• Gut microbes found in hunter-gatherers shift with the seasons

    Gut microbes found in hunter-gatherers shift with the seasons

    Aug 24, 2017 06:19 PM EDT

    Much like the weather, some human stomachs change throughout the year. The gut microbes of the Hadza, a hunter-gatherer group in Tanzania, shift dramatically as their diet changes with the seasons, according to new research from Stanford University. When applied on a longer timescale, these trends could explain why ...

  • Governors wary of Medicaid cost shift in Senate health plan

    Governors wary of Medicaid cost shift in Senate health plan

    Jun 23, 2017 02:05 PM EDT

    ... bill Kasich was part of a group of Republican and Democratic governors who wrote a letter last week to Senate leaders calling for them to work in a bipartisan way to revamp the nation's complex health insurance policies. Another was Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, also a Republican. His decision ...

  • What’s making President Trump shift views on domestic policies?

    What’s making President Trump shift views on domestic policies?

    Apr 13, 2017 11:19 PM EDT

    ... very frustrated with the infighting, particularly between Steve Bannon and his son-in-law. And he said that he told them that they needed to work it out. We asked him if he planned on having the same team in six months. And he said, I like my team, but ...

  • News Wrap: White House struggles to shift gears amid Russia questions

    News Wrap: White House struggles to shift gears amid Russia questions

    Mar 27, 2017 11:26 PM EDT

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: Friday's failure to get a House vote on replacing Obamacare is still reverberating tonight. But the president and his team are finding it difficult trying to shift to new topics. John Yang has our report. SEAN SPICER, White House Press Secretary: We're not saying its ...

  • In West Virginia, LGBTQ advocates see a shift toward support

    In West Virginia, LGBTQ advocates see a shift toward support

    Mar 26, 2017 08:01 PM EDT

    Samuel Leizear, field education director at the West Virginia University School of Social Work, also conducts trainings on transgender issues for businesses and organizations that request them. When he began offering them about a decade ago, he received two to three requests per year. Now, he receives that number every ...

  • Block grants are the heart of GOP’s Medicaid plans. Here's how they work

    Block grants are the heart of GOP’s Medicaid plans. Here's how they work

    Jan 25, 2017 03:16 PM EDT

    ... break down how this policy could play out, and its implications — both for government spending and for accessing care. Q: How would a block grant work? So far, Trump hasn’t released details on his particular plan. But the basic idea is that states would get fixed federal grants that ...

  • Post-election, how should news outlets shift focus?

    Post-election, how should news outlets shift focus?

    Jan 01, 2017 07:39 PM EDT

    ... having more journalists of color in the newsroom and that's absolutely vital and that's nowhere near where it needs to be. And that work needs to continue. But I think we also need to understand diversity more broadly. That diversity is also socio and economic diversity. Most newsrooms ...

  • A poet's ode to the meaning of work

    A poet's ode to the meaning of work

    Sep 05, 2016 06:15 PM EDT

    ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-XxgwM0Yvk What Work Is We stand in the rain in a long line waiting at Ford Highland Park. For work. You know what work is—if you’re old enough to read this you know what work is, although you may not do it ...

  • Shields and Rubin on Trump's staff shift and Clinton's 'self-inflicted' damage

    Shields and Rubin on Trump's staff shift and Clinton's 'self-inflicted' damage

    Aug 19, 2016 11:37 PM EDT

    ... Trump campaign, phases one and two. We have a new -- Mark, a new campaign manager. We have Paul Manafort out after some stories about his work in Ukraine. We know that one of the new folks coming in is from Breitbart News, Stephen Bannon. What do we make of all ...

  • Hispanics see shift in Trump's immigration rhetoric

    Hispanics see shift in Trump's immigration rhetoric

    Jul 31, 2016 01:20 PM EDT

    On immigration, Donald Trump is signaling that he is ready to tone down his fiery rhetoric — at least behind closed doors.