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Sarah McLachlan has a new album for the first time in over a decade

Singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan has released a new album for the first time in over a decade. It arrives alongside a new documentary about the Lilith Fair music festival she founded.

Where could the U.S. government restrict free speech?

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with University of Pennsylvania law professor Amanda Shanor about free speech protections in the wake of the killing of Charlie Kirk.

A congressman called Charlie Kirk Jesus's '13th disciple.' Other Christians disagree

Charlie Kirk's evangelical followers frame him as a martyr for free speech. But they are facing fierce counter-arguments from other Christians, particularly African-Americans.

Highly-concentrated muck collects in deep “borrow pits,” dug out from the bottom of the Indian River Lagoon to build adjacent land and causeways crossing over the lagoon, like the Melbourne Causeway pictures here. Causeways are similar to bridges but are lower-lying, usually raised up on fill dirt to cross water or a marshy area.

Muck problems: what scientists are learning about the Indian River Lagoon

Scientists are learning more about how piles of muck affect the Indian River Lagoon.

A picture of the Florida Old Capitol with the tower of the new Capitol rising in the background. Both are hit by the the sun.

Florida House lawmakers poised to take up property tax changes

Can Florida lawmakers targeting the property tax find a way to give Floridians relief without impairing local government services? They're meeting next week to talk options.

Ted Cruz claims without evidence that China is funding U.S. climate lawsuits

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has said China is funding climate lawsuits against American oil and gas companies to weaken the U.S. He hasn't provided evidence to support the claim.

Social video and podcasts are the next frontier for Democrats seeking office

Some political strategists say Democrats are falling behind Republicans in reaching voters in an important way: They're not active enough on platforms like TikTok.

House passes spending bill but shutdown threat still looms

The government appeared to inch closer to a shutdown on Friday after a short-term spending bill cleared by the House was blocked in the Senate amid a broader fight over expiring health care subsidies.

Free speech after Charlie Kirk’s death, Florida and California on immigration

Floridians have come under public pressure for social media posts about the killing of Charlie Kirk (00:00). Then, we checked in with Samantha Putterman with PolitiFact to talk about the role that the FCC has in governing speech in broadcasts (15:02). And later, we partnered up with our colleagues at KQED in San Francisco to talk about how California and Florida have responded to the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics (19:30); NPR’s immigration correspondent Jasmine Garsd also joined the conversation.

Corporate America's week of political retreats

Companies have been firing employees and cracking down on reactions to Charlie Kirk's assassination, in what business and legal experts call a "pretty bad" time for free speech.

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