Danny Hajek
Stories
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Technology
What is AI and how will it change our lives? NPR Explains.
AI is changing our lives – from education and politics to art and healthcare. But what is AI? Should we be optimistic or worried about our future with this rapidly developing technology?
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Arts & Life
'I Feel Like I'm An Olympian': Youn Yuh-jung On Her Historic Oscar Nomination
The celebrated Korean actor plays a loving, mischievous grandma in Minari — a role that has earned her newfound fame in the U.S. She says the character brought back memories of her great-grandmother.
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Health
ER Doctor Who Diagnosed First Confirmed NYC COVID-19 Case Reflects 1 Year Later
For four months last year, Dr. Angela Chen only saw her child through a window. A year into the global pandemic, the view is a different, but it's impossible to forget the memories of last spring.
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Politics
It's Been A Hard Year. 5 Families On How 2020 Will Shape Their Vote For President
The spread of COVID-19, the ensuing economic crisis and the reckoning around social injustice has made 2020 a year like none other. NPR wanted to know how these events might shape political choices.
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National
To Reach The Homeless, An Alabama Church Brings 'The Steeple To The Streets'
Montgomery, Ala. has emerged as a COVID-19 hotspot. At River City Church, where half the congregation is or once was homeless, outreach programs work to protect their most vulnerable.
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National
Farmworkers, Deemed Essential, Don't Feel Protected From Pandemic
Nearly half of the 850,000 farmworkers in California are undocumented, and labor unions say sometimes they are denied sick leave. Undocumented workers are excluded from the coronavirus relief package.