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Journalist Joy-Ann Reid revisits the legacy and marriage of Medgar and Myrlie Evers

Reid's book, Medgar and Myrlie, tells the stories of the civil rights leader from Mississippi and his wife, who became an activist after Medgar's 1963 assassination. Originally broadcast Feb. 7, 2024.
- Terry Gross
Casual Friday with Jas Keimig and Joe Veyera

This week… Crosswalk buttons got hacked, a local grocer is bringing downtown some hot to go food, and people are zeroed in on Trump news. Arts reporter Jas Keimig and editor of Factal Joe Veyera are here to break down the week.
- Vaughan Jones
The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights

The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.
- Graham Smith
5 takeaways from the week: Nearing a constitutional crisis?

The week was dominated by news about the Maryland man illegally deported to El Salvador. But there was also concern over tariffs and Robert F. Kennedy's work as Health and Human Services secretary.
- Domenico Montanaro
Thursday Evening Headlines

Visas revoked for Shoreline Community College students, WA's lawsuit over Trump's birthright citizenship order will reach SCOTUS, and WA lawmakers pass bill to hire more cops. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
- Paige Browning
Trump Administration opens half of national forest land for logging

Last week, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins sent a memo establishing an “emergency situation determination” covering more than 112 million national forest acres. That includes five national forests in Washington state. Rollins identified these acres as having either high wildfire risk or declining forest health – allowing timber harvesting to be fast-tracked through environmental regulations.
- Libby Denkmann
Soundside's "Weekend Warmup" - April 17th-20th

Sci-Fi Conventions! Anime! Beer! National Parks! All that & MORE in this Weekend's Warmup!
- Jason Burrows
Trump's Forest Service cuts have people in tinder dry New Mexico on edge

The Trump administration's dramatic staffing cuts at federal lands agencies like the Forest Service are causing anxiety in tinder dry New Mexico, where the wildfire threat is already severe this Spring.
- Kirk Siegler
How tariffs could impact the availability of baby products

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Steven Dunn founder and CEO of Munchkin a U.S.-based company selling lifestyle products for mothers, babies and children. Dunn has written an open letter to President Trump and Congress about how tariffs could harm his business and American families.
- Courtney Dorning
Supreme Court to hear challenge to Trump's birthright citizenship order in May

Trump issued an executive order on day one of his administration that sought to limit birthright citizenship, an idea widely considered a fringe view because the Supreme Court ruled to the contrary 127 years ago, and that decision has never been disturbed.
- Christina Gatti

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