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News Articles: Opinion

A man eats an apple as he walks past a mural depicting a goat, purportedly by the street artist Banksy, on August 5, 2024 in the Richmond borough of London, England.

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Opinion: Banksy's London Zoo, art's simple joy during complex times

NPR's Scott Simon details some of the new works of the street artist known as Banksy. They include mountain goats, gorillas, and other zoo animals on the streets of London.

August 17, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
"The Fine Cut" is a re-created barbershop poster that depicts two kinds of cuts — hairstyles of African-American men and ritual scarification of African faces.

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  • Opinion

'American African' identity is explored by U.S. artist with Ghanaian/Nigerian roots

The artist Africanus Okokon was born in the United States. His dad is Nigerian and his mom is Ghanaian. In his new exhibit, Okokon uses recycled and reclaimed objects to explore his American identity and his African roots.

August 16, 2024
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  • Kahwit Tela
Front row, from left: Venezuela's attorney general, Tarek William Saab; President Nicolás Maduro; Supreme Court President Caryslia Rodríguez; National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez; and the president of the National Electoral Council, Elvis Amoroso. They are attending a ceremony in the Supreme Court building in Caracas on Jan. 31.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Want to reform the Supreme Court? These strongmen can show a thing or two

The champions of U.S. Supreme Court reform should first consider the record of nations that wound up packing and purging their judiciaries.

August 13, 2024
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  • Mac Margolis
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes a campaign announcement at a press conference in Philadelphia on Oct. 9, 2023.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: RFK Jr.'s Central Park 'Bear-B-Q' stunt

In an election season rife with surprises, you might add this week’s revelation by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

August 10, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda crosses the finish line during the men's 10,000-meter final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, setting an Olympics record.

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  • Opinion

Uganda's gold medal runner wants all kids to 'make it.' But they need help

Joshua Cheptegei, who grew up in rural Uganda, is the record holder in the 10,000-meter race and an Olympic champion. Here's what we should do for all youngsters to help them fulfill their dreams.

August 08, 2024
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  • James Kassaga Arinaitwe
Scott Simon (top right) and Ina Jaffe (center left) pose for a picture with other NPR Chicago Bureau staff.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Remembering our colleague and friend, Ina Jaffe

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Ina Jaffe, who first edited this program and later reported on seniors for NPR. Jaffe died this week at the age of 75.

August 03, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams wave as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on June 5.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Think you have a rough travel story? Try 52 days stuck in space

Two astronauts have been hanging out on the International Space Station since last month, waiting for the Boeing capsule that got them there to be repaired to bring them home.

July 27, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
Comedian Bob Newhart pretends to speak on an antique telephone at his home in the Bel Air Estates community of Los Angeles, June 25, 2003.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Bob Newhart showed us the extraordinary in the ordinary

NPR's Scott Simon remembers understated comedian and actor Bob Newhart, who died this week at the age of 94.

July 20, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Colten Brewer, left, celebrates with Dansby Swanson after the Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants 6-5 in a baseball game in Chicago, Wednesday, June 19, 2024.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: From dugout to dislocated, Chicago Cubs' latest injury saga

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the bad fortunes of his beloved Chicago Cubs, now beset with a broken-handed relief pitcher.

July 13, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
Screenwriter Robert Towne poses at The Regency Hotel in New York on March 7, 2006.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Remembering the star screenwriter Robert Towne

NPR's Scott Simon remembers screenwriter Robert Towne, who died this week. Towne won an Oscar for Chinatown, which is considered one of the best screenplays in American cinema.

July 06, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
Students cheers from the stands during the celebrations for Ghana 65th Independence Day on March 6, 2022. The country gained independence on March 6, 1957. The author of this article recalls his boyhood celebrations — which involved uniforms, marching and a free bottle of soda.

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  • Opinion

His first Independence Day in the U.S. blew his mind. It wasn't just the fireworks

"Who could have colonized a great country like America?" That's what this Ghanaian thought when his American wife told him it was Independence Day.

July 04, 2024
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  • George Mwinnyaa
Part of a welcome for the United States-Soviet commission on Korea on their arrival in Pyongyang on July 23, 1947, was this parade of Korean communists carrying huge portraits of Josef Stalin and Kim Il Sung. The commission visited Pyongyang, 165 miles north of Seoul, for the purpose of getting views of political groups on the prospecting.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Putin and Kim forge closer ties, resuscitating a defunct Stalinist alliance

As Russia's leader visits North Korea, Johns Hopkins professor Sergey Radchenko offers insights into the fascinating history of twists and turns in relations between Moscow and Pyongyang.

June 19, 2024
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  • Sergey Radchenko
Consumers are paying cash for preventive health testing with full body scans, which typically use MRI technology.

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  • Health

Full body scans miss the mark when it comes to improving U.S. disease prevention

Celebrity influencers are promoting the pricey scans to catch disease early, but a doctor argues the U.S. should focus instead on reaching everyone with proven screenings and prevention strategies.

June 18, 2024
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  • Lisa Doggett
People in both New York and Dublin, Ireland, wave and signal at each other while looking at a livestream view of one another as part of an art installation on the street in New York, Tuesday, May 14, 2024.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: A tale of two cities' 'Portal' pandemonium

An art installation called The Portal was shut down this week in New York and Dublin because of rude gestures and other bad public behavior, as NPR's Scott Simon explains.

May 19, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
People cycle along the street in Afuá, a city in northern Brazil's Pará state, in January. <strong></strong>Since 2002, this city on the banks of the Amazon River has been famously off limits to motor vehicles.

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  • Latin America

A car-free town in the Amazon serves lessons for pedaling to net zero emissions

Afuá, a remote town in the Brazilian Amazon, banned motor vehicles over 20 years ago. Writer Mac Margolis and photographer Stefan Kolumban paid the town a visit to see what life is like.

May 12, 2024
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  • Mac Margolis
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