Ailsa Chang
Stories
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Food
Chef Enrique Olvera Celebrates Simple Pleasures Of Mexican Cuisine In 'Tu Casa Mi Casa'
Enrique Olvera's restaurant Pujol has made multiple "best-of" lists, but he nearly didn't have a culinary career. His new cookbook is inspired by the perfect imperfections of Mexican home cooking.
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Music
Kelsey Lu, A Classically-Trained Rule Breaker
Kelsey Lu knew she wanted to play music from a young age. So, at 18, she left home to deepen that study. On her debut album, Blood, Lu explores what that decision meant.
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Arts & Life
'Fast Color' Celebrates A Supermom Who Literally Moves Heaven And Earth
Moms perform heroic tasks every day, but they rarely get portrayed as superheroes. Fast Color tells the story of three generations of black women and the supernatural powers they inherit.
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Politics
How The Trump Administration's Transgender Troop Ban Is Affecting One Military Family
The Trump administration gave transgender service members a deadline to secure a medical diagnosis before the new ban took hold. But military families are struggling with the accelerated timeline.
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Arts & Life
Susan Choi Takes Her Teenagers Seriously
The author's new novel Trust Exercise is set among theater kids in a performing arts high school — until it jumps ahead a few decades and looks back at what really happened back then.
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When The Conversation Doesn't Include You: LGBTQ+ Sex Ed In A Small Town
For the past year, residents in Allendale, Mich., have been debating whether to include LGBTQ+ people and perspectives in the school district's sex education program and anti-bullying campaign.
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Arts & Life
Jordan Peele Looked Into The Mirror And Saw The Evil Inside 'Us'
For his much-anticipated follow-up to his Oscar-winning movie Get Out, the writer-director sets a family up against its own doppelgangers. That is, he made a full-on horror film.
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Business
How A Small Indiana Company Fought Back Against Chinese Counterfeiters
When an Indiana company learned their goods were being counterfeited in China, they did everything they could to make it stop. But pursuing an intellectual property claim in China takes a lot of work.
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Music
Dermot Kennedy, NPR Slingshot's Best New Artist
NPR Music fans have chosen Dermot Kennedy as Slingshot Best New Artist of 2018. In a conversation with NPR's Ailsa Chang, Kennedy talks about the pressures of newfound success and his dedication to the craft.
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Arts & Life
Director Barry Jenkins Talks On Behalf Of 'Beale Street'
The director of Moonlight has made a new film: If Beale Street Could Talk, based on the James Baldwin novel. He's using it to represent black complexity, vulnerability and skin colors.