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President Trump's poll numbers are starting to dip at exactly the wrong time. A new NPR/Marist poll finds Trump's approval rating at 39 percent.

Poll: Midwest Abandons Trump, Fueling Democratic Advantage For Control Of Congress

An NPR/Marist poll finds that as the president has waged a trade war, Midwestern voters have moved in big numbers toward Democrats less than two months before November's elections.

Week In Politics: Discussing The Trump Administration's Immigration Policy

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Politico reporter Eliana Johnson of Politico, and E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and the Brookings Institution about the Trump administration's immigration policy.

Michael Scott Moore was captured by pirates after traveling to Somalia to write a book about the history of piracy in the Horn of Africa.

Journalist Held Captive By Pirates Says Focus And Forgiveness Were Crucial

After being kidnapped in Somalia, Michael Scott Moore considered suicide. Then he experienced an "incredible mental transformation" that enabled him to forgive the people who were causing him pain.

Marketing payments to doctors by makers of opioids have declined.

Opioid-Makers Cut Back On Marketing Payments To Doctors

ProPublica found that drugmakers spent less to market opioids to doctors in 2016 than in prior years. Studies have shown that payments to doctors are linked to more prescriptions for the drugs.

'Lagordiloca,' The Texas Reporter

Priscilla Villarreal, who calls herself Lagordiloca, drives through Laredo, Texas, chasing crime and traffic, streaming them live on Facebook. She's a news source in Laredo and a controversial figure.

"Simple Acts to Save Our Planet," by Michelle Neff. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Looking For Ways Help The Environment? This Book Has 500 Places To Start

For example, you could try emptying your dryer lint with every use, avoiding leather car seats or keeping your phone on low-power mode.

NPR Music 10: 2007

Go back to the year 2007, when NPR Music was born, along with classmates like Radiohead's pay-what-you-wish album In Rainbows and the very first iPhone.

Tom and Dana Saputo sit in their backyard with their three dogs. Tom Saputo's double-lung transplant was fully covered by insurance, but he was responsible for an $11,524.79 portion of the charge for an air ambulance ride.

The Air Ambulance Billed More Than The Lung Transplant Surgeon

After Tom Saputo underwent a double-lung transplant in 2018, he was stunned by the more than $11,000 bill for his share of a 27-mile air ambulance ride from one hospital to another.

A child plays near communist-era apartment blocks in Hoyerswerda, Germany. After the collapse of the communist East German government that had redeveloped the area into an industrial hub, factories shut down and coal production declined. The population has sunk below 33,000 — about half its size before the fall of the Berlin Wall.

In German Coal Country, This Former Socialist Model City Has Shrunk In Half

Thirty years after the Berlin Wall fell, Hoyerswerda is struggling to thrive, a far-right party has gained popularity and many residents worry about the future when Germany phases out coal.

Colorado estimates that about 15% of the 12 million letters it sends to beneficiaries of public assistance programs each year are returned unopened, left to pile up in county offices like this one in Colorado Springs. That amounts to about 1.8 million pieces of undelivered mail each year statewide.

Return To Sender? Just One Missed Letter Can Be Enough To End Medicaid Benefits

Colorado, like a number of states, is struggling with huge piles of returned mail linked to public aid programs such as Medicaid or food stamps. But is dropping people from such assistance the answer?

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