Jeffrey Pierre
Stories
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Sports
Root, root, root for Opening Day! What the upcoming season looks like for MLB
The Major League Baseball season kicks off on Thursday. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to Keith Law, a senior baseball writer for The Athletic, about what fans should look out for.
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Remembering Felice Picano, author and publisher who championed LGBT literature
Writer and trailblazer Felice Picano has died at 81. He wrote fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, and screenplays and founded one of the U.S.'s first publishers focused LGBT writers.
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National
What research says about preventing school shootings
Experts on school violence say a key to preventing such tragedies is identifying and supporting students in crisis before they hurt others.
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Education
As a new year starts, schools prepare for fewer masks, more learning and joy
Schools are opening up around the country, and the third year in the shadow of a pandemic brings new challenges but also new hope.
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Science
Making weather forecasts is hard. Getting people to understand them is even harder
After nearly a decade, the director of the National Weather Service has stepped down. Getting the public to understand weather is just as important as the science that delivers the forecasts, he says.
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Environment
After a year of deadly weather, cities look to private forecasters to save lives
New York City and Hoboken are the latest localities finalizing a deal with a private weather service, stepping away from something that has largely been the job of the federal government.
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National
Climate activists carry out hunger strike in D.C.
A small band of passionate climate activists feel so desperate about the climate crisis that they've launched a hunger strike to pressure lawmakers to commit to reducing greenhouse gases.
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Environment
Once again, the U.S. has failed to take sweeping climate action. Here's why
Most Americans want the government to tackle climate change, but decades of industry lobbying and misinformation have repeatedly worked together to prevent meaningful action.
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Technology
Can A Social Media Boycott Fight Racism Online? The English Soccer World Hopes So
English soccer clubs, coaches, players, journalists and the Premier League are boycotting social media for a few days. The players wants companies to do more to stop online abuse and racism.
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Music
On 'Celia,' Tiwa Savage Celebrates Powerful Women
Named after the artist's mother, Savage's third album celebrates femininity as sensual, empowered and strong. It's her first release since being featured on Beyoncé's The Lion King soundtrack.
