The Latest Politics Washington interpreters demand state address more than $280K in missed payments Language interpreters for Washington state’s labor agency sued last year alleging they were owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in missed payments. More than a year later, they say the issue still hasn’t been resolved. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard Health Children in a mental health crisis can spend days languishing in the ER A new study finds that nearly 1 in 10 kids on Medicaid visiting an emergency department for mental health care remain stuck there for days waiting for follow up psychiatric care. Rhitu Chatterjee Science Embryos small but mighty, first live videos show Scientists have recorded a human embryo implanting in a womb in real time. The implications of how it happens could lead to more and better treatments for infertility. Rob Stein Politics CFPB staff layoffs can proceed, appeals court rules The Trump administration sent reduction-in-force notices to more than 1,400 staffers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in April. Laurel Wamsley National Tensions grow as Trump and Washington, D.C. officials fight over police authority Tension in the nation's capital escalated over the question of who controls the city's police department after Washington, D.C.'s Attorney General sued over the White House's bid for full control. Brian Mann Economy Who made Inca knot records? The Inca society kept records by encoding information into a system of knotted strings. A new analysis of hair woven into these strings suggests that this record-keeping wasn't just an activity by rich elites, but that commoners could do it as well. Seattle police officers and the Jan. 6 'Stop the Steal' rally: What we know After a lengthy court fight, the city of Seattle disclosed the identities of all the officers who attended the 'Stop the Steal' rally. Gabrielle Healy Politics In Houston, some worry their problems would be neglected after redistricting In one neighborhood of the city, Latinos worry about immigration and urban problems but may soon be grouped in with suburban voters. Andrew Schneider Arts & Life Novelist Thomas Mallon looks back on the early years of the AIDS epidemic In 2023, Mallon spoke about his novel, Up With the Sun, which is based on the life of a little-known actor who was gay and closeted. His new book is The Very Heart of it: New York Diaries, 1983-1994. Terry Gross Music Remembering jazz singer Sheila Jordan Jordan, who died Aug. 11, was a teen when she first heard a Charlie Parker recording. Later she became part of the jazz scene in Detroit and New York City. Originally broadcast in 1981 and 1988. Terry Gross Prev 1025 of 1646 Next Sponsored
Politics Washington interpreters demand state address more than $280K in missed payments Language interpreters for Washington state’s labor agency sued last year alleging they were owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in missed payments. More than a year later, they say the issue still hasn’t been resolved. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
Health Children in a mental health crisis can spend days languishing in the ER A new study finds that nearly 1 in 10 kids on Medicaid visiting an emergency department for mental health care remain stuck there for days waiting for follow up psychiatric care. Rhitu Chatterjee
Science Embryos small but mighty, first live videos show Scientists have recorded a human embryo implanting in a womb in real time. The implications of how it happens could lead to more and better treatments for infertility. Rob Stein
Politics CFPB staff layoffs can proceed, appeals court rules The Trump administration sent reduction-in-force notices to more than 1,400 staffers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in April. Laurel Wamsley
National Tensions grow as Trump and Washington, D.C. officials fight over police authority Tension in the nation's capital escalated over the question of who controls the city's police department after Washington, D.C.'s Attorney General sued over the White House's bid for full control. Brian Mann
Economy Who made Inca knot records? The Inca society kept records by encoding information into a system of knotted strings. A new analysis of hair woven into these strings suggests that this record-keeping wasn't just an activity by rich elites, but that commoners could do it as well.
Seattle police officers and the Jan. 6 'Stop the Steal' rally: What we know After a lengthy court fight, the city of Seattle disclosed the identities of all the officers who attended the 'Stop the Steal' rally. Gabrielle Healy
Politics In Houston, some worry their problems would be neglected after redistricting In one neighborhood of the city, Latinos worry about immigration and urban problems but may soon be grouped in with suburban voters. Andrew Schneider
Arts & Life Novelist Thomas Mallon looks back on the early years of the AIDS epidemic In 2023, Mallon spoke about his novel, Up With the Sun, which is based on the life of a little-known actor who was gay and closeted. His new book is The Very Heart of it: New York Diaries, 1983-1994. Terry Gross
Music Remembering jazz singer Sheila Jordan Jordan, who died Aug. 11, was a teen when she first heard a Charlie Parker recording. Later she became part of the jazz scene in Detroit and New York City. Originally broadcast in 1981 and 1988. Terry Gross