In this struggling Wisconsin town, families come to terms with needing help

... economics can help It seems to Kayzia too emotional to be thinking all of this, so she doesn’t say it all out loud. She just asks Mrs. Venuti, “Well, where do you get this stuff?” Donations, her teacher tells her. People in the community who chip in. Mrs. Venuti ...

How healthy are the Affordable Care Act marketplaces?

... Almost all states have big problems. LISA DESJARDINS: Now, it's obviously a piece of rhetoric, but it is certainly echoed around Washington. I will just ask you right away: Will Obamacare explode? Is that accurate? And regardless of the answer of at the question, where are the real problems ...

Purge outdated voter rolls? NYC tried it, with bad results

NEW YORK — Whether or not you believe that voting fraud is a problem in the U.S., one thing is certain: Tidying up outdated voter rolls is sometimes easier said than done. Just ask election officials in the nation's largest city. After an independent review found that New York ...

When does tough diplomatic talk go too far?

... And in a tweet this morning, the president wrote: "Iran has been formally put on notice for firing a ballistic missile." It's not clear just what "on notice" means, but Mr. Trump was asked today whether military action is off the table. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Nothing is off the ...

Depicting colonialism and globalization through art ‘full of contradiction’

... be engaging, it can be dark, it can be entertaining, it can provoke, but not -- it should never be an instruction. JEFFREY BROWN: Can I just ask you finally a personal question about your disability? It obviously changed your life. Did it change your art? YINKA SHONIBARE MBE: It took ...

Conway says nominees’ lack of paperwork ‘no reason to delay hearings’

... re asked about personal financial information. But let's just hope that it advances the ball forward for America in these questions that they're asking and have something to do with the proper functioning of the government. JUDY WOODRUFF: Let me ask you about several other things. You mentioned ...

Ebola vaccine results are encouraging -- but preliminary

... of multiple different strains. There’s a lot of work to be done. HARI SREENIVASAN: All right. While we have you, I also wanted to just ask you about the avian flu that’s in Asia right now. We’re reporting about the millions of birds in Korea and other ...

When will Trump address possible conflicts of interest?

President-elect Donald Trump had said he would address his plan to resolve his business conflicts of interests, but then he canceled his news conference, with the promise of an announcement for January. Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report and NPR’s Tamara Keith join Judy Woodruff to discuss that, plus CIA revelations on Russia and...

Column: Cyber systems can both nourish and poison us. We need to focus on the latter

The same technologies that enable us to rapidly order an Uber or to instantaneously download the latest book by Michael Lewis can also empty our bank accounts or steal our identities.

Senior advisor says Trump is open to listening on climate, Medicare