Ailsa Chang
Stories
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Lucinda Williams channels outrage and joy on 'World's Gone Wrong'
The legendary Americana songwriter Lucinda Williams releases her new album World's Gone Wrong.
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Images show thousands of newly-identified asteroids. And there's more to come
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to astronomer Sarah Greenstreet about her team's new discovery of the fastest-spinning large asteroid known to man.
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What was the state of Chavismo under Maduro?
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Javier Corrales, author of a book on Hugo Chavez and a professor at Amherst College, about the legacy of Chavez's rule in Venezuela today.
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As focus shifts to denaturalization, what protections do foreign-born Americans have?
The Trump administration is looking to expand efforts to strip naturalized Americans of their citizenship. An immigration attorney weighs in.
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Major California highway re-opens after three-year closure
A section of an iconic California highway has reopened after three years. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Rhea Withrow, who lives in a town that was isolated during the closure
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If an Anne Boleyn portrait is really Elizabeth I, there's a good reason
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Tudor historian Owen Emmerson about his theory that the face in a famous portrait of Anne Boleyn is actually that of her daughter, Elizabeth I.
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Can federal agents be held accountable? A legal expert weighs in
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with law professor David Cole of Georgetown University about the accountability of federal officers, after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Macklin Good in Minnesota.
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Pop hitmaker Amy Allen tries to lean in to feeling uncomfortable in her songwriting
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with songwriter Amy Allen, who is shortlisted for the non-classical Songwriter of the Year Grammy Award for a second straight year.
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Why some U.S. oil companies aren't interested in returning to Venezuela
The Trump administration says it wants U.S. oil companies to return to Venezuela, but some don't desire to re-invest. Why would oil companies be against returning to a country with large oil reserves?
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How 'aesthetic' became an adjective
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Shane O'Neill of The Washington Post about the word "aesthetic" and its evolution from art criticism and design theory to online speak and the White House.