The Latest Health How cash cut infant mortality in half in rural Kenya In low-income countries, medical interventions like antimalarial drugs or vaccines can lower the mortality rate. But new research suggests there’s another powerful, but simple tool. Politics Immigrant-run farms in Maine continue despite USDA program cut The United States Department of Agriculture once helped disadvantaged farmers earn a fair wage growing healthy food and distribute it to underserved communities. Politics 'I regret that I didn't fight harder,' former labor secretary Robert Reich says Reich served under President Clinton from 1993 to 1997. He opens his new memoir, Coming Up Short, with an apology on behalf of the Baby Boom generation for failing to build a more just society. Tonya Mosley Arts & Life Two genre novels offer entertainment -- and plenty of wry social commentary Dan Fesperman's spy caper Pariah follows a disgraced comic-politician who's recruited by the CIA. The Dancing Face, by Mike Phillips, is a crime caper that confronts the spoils of colonialism. Maureen Corrigan Environment New study raises questions about effectiveness of wolf hunting as a tool to help ranchers One of the goals of controversial wolf hunts in the Western U.S. is to help reduce the burden on ranchers, who lose livestock to wolves every year. A new study finds that those hunts have had a measurable, but small effect on livestock depredations. Nathan Rott Science This electric brain implant could help stroke victims recover. The first patient: A Seattle-area mechanic Neurosurgeons and engineers at the University of Washington School of Medicine reached a milestone this summer, implanting a device inside the skull of a stroke victim that they believe can help him recover movement in his arm and hand. Stephen Howie National What to know about the Menendez brothers' case as their parole hearings begin Erik and Lyle Menendez will get their first-ever parole hearings on Thursday and Friday, after spending more than three decades in prison for their parents' murders. Here's what to expect. Rachel Treisman World A Russian airstrike hits a U.S. factory in western Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Russian cruise missile hit a U.S. electronics plant in the far west of Ukraine. The strike was part of an overnight barrage of more than 600 drones and missiles. Greg Myre Local bands light up Bumbershoot Labor Day is almost here. In Seattle, that means Bumbershoot. The local music festival has been around for more than 50 years. Crowds love the mix of local bands in the lineup. KEXP music journalist Martin Douglas gives us a rundown. Patricia Murphy National The kids missing the most amount of school may surprise you: kindergartners A California school district fights chronic absenteeism in kindergarten by helping parents decide whether their kid is too sick to go to school. Cory Turner Prev 996 of 1647 Next Sponsored
Health How cash cut infant mortality in half in rural Kenya In low-income countries, medical interventions like antimalarial drugs or vaccines can lower the mortality rate. But new research suggests there’s another powerful, but simple tool.
Politics Immigrant-run farms in Maine continue despite USDA program cut The United States Department of Agriculture once helped disadvantaged farmers earn a fair wage growing healthy food and distribute it to underserved communities.
Politics 'I regret that I didn't fight harder,' former labor secretary Robert Reich says Reich served under President Clinton from 1993 to 1997. He opens his new memoir, Coming Up Short, with an apology on behalf of the Baby Boom generation for failing to build a more just society. Tonya Mosley
Arts & Life Two genre novels offer entertainment -- and plenty of wry social commentary Dan Fesperman's spy caper Pariah follows a disgraced comic-politician who's recruited by the CIA. The Dancing Face, by Mike Phillips, is a crime caper that confronts the spoils of colonialism. Maureen Corrigan
Environment New study raises questions about effectiveness of wolf hunting as a tool to help ranchers One of the goals of controversial wolf hunts in the Western U.S. is to help reduce the burden on ranchers, who lose livestock to wolves every year. A new study finds that those hunts have had a measurable, but small effect on livestock depredations. Nathan Rott
Science This electric brain implant could help stroke victims recover. The first patient: A Seattle-area mechanic Neurosurgeons and engineers at the University of Washington School of Medicine reached a milestone this summer, implanting a device inside the skull of a stroke victim that they believe can help him recover movement in his arm and hand. Stephen Howie
National What to know about the Menendez brothers' case as their parole hearings begin Erik and Lyle Menendez will get their first-ever parole hearings on Thursday and Friday, after spending more than three decades in prison for their parents' murders. Here's what to expect. Rachel Treisman
World A Russian airstrike hits a U.S. factory in western Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Russian cruise missile hit a U.S. electronics plant in the far west of Ukraine. The strike was part of an overnight barrage of more than 600 drones and missiles. Greg Myre
Local bands light up Bumbershoot Labor Day is almost here. In Seattle, that means Bumbershoot. The local music festival has been around for more than 50 years. Crowds love the mix of local bands in the lineup. KEXP music journalist Martin Douglas gives us a rundown. Patricia Murphy
National The kids missing the most amount of school may surprise you: kindergartners A California school district fights chronic absenteeism in kindergarten by helping parents decide whether their kid is too sick to go to school. Cory Turner