Pien Huang
Stories
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Politics
Unease grows at the CDC as Trump administration keeps grip on research, messaging
CDC employees can no longer publish documents without review by the executive branch, and must withdraw their names from external papers pending publication.
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Politics
Morale plummets at the CDC as staff fear job losses
Staff at the CDC are bracing for a significant reduction in the work force that appears to be targeting staff with the fewest worker protections.
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Health
Some federal health websites restored, others still down, after data purge
While some information has been restored, scientists are still alarmed over the removal of data. It's not clear what has changed, and some pages remain offline.
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Sports
AI is now used to judge some sports at the X Games. How does it work?
NPR's Pien Huang speaks with X Games CEO Jeremy Bloom about the use of AI to judge snowboarding this year -- and whether the technology will expand to other sports.
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Technology
The internet is forever. Or is it?
NPR's Pien Huang speaks with writer s.e. smith about her piece in The Verge that explores why so many websites disappear from the internet and what it tells us about online culture.
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Arts & Life
As the Lunar New Year approaches, we learn about the art of Lion Dancing
NPR's Pien Huang speaks with journalist Grace Yeoh, who spent a month with a championship lion dancing team, about the rigors of the dance and what makes it so demanding.
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Race & Identity
As President Trump rolls back government DEI programs, a closer look at their history
NPR's Pien Huang speaks with Timothy Welbeck, director of Temple University's Anti-Racism program, about DEI programs' roots in the civil rights movement.
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What a week of ceasefire looks like in Gaza
President Trump says he wants Egypt and Jordan to resettle Palestinians from Gaza as a shaky ceasefire holds between Israel and Hamas.
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Arts & Life
How the 1970s Changed Exercise
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Books
"Too Soon" is a fun, flirty novel about three generations of Palestinian women
