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Samir Kada lived next door to Jimmy Aldaoud in Baghdad. Kada is one of dozens of Iraqis from Michigan deported from the U.S. in 2018.

U.S. Steps Up Deportations To Iraq, Despite Worsening Violence There

Many deportees have arrived in Iraq without money, valid IDs or knowledge of the language and country. They struggle to find work and fear going out. "Everything is shocking to me," one deportee says.

How Educators In Public Schools Are Navigating Teaching During The COVID-19 Pandemic

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with teachers in Houston, Baltimore and Davenport, Iowa, about what life on the ground is like for educators in public schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Week In Politics: Senate GOP Health Care Bill, Georgia Special Election

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution, and David Brooks of The New York Times, about the Senate Republican health care bill, the special election in Georgia, and the latest on the investigations into the Trump administration and Russia.

Maya Cade, Creator Of The Black Film Archive, On Making Black Cinema More Accessible

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Maya Cade, who saw how hard it is to access movies by Black directors — so she created the Black Film Archive, a collection of nearly 250 films spanning seven decades.

Skier Mikaela Shiffrin Gets Quizzed On Downhill Cheese Races

We invite the Olympic medal-wedding skier to play a game called "It's the cheese! After it!" — three questions on the Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling Races. Originally broadcast July 11, 2014.

Gen. John F. Campbell, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, speaks during a ceremony in Kabul on Aug. 26. Campbell is overseeing the U.S. drawdown in the country after 13 years of war.

Afghanistan's Way Forward: A Talk With Gen. John Campbell, Decoded

Gen. John Campbell leads the U.S. forces in Afghanistan. On Veterans Day, he offers his assessment of the war as the U.S. winds down its presence and hands over responsibility to the Afghans.

Among the findings in the latest NPR/PBS <em>NewsHour</em>/Marist poll is that Democrats are losing ground on which party voters want to control Congress and inflation being the top issue — with voters saying they trust Republicans more on the issue by 20 points.

Key GOP groups are more fired up to vote in midterms than Democrats, NPR poll finds

The last NPR survey before all votes have to be cast shows inflation continues to be the top concern for voters, and Republicans are trusted more than Democrats on the issue by 20 points.

Sen. Mark Kelly calls for Pete Hegseth to resign after Signal leak

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) about the revelation that top intelligence officials discussed military plans on the publicly available messaging app Signal.

An artist's rendering of the BEAM inflatable annex attached to the side of the International Space Station.

NASA To Test Inflatable Room For Astronauts In Space

On Friday, a supply rocket is scheduled to send an inflatable module to the International Space Station. The expandable technology is being developed by a private firm.

A Medicaid office employee works on reports at Montefiore Medical Center in New York in late 2014. New York expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act and enrollment surged.

Obamacare Enrollment Triggers Drop In The Uninsured Rate

The sizable jump in Americans with insurance, due in large part to the implementation of the federal health law, is unprecedented since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid 50 years ago.

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