China owns 380,000 acres of land in the U.S. Here's where - WPRL
网页2023年6月26日 · Indeed, Sun owns about 40% of Chinese-owned land in the U.S. He owns over 100,000 acres of land in Val Verde County, Texas, through his two companies: Brazos Highland Properties and Harvest Texas. His purchases in 2016 and 2017, his plans to build a wind farm, as well as his purported ties to the Chinese military, drew scrutiny in …
More And More Democrats Embrace The 'Progressive' Label.
网页2021年9月13日 · The word "progressive" has become a tool to appeal to those further-left-leaning Americans without alienating the moderates and independents who reject the "liberal" label. Saying "progressive" dodges that L-word, Kamarck says: "It's an effort to shed a bad label. That's why, pure and simple."
Report: Last year ended with a surge in book bans - WPRL
网页2024年4月16日 · PEN America says there was an "unprecedented" surge in book bans during the latter half of 2023, according to a new report. The free expression group says that from July-December of last year, it recorded 4,349 instances of book bans across 23 states and 52 public school districts. The report says more …
Trump's speeches follow a familiar playlist, featuring greatest hits ...
网页2024年5月8日 · Still, there are common threads, including attacks against the array of criminal charges against him, as prosecutors allege everything from election interference to business fraud to mishandling classified documents.. For example, in 15 major speeches reviewed by NPR from this year, Trump says his indictments far outpace the reputation of a notorious gangster: Al Capone — or, as Trump ...
West Point axed 'duty, honor, country' from its mission statement ...
网页2024年3月14日 · The motto remains unchanged since 1898. As for the iconic motto, according to the West Point website, "duty, honor, country" was first adopted in 1898 as part of the academy's seal, which features an eagle perched atop a scroll bearing the motto, the school's name and the year of its founding (1802). In 1962, two world wars later, the three ...
Plants can communicate and respond to touch. Does that mean …
网页2024年5月6日 · In the 1960s and '70s, a series of questionable experiments claimed to prove that plants could behave like humans, that they had feelings, responded to music and could even take a polygraph test. Though most of those claims have since been debunked, climate journalist Zoë Schlanger says a new wave …
The worst songs ever, according to NPR listeners
网页2024年9月8日 · Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016.
NPR Music's 50 Best Albums of 2021 (30-21) - WPRL
网页2021年12月1日 · Even when slight they are composed, with a sense of purpose. This is nourishment. Look around. You'll find something fortifying to build you up for the road ahead. (As a bonus, you can find our list of the 100 Best Songs of 2021 here.) Stream NPR Music's 50 Best Albums of 2021: Spotify / Apple Music / Tidal / Amazon Music / YouTube Music.
Sports brought hope — and love — to these Paralympians who …
网页Published September 5, 2024 at 12:33 PM CDT. BBC/screengrab by NPR. Kayode and Christiana Alabi both competed in table tennis at the Paris Paralympics. They each had polio in their childhood, growing up in Nigeria. Kayode and Christiana Alabi have a lot in common. They each contracted polio as children growing up in Nigeria.
LL Cool J goes back to his roots in his new album - wprl.org
网页2024年9月6日 · NPR. American rapper and actor LL Cool J poses for a portrait in New York, NY, on Wednesday, August 14, 2024. He joined Morning Edition to discuss his return to rap after 11 years. LL Cool J, a two-time Grammy Award winner, has never lost his rap bona fides. At age 56, the legend is rapping again on The FORCE — short for Frequencies of …