Under Suspicion At The Mall Of America
Since Sept. 11, the nation's leaders have warned that government agencies like the CIA and the FBI can't protect the country on their own — private businesses and ordinary citizens have to look out for...
View ArticleShoppers Entangled In War On Terror
Mall of America officials say that thousands of mall visitors have been stopped and questioned in recent years. The interviews at the mall are part of a counterterrorism initiative that acts as the...
View ArticleMall Counterterrorism Files ID Mostly Minorities
The following is a continuation of an investigation by NPR News and the Center for Investigative Reporting on private counterterrorism programs, like the one at the Mall of America.Programs aimed at...
View ArticleMilitary's Brain-Testing Program A Debacle
The U.S. military has spent more than $42 million to test every service member's brain to find out who suffered a traumatic brain injury, or TBI, during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. But an...
View ArticleA Year That Was Good To Beets
Children hate beets. Many adults hate beets. In fact, so few people in the U.S.
View ArticlePlaywright Battles For Injured Vets On Stage
Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Now the story about one woman's effort to bring attention to the invisible wounds of war. The playwright Kate Wenner says she was stunned by investigations that showed...
View ArticlePentagon's Spending On Key Injuries Isn't Being Tracked Well, Auditors Say
The Defense Department has spent close to $3 billion since 2007 to treat and study traumatic brain injuries and post traumatic stress disorder — the leading injuries suffered by U.S. military personnel...
View ArticleOne Soldier's Progress Against Traumatic Brain Injury
One of the guests in the congressional gallery at last week's State of the Union address was Roxana Delgado, an advocate for soldiers returning home with traumatic brain injuries. Her husband, an army...
View ArticleFor One Soldier, Rap Is A Powerful Postwar Weapon
When Jeff Barillaro came home from fighting the war in Iraq, he felt lost, like thousands of veterans do. He didn't have a mission anymore.But now, through music, he's found one: Under the stage name...
View ArticleBefore Reaching War Zones, Troops Risk Concussions
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View ArticleOnce Denied A Purple Heart, A Soldier Gets Her Medal
In 2010, NPR reported that some Army commanders refused to award the Purple Heart to many troops who got concussions in combat because they didn't consider these "real" injuries. As a result of our...
View ArticleIs Sustainable-Labeled Seafood Really Sustainable?
Part one of a three-part series by Daniel Zwerdling and Margot Williams.Rebecca Weel pushes a baby stroller with her 18-month-old up to the seafood case at Whole Foods, near ground zero in New York.
View ArticleConditions Allow For More Sustainable-Labeled Seafood
Part two of a three-part series by Daniel Zwerdling and Margot Williams.Next time you walk up to the seafood counter, look for products labeled with a blue fish, a check mark, and the words "Certified...
View ArticleFor A Florida Fishery, 'Sustainable' Success After Complex Process
Part three of a three-part series by Daniel Zwerdling and Margot Williams.The long, clunky-looking fishing boat pulls up to Day Boat Seafood's dock near Fort Pierce, Fla., after 10 days out in the...
View ArticleNew Mortgage Program Helps Cambodia's Poor Find Better Homes
If you've applied for a mortgage recently, you know how hard it can be. The bank demands all kinds of obscure documents and wants proof of almost every asset you own. But an innovative mortgage program...
View ArticleFrom Family To Digital Footprints: A Portrait Of Tsarnaevs
NPR's Daniel Zwerdling reports on what's known about the two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombing, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
View ArticleAfter Deadly Chemical Plant Disasters, There's Little Action
You might think that everything would have changed for the chemicals industry on April 16, 1947. That was the day of the Texas City Disaster, the worst industrial accident in U.S. history. A ship...
View ArticleAt Cambodia Hotel, The Workers Are The Boss
This story is part of NPR's ongoing series about social entrepreneurs— people around the world who are dreaming up innovative ways to develop communities and solve social problems.If you walk into the...
View ArticleYour Digital Trail: Private Company Access
This is the second story in our four-part series examining your digital trail and who potentially has access to it. It was co-reported by G.W. Schulz from the Center for Investigative Reporting.
View ArticleYour Digital Trail: Does The Fourth Amendment Protect Us?
This is the third story in our four-part series examining your digital trail and who potentially has access to it. It was co-reported by G.W. Schulz from the Center for Investigative Reporting....
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