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What happens when private equity takes over mobile home parks

Tue, 10 May 2022 19:33:38 +0000

New ownership from out of state has meant restrictive rules, price hikes, and sometimes even eviction.

The Clarinet Trio’s new album showcases the lovely sound of blended woodwinds

Kevin Whitehead — Tue, 10 May 2022 17:56:00 +0000

Transformations and Further Passages, a lively new album by Germany's The Clarinet Trio, revives tunes written by German jazz composers in the 1950s and '60s.

British ‘Office’ co-creator Stephen Merchant isn’t afraid to fuse comedy with tragedy

Sam Briger — Tue, 10 May 2022 17:56:00 +0000

Merchant's new series, The Outlaws, follows low-level offenders who've been assigned community service. It was inspired in part by his parents, who supervised community service in Bristol, England.

Rick Martínez brings ‘rapture’ to the kitchen with his new cookbook ‘Mi Cocina’

Array — Tue, 10 May 2022 16:23:00 +0000

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Rick Martínez about his new cookbook Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico.

Orthodox Christian churches are drawing in far-right American converts

Odette Yousef — Tue, 10 May 2022 15:27:00 +0000

Orthodox Christianity is a relatively small faith tradition in the U.S., but in recent years it has expanded to new regions. Some new converts are using the religion to spread white nationalist views.

How local abortion funds have been getting ready for the end of Roe

Margaret Barthel, Rachel Kurzius — Tue, 10 May 2022 14:34:11 +0000

Abortion funds are already seeing increased support — and also heightened demand.

Senate Democrats plan a vote on abortion rights but it’s unlikely to pass

Tue, 10 May 2022 12:11:00 +0000

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar who's expected to vote for the Women's Health Protection Act. If it becomes law, it would set federal standards for the right to an abortion.

Bono and The Edge performed in a subway station in Kyiv, Ukraine

Tue, 10 May 2022 11:36:00 +0000

Two of the members of the Irish rock band U2 played in support of Ukraine on an invitation from President Zelenskyy.

Encore: ‘Mama’s boy’ is a flex, not an insult, for a new generation of men

Neda Ulaby — Tue, 10 May 2022 11:36:00 +0000

Mama's boy has been viewed as an emasculating insult. But numerous men are now publicly embracing their identities as proud mama's boys. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on May 7, 2022.)

The dynasty of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos is on the cusp of regaining power

Julie McCarthy — Tue, 10 May 2022 11:36:00 +0000

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is the presumptive winner of the Philippines presidential election. The son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos is on track for a historic margin of victory.