Search results for

In the 1980s, AIDS activists demanded action from the U.S. government in a dramatic way, and got results. Now, they have a new goal: more affordable access to an HIV prevention pill.

The modified fungus produces spider toxin that rapidly kills mosquitoes, raising hopes for a new weapon to fight a disease that sickens millions. But not everyone is convinced.

The actor talks with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about struggling with typecasting after Happy Days, his family's immigration story and about how he found out in his 30s that he had dyslexia.

In 2010, WikiLeaks posted 250,000 leaked U.S. diplomatic cables. David Greene talks to Harold Koh, the then-legal adviser to the State Department who urged the organization not to publish them.

The author's new novel Trust Exercise is set among theater kids in a performing arts high school — until it jumps ahead a few decades and looks back at what really happened back then.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mohamed Elnaiem, a Ph.D. student who has been protesting in Khartoum, Sudan, about their decision to continue protesting even as violence worsens.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates about the size and scope of tech companies in the U.S., philanthropy and proposed Trump administration cuts to foreign aid.

The English actor performed in, directed and wrote the screenplay for The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind. It's based on a memoir by William Kamkwamba, whose ingenuity helped save his village from famine.

Congress so far hasn't used the special counsel report to draft new laws aimed at protecting elections from foreign interference. One key senator worries about missing the moment.

A new emperor is set to take over in Japan next month, kicking off an era with an important, symbolic name: "Reiwa."