Ailsa Chang
Stories
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National
Chloé Zhao on directing her 1st Marvel movie
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Academy Award-winning director Chloé Zhao about her new movie, Eternals, and the way she approached making her first Marvel film.
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National
What it means for the jury to be nearly all white in trial for Ahmad Aubrey's killing
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Wake Forest University professor Francis Flanagan, on the role of race in a jury following the nearly all-white jury selected in the trial over the death of Ahmaud Arbery.
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Arts & Life
Artist Ai Weiwei on his father's exile and hopes for his own son
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Chinese artist Ai Weiwei about his new memoir, 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows.
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National
3 reasons labor strikes are surging right now – and why they could continue to grow
After more than a year of working and living through a pandemic, thousands of workers across the U.S. are striking for better wages, working conditions and benefits.
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National
Reporters who pored over internal documents discuss what's next for Facebook
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Shannon Bond of NPR, Jeff Horwitz of The Wall Street Journal and Elizabeth Dwoskin of The Washington Post about a trove of internal Facebook documents.
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National
Pat was an early radical abortion rights activist. Her positions are now common
Pat Maginnis helped women obtain abortions when it was illegal — and courted arrest to challenge that legal status. She was 93 when she died earlier this year.
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National
Maritime revered offers support to crew stuck on cargo ships due to shipping delays
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Samson Shekhar Chauhan of the Lutheran Maritime Ministries about his work assisting crew members unable to leave ships because of COVID restrictions and shipping delays.
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Politics
How the proposed tax on billionaires would actually work
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Adrian Ma of the Planet Money podcast about the "billionaire tax" being proposed by Democrats to help fund the Build Back Better legislation.
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National
When will it stop being the 'pandemic economy?'
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with economist Austan Goolsbee about what it will take for the U.S. to recover from the unique economic challenges posed by the pandemic.
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Politics
House panel pushing ahead on Jan. 6 investigation, despite resistance
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.