life, 'The Only'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with soccer great Brianna Scurry about The Only, a new Paramount+ documentary about her stardom and struggles after the U.S. Women's Soccer's historic 1999 World Cup win.
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The war is with West and NATO allies — not Ukraine, Ukrainian Parliament member says
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Ukrainian member of Parliament Andrii Osadchuk about his family's journey out of Kyiv and what he'd like to see from NATO allies.
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NWSL ratifies 1st collective bargaining agreement hoping it leads to more stability
NPR's Tamara Keith speaks with reporter Meg Linehan of The Athletic about the National Women's Soccer League signing their first collective bargaining agreement.
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Contact tracing may look different from the pandemic's start, but it's still useful
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lorna Thorpe, director of epidemiology at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, on the benefits and disadvantages of contact tracing at this pandemic phase.
