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  • TikTok creator Taryn Delanie Smith plays Denise, a character who's helping the internet cope with grief and abstract questions about the afterlife.
    Heaven has a bathrobe-clad receptionist named Denise. She's helping TikTok grieve
    Taryn Smith, a 26-year-old TikToker, was in the shower when she had a funny thought: What if she died in a chicken suit? What happened next represents the way we use social media to mourn.
  • Turbines from the Roth Rock wind farm spin on the spine of Backbone Mountain near Oakland, Md., on August 23. The International Energy Agency says renewable energy projects are getting a boost of investment from governments around the world.
    An influential energy group sees reason for climate optimism
    For the first time, the International Energy Agency projects that demand for fossil fuels will soon peak. It's nowhere close to the speed the world needs to stop climate change - but it's a big step.
  • Radio Axiom Session 39: Rabbitlight, John Jolley, Triokastra
    From San Diego weekend arts preview (KPBS feature): Cross-border duo Rabbitlight have released a string of singles lately, with another on the way in a matter of weeks. San Diego arts insiders may know instrumentalist Francisco Eme as the Front Arte & Cultura gallery director, and Rabbitlight is rounded out by Monica Camacho (who also goes by the moniker Lucy Libre) on vocals. Standouts from their recent releases include a beautiful video for the single "In Flames," beautifully illustrated and animated by San Diego artist Avia Rose Ramm. They also just put out a live, 360 degree video for their track "Waiting for You," which you can watch here. Rabbitlight will perform a livestreamed set through Radio Axiom, a project helmed by Xavier Vasquez. Recently, Radio Axiom has been streaming live sets from regional bands, then taping them for a future release. Each performance includes several performers, a host and DJs in between sets. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS Event details and links: Radio Axiom Presents: Session 39 Feb. 19, 2022 at 8 p.m. An intimate live video-streaming audio-visual experience How to tune in: On Twitch On Instagram On Facebook Featuring: Rabbitlight (SD) Rabbitlight on Facebook Rabbitlight on Bandcamp John Jolley (SD) John Jolley on Bandcamp Triokastra (SD) Nathan Hubbard Nathan Hubbard on Bandcamp Curtis Glatter Curtis Glatter on Bandcamp Guest DJ, between sets: John Jolley (SD) Host: Xavier Vasquez
  • Members of the Amazon Labor Union and others protest outside the New York Times DealBook Summit on Nov. 30, 2022, as Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is scheduled to speak.
    Labor's labors lost? A year after stunning victory at Amazon, unions are stalled
    Labor organizing surged last year, led by Amazon and Starbucks. A Gallup poll found 71% of Americans approve of unions. Yet only 10% of workers belong to a union, as employers continue to fight back.
  • Do you have student debt, but no degree? Are you in default? Tell us
    Lots of people have student loans, but not all debt is created equal. NPR wants to hear how your student loan debt has affected you.
  • Tyler Childers will release a new album, <em>Rustin' in the Rain, </em>on Sept. 8. The video for the record's first single, "In Your Love," depicts a love story between two miners. Childers' friend and collaborator, the writer Silas House, says that he wanted to show that stories like this "are part of the story of Appalachia, too. These are human stories, not political stories."
    Tyler Childers is back, and taking chances
    The grassroots country star, whose fan base crosses lines of identity and politics, is releasing a song called "In Your Love," from a new album. Its video tells a queer, Appalachian love story.
  • Power lines silhouetted against a setting sun turned blood-red because of the smoke from Valley Fire in this photo taken Sept. 6, 2020.
    Record power demand could bring rolling blackouts
    This week California’s grid operator predicts unprecedented energy demand due the state’s long-running heat wave.
  • Misoprostol is typically used as part of a two-drug protocol for a medication abortion. But it is also safe and effective when used alone, doctors say.
    Medication abortion is still possible with just one drug. Here's how it works
    A judge's ruling puts access to the abortion drug mifepristone in limbo, pending further court decisions. But there's another drug that is safe and effective at ending early pregnancy.
  • Authorities identified Damien Sanderson, left, and Myles Sanderson, who are presently at large, as suspects in a series of stabbings in two communities in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that left multiple people dead and others wounded.
    One suspect found dead, the other remains at large, following mass stabbing in Canada
    The stabbings took place across 13 locations in the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon in Canada's Saskatchewan province.
  • How a little more silence in children's lives helps them grow
    Studies show too much noise, particularly loud, irregular noise, can hurt a child's brain development, because if sound is irregular, it distracts our brains and makes concentration more difficult.
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