Search results for

Robert Siegel talks to Maureen Sullivan, senior vice president of strategic services and chief strategy officer for Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, which did the study.

Women and minorities continue to be under-represented on TV and in film, both behind and in front of the camera, according to a new study — even though diverse films and shows make more money.

For starters: Your voice is too squeaky, too loud; it lacks authority, is grating or obnoxious or unprofessional. Why is talking while female such an offense?

A father and son reflect how their family has honed toolmaking through three generations at their Brooklyn, N.Y., shop. Despite pandemic stresses, they hope to be in business well into the future.

After Congress didn't provide additional funds to help run the election safely this year, cash-strapped cities and states are turning to private foundations for help buying needed equipment.

The global death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 12,000 on Saturday as New York City reported thousands of new cases over the past week. Cases in that city now make up about a third of all U.S. cases.

Rapid shutdowns to stem the coronavirus have delivered an unprecedented blow to restaurants around the U.S. Many are quickly running out of cash and their workers are losing their jobs.

Governors are questioning how to balance public safety with states' financial welfare during the coronavirus outbreak. We spent the day with Gov. Jared Polis, Democrat from Colorado.

Spring brings thousands of seasonal migrant workers to farms across the country, where they usually live in camps with several to a room sleeping in bunk beds. How does that work during a pandemic?

Agustin Gurza of UCLA's Frontera Collection has been studying stickers affixed to old 78 rpm records. It has allowed him to uncover a history of Mexican American music in the United States.

The State Department, in a statement early Wednesday morning, said the move is "in order to protect American intellectual property and American's (sic) private information."

NPR's Chris Arnold sits down in the barber's chair as his 65-year-old hairstylist tells him about working 13-hour days, as he worries about catching the coronavirus.

Readying for negotiations with the Senate, the Florida House approved a tax package Friday that some Democrats decried as being too focused on giving…

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Cedar Rapids City Council member Tyler Olson about the storm that hit there this week. It is shaping up to be the worst natural disaster in Iowa's history.

Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran is urging local school officials to be “very surgical, not sweeping” when responding to coronavirus cases, which he acknowledged are likely to occur as classes resume this month.

The Sears bankruptcy highlights the struggle that many suburban malls face, especially when an big anchor retailer shuts down. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former Sears Canada CEO Mark Cohen about malls in the post-Sears era.

Blood pressure is a fundamental data point when evaluating risk of cardiovascular disease. But a new study finds that even small missteps in how these readings are taken can skew the results.

Contrary to stereotypes, a new study finds that men talk just as much as women. The study taped 396 students over the course of six years, and concluded that members of both sexes tend to spill an average of about 16,000 words a day.

NASA's Johnson Space Center invited The Kitchen Sisters to visit its "hidden kitchen." On the eve of NASA's scheduled launch of space shuttle Atlantis, The Kitchen Sisters present a brief history of space food.

The majority of Amazon's workers in Bessemer, Ala., have voted against unionizing. This means Amazon has withstood the largest union push yet among its U.S. workers.