Morning Edition
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Every weekday for over three decades, NPR's Morning Edition has taken listeners around the country and the world with multi-faceted stories and commentaries that inform challenge and occasionally amuse. Morning Edition is the most listened-to news radio program in the country. Eric Hodge and the WUNC News team bring you regional updates through the morning.
Here's the latest from Morning Edition:
Latest Episodes
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New checkboxes for "Middle Eastern or North African" and "Hispanic or Latino" are coming to the U.S. census and federal forms. Advocates say these changes will help enforce civil rights protections.
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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Francesca Albanese, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, about the grounds to believe Israel is committing acts of genocide.
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Phil has a life too, you know. The world famous groundhog and his partner Phyllis, recently welcomed two healthy pups into their family.
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Some have turned to their neighbors in Sweden. Demand is so strong that some stores on the Swedish side of the border report running out. Others have limited the number of eggs a customer can buy.
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NPR's Michel Martin talks to Kimmy Yam of NBC Asian America, about Jenn Tran being named the first Asian American Bachelorette.
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The nation's third-highest ranking diplomat retired this month. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Victoria Nuland about her career in diplomacy.
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The attack killed 143 people and injured scores more after the attackers set the venue on fire. The group ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the attack — an assessment the U.S. has deemed credible.
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It's been one year since Gershkovich was detained in Russia, where he remains in custody. NPR's Debbie Elliott talks Emma Tucker, editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal, about Gershkovich.
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Rev. Lauren Bennett, 33, leads a St. Louis church serving the LGBTQ+ community, and Father Gerry Kleba, 82, a retired Catholic priest, talk about ministering to inmates on death row in Missouri.
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President Biden held a glitzy campaign fundraiser in New York City yesterday, with former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Biden is currently leading President Trump in fundraising.