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Faced with financial issues, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater closed its Chelsea location in 2017.

Comedy Community Mourns The 'End Of An Era' As UCB Closes New York Locations

Upright Citizens Brigade, the improv mainstay and launchpad for many comics, will no longer have a physical space in New York City. Despite UCB's flaws, "people are grieving," a former UCBer says.

White House Doesn't Have A Testing Strategy To Help States, Sen. Murphy Says

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut about Tuesday's Senate committee hearing on how to safely reopen the country amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Freeways in Oakland, as in much of California, saw much lighter traffic — and fewer fatal traffic collisions — in the early weeks of the pandemic's stay-at-home rules.

Organ Transplants Down As Stay-At-Home Rules Reduce Fatal Traffic Collisions

Motor vehicle deaths are typically the biggest source of donor organs nationwide. But as the coronavirus forced most Californians indoors, traffic crashes and other lethal mishaps declined.

Elham Mansoori, member of Afghan Dreamers, an all-girls robotics team in Afghanistan, works on their prototype of a ventilator.

All-Girl Robotics Team In Afghanistan Works On Low-Cost Ventilator ... With Car Parts

Automated ventilators are expensive. Hand-operated ventilators require a lot of labor. So these teens are on a quest to create a mechanized bag-valve-mask that'll do the job.

Minnesota state Rep. Ruth Richardson and her son, Shawn, stand outside the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center in St. Paul, Minn. She represents areas south of St. Paul, about 15 miles from where George Floyd was killed.

How A Mother Protects Her Black Teenage Son From The World

Minnesota state Rep. Ruth Richardson doesn't want her teenage son, Shawn, a track athlete, to go running outside. "You can't do the same things that your white friends do," she remembers telling him.

What A 1968 Report Tells Us About The Persistence Of Racial Inequality

Despite political and social progress, African Americans still lag far behind economically.

Lady Gaga And Carly Rae Jepsen, Both With Bold Albums, Make Isolation Less Lonely

The electric instrumentation of Lady Gaga's flashy disco record Chromatica and Carly Rae Jepsen's Dedicated Side B provide a much-needed jolt for the COVID era.

People vote in Detroit during the March 10 Michigan primary. A new survey has identified a group of persuadable voters dubbed "guardian women" who could decide which party wins key states like Michigan and the election.

In A Polarized Election, 'Guardian Women' Could Be Key Swing Voters

A new survey identifies a swing group of women voters, who are mostly white, married, over 50 and suburban. They're evenly divided and sure to vote, watching the candidates respond to multiple crises.

In Jazz-Movie Endings, Some Story Elements Just Keep Bouncing Back

Over 90-some years of movies about jazz, many films have spun a familiar lick, sometimes falling back on stock standards when inspiration fails, and sometimes knowingly quoting from older works.

Demonstrators raise their fists during a May 30 march in Pittsburgh to protest the death of George Floyd.

Editors Barred A Black Reporter From Covering Protests. Then Her Newsroom Rebelled

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette barred a black reporter from covering unrest over a flippant tweet. The same day, editors gave a white reporter only a warning for a vulgar tweet about a looting suspect.

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