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  • Panel Round Two
    More questions for the panel: Uberette, Island of Rivals, Google Squat.
  • Homobiles: Transportation With A Social Mission
    It's been called "Uber for Drag Queens." Homobiles is a noncommercial, volunteer, 24/7 ride service for the LGBT community and others around San Francisco who need safe, dependable transportation.
  • Black, Jewish And Avoiding The Synagogue On Yom Kippur
    It's one thing when outsiders don't recognize my faith. It's a different kind of sadness when I'm made to feel like a stranger in the synagogue.
  • Outgoing HHS Secretary To GOP: Don't Repeal Until Ready To Replace
    NPR's Audie Cornish talks with outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell about the GOP's plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act and how Democrats are trying to defend it.
  • How A Simple Fix For Medicare Prescribing Problems Got Complicated
    In 2014, the government said health providers would have to register with Medicare in order to prescribe drugs to beneficiaries. Delays have pushed back the requirement until 2019.
  • Longtime Diplomat Looks Back At 40 Years On The World Stage
    Retiring U.S. diplomat Daniel Fried looks back on 40 years of service. Fried talks with Steve Inskeep about America's role in the world, and why he disagrees with a "winner-take-all" foreign policy.
  • Miami Public Service Aide Tatayana Harris enters information into her laptop after clearing an accident in Miami's Little Havana community. Harris has been a Miami Police PSA for five years and hopes to become a police officer.
    Police Take Different Approaches To 'The Tyranny Of 911'
    Most people know to phone 911 in an emergency, but police departments are often overwhelmed by the sheer volume of calls. Some cities use 311 lines to help divert non-emergency requests, while Miami dispatches a group of unarmed public servants to tackle many non-urgent situations.
  • Panel Round Two
    More questions for the panel: The Apple of My Heart, I Love Customer Service, Have You Ever Really Looked at a Trilobite, Bravissimo.
  • High-Deductible Health Plans, Gamble For Some, On The Rise
    With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act looming, many employers are switching from traditional health care plans to what are known as high-deductible plans. These plans have lower premiums, but put patients on the hook for thousands in out-of-pocket expenses.
  • The Mathare Valley, shown here in an aerial map, is one of the largest and oldest slums in Nairobi, Kenya. Residents are using hand-held GPS devices to map the area, which comprises 13 villages and is home to nearly 200,000 people.
    In Kenya, Using Tech To Put An 'Invisible' Slum On The Map
    A billion people worldwide live in slums, largely invisible to city services and governments — but not to satellites. A global movement is putting mapping technology in the hands of slum dwellers to persuade governments and the residents themselves to see these shadow cities in a whole new light. NPR's Gregory Warner visits one slum in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
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