Here & Now
Weekdays at noon on 88.5 NEPM
Here & Now brings you the news that breaks after Morning Edition, and before All Things Considered. Produced at WBUR in Boston, and hosted by Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson, Here & Now combines the best in news journalism with intelligent, broad-ranging conversations on public policy and foreign affairs, science and technology, as well as features on arts and culture.
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Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke for a record 8 hours and 44 minutes in a speech outlining Democrats' objections to the bill.
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The money was set aside for after-school and English-language learning programs.
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The steep, sweeping tariffs that President Trump announced on April 2 — what he called "Liberation Day" — sent the markets tumbling. Days later, Trump paused those tariffs for 90 days.
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The bill is projected to add trillions to the national debt. It would make deep cuts to welfare programs and reshape the country's approach to clean energy.
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United Airlines says operations at Newark Airport are running smoothly after recent delays and cancellations caused by air traffic control problems and runway construction.
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It’s a libertarian’s dream come true: cities rising on open acres of former federal land that become deregulated zones where innovation and technological advancement can thrive.
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Grammarian and author Ellen Jovin has gained fame with her grammar table, answering hard questions about split infinitives and the Oxford comma.
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Artificial intelligence companies are pushing increasingly lifelike ways to interact with their technology.
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In 2021, as the Taliban reasserted control of Afghanistan, a man who helped the U.S. military narrowly escaped with his family. In a wrenching choice, he left several of his sons at the airport.
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We revisit Robin Young's October 2024 conversation with restaurateur and cookbook author Yotam Ottolenghi about his best-selling cookbook "Ottolenghi Comfort," which he wrote with Helen Goh, Verena Lochmuller, and Tara Wigley.