Weekend Edition - Saturday
Saturdays at 6 am
From civil wars in Bosnia and El Salvador, to hospital rooms, police stations, and America's backyards, National Public Radio's Peabody Award-winning correspondent Scott Simon brings a well-traveled perspective to his role as host of "Weekend Edition Saturday."
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Republicans stripped Planned Parenthood and several other healthcare providers of Medicaid funding for one year, but now clinics can resume billing Medicaid for non-abortion services.
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Poets like Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes have written movingly about America. -
We say goodbye to longtime NPR arts reporter Elizabeth Blair with this encore of her piece on one of the most American of songs: "This Land is Your Land."
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Today's Independence Day celebrations may be tamped down by severe heat and, according to a NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, worry about the future.
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Authorities in Beijing broke their silence about a small plane that crashed into the skyscraper headquarters of one of China's largest state-owned financial conglomerates.
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NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Michele Steele discuss the World Cup and speculate about LeBron James.
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The U.S. is turning 250 this weekend. To mark the anniversary, we discuss the films and TV series that best depict the American dream.
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Emails from CDC officials released by Sen. Bernie Sanders reveal agency leaders dealing with political pressures during the Trump era and highlight challenges for the next director.
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Severe heat is forcing Independence Day event organizers across the country to change and even cancel festivities.
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Atlanta's Venezuelan community, one of the largest in the U.S., is gathering aid for earthquake victims.
