WAMU

The tragedy in Uvalde has reignited the political fight over gun ownership

Array — Fri, 27 May 2022 12:06:00 +0000

The killings revive a debate about gun control and who should and shouldn't have weapons. A husband and wife who work at a meatpacking plant in Uvalde talk about living with guns in Texas.

Untangling The Mystery Of Long Covid

Fri, 27 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000

The Atlantic's Katherine Wu discusses what we know -- and what we are still struggling to understand -- about long Covid.

Veterans exposed to toxic chemicals say they’ve won a historic expansion of VA care

Quil Lawrence — Fri, 27 May 2022 11:26:00 +0000

A bill known as the PACT Act, which will lend health care services and disability benefits to veterans exposed to toxic substances, looks likely to become law next month.

A college education is a good thing but you don’t have to rush to complete it

Fri, 27 May 2022 10:36:00 +0000

Betty Sandison, 84, this month earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota. She began in 1955, and then paused for family and work reasons. She reenrolled in 2018.

The National Memorial Day Concert is making an in-person return this weekend

Fri, 27 May 2022 10:36:00 +0000

For the last two years, A Night of Remembrance has been been taped because of the pandemic. There will be special tributes for Gen. Colin Powell, Gold Star families and women who served in WWII.

Mass shootings are so common that mayors now have a checklist for when one happens

Wynne Davis — Fri, 27 May 2022 09:20:00 +0000

Mass shootings have become so common in the U.S. that one group has created a mass shooting protocol checklist to guide mayors and city officials during the first 24 hours after a tragedy occurs.

The Uvalde shooting conspiracies show how far-right misinformation is evolving

Odette Yousef — Fri, 27 May 2022 01:21:00 +0000

Rumors, misinformation and conspiracy theories were rampant on right-wing social media before verifiable information came out about the gunman who killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school.

Uvalde parents question the police’s response to the deadly school shooting

Adrian Florido — Thu, 26 May 2022 23:36:00 +0000

Questions have emerged about the response to the attack at a Uvalde school. Parents want to know how the gunman was in the building for so long – and question whether officers entered early enough.

Abortion access tends to lower child poverty rates, economists say

Array — Thu, 26 May 2022 21:38:00 +0000

In a brief to the Supreme Court, 154 economists wrote that access to legal abortion has led to women attaining higher levels of education and professional occupations and lower rates of child poverty.

A handbook aims to help local officials with the first 24 hours after a mass shooting

Array — Thu, 26 May 2022 21:38:00 +0000

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with one of the creators of a "mass shooting checklist" designed to help mayors and city managers in the first 24 hours after one of these attacks.