Kathryn Fink
Stories
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Law & Courts
A little-known law is in the spotlight: What to know about the Privacy Act of 1974
The Privacy Act of 1974 protects personal information collected across federal agencies. Privacy groups and attorneys are invoking it to block access to personal records by DOGE.
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Arts & Life
One story of finding love in the height of the pandemic
It's been five years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. This week, we're bringing stories of people who found an unexpected dose of joy amid so much devastation.
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The relationship at the heart of the Harlem Renaissance
NPR's Pien Huang talks with Victoria Christopher Murray, author of Harlem Rhapsody, a novel that serves as a love letter to the heart of Black creativity and possibility in the 1920s.
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Business
Federal workers navigate uncertainty as the Trump administration slashes the workforce
After weeks of chaos and upheaval in the federal workforce, thousands still remain uncertain about their future.
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A new Robert Frost poem was discovered and published. Is it any good?
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Asia
A Uyghur linguist's journey from detainee to activist in exile
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Books
Irish poet Padraig o Tuama's new anthology focuses on pleasure and pain of connection
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns."
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Health
Researcher calls out Trump administration for a 'digital book burning'
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Nancy Krieger, a social epidemiologist at Harvard University, about her efforts to preserve federal health data that recently disappeared from government websites.
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Europe
Former Zelenskyy press secretary makes the case for ceasefire
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Iuliia Mendel, Ukrainian journalist and former press secretary for President Zelenskyy, about her recent op-ed in Time magazine.
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Technology
OpenAI touts new government partnership and support for A.I. infrastructure
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Chris Lehane, chief global affairs officer of OpenAI, about Stargate, DeepSeek and the future of AI development.