Ailsa Chang
Stories
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What's behind the trend of so-called 'gray divorces'?
What's behind the trend of so-called "gray divorces," and what is it like for newly single people to seek out new relationships over the age of 50?
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Hurricane science has come leaps and bounds since Katrina. The progress is now at risk
Climate change increased the severity of Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago. Since the scientific understanding of how climate change influences hurricanes has changed and improved.
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Do Trump's D.C. moves echo an authoritarian playbook?
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with M. Gessen about the Trump administration moves to take over Washington D.C., and what it could mean for the future.
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New book looks back at 'Sunset Boulevard,' a poison-dipped love letter to Hollywood
David M. Lubin's book Ready for My Close-Up: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of the Hollywood Dream looks at how the film's poison-dipped love letter to Hollywood endures 75 years later.
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Trump, D.C. and the politics of criminal justice
In taking over the Washington, D.C., police force, President Trump returned to a familiar playbook: blaming progressive policies for crime. It's a strategy that Democrats have struggled to overcome.
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Daniel Dae Kim on what helps ground him as an actor and his new TV series, 'Butterfly'
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to actor Daniel Dae Kim about his upbringing and training for action scenes in his new TV series, Butterfly.
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We've all gotten those hiring scam texts. Instead of deleting, this writer played along
Alexander Sammon received a suspicious job recruitment text from someone who claimed to be a hiring manager. He decided to play along to see how far the scam would go, and wrote about it for Slate.
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Israel says it will expand Gaza war, take main city
The move marks a major escalation in the nearly two-year-long war that's already killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.
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ICE is recruiting federal workers, offering bonuses to hire thousands of workers
ICE is turning to former civil servants and offering bonuses in its rush to hire 10,000 people and fulfill President Trump's pledge of mass deportations.
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How India-U.S. relations are shifting
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Evan Feigenbaum from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about the recent downturn in U.S.-India relations, prompted by Trump administration tariff policy.