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New York Legislature Has A Way To Give Congress Trump's Tax Returns

The State Senate and Assembly have approved a bill directing the New York tax department to share income filings with congressional Democrats.
Trump's Trade War Has Everything To Do With The Price Of Tea In Chinatown

Earlier this month, President Trump escalated the trade war with China. The price of everything from goji berries to slippers is being affected.
Behind the Budget Dance Over Public Library Funding

Mayor de Blasio has been generous to libraries. Now he wants to pull back — a little.
New Jersey says Goodbye to Troubled Group Home Company

Last year WNYC exposed numerous counts of abuse and neglect at Bellwether Behavioral Health's New Jersey group homes. The State now says the company has to leave.
New York Vote Nearing on Eliminating Religious Exemption for Vaccines

The State Senate appears ready to make New York the fourth state with no religious exemption for vaccines. But key members of the Assembly are 'vaccine hesitant.'

"Dealing in Dreams" Is a Love Letter to the Bronx

Author Lilliam Rivera grew up in NYCHA housing in the Bronx. In her new young adult novel, her childhood apartment becomes luxury housing, set in a dystopian future.
What Is an Acceptable Amount of Money to Spend on Pillows? feat. Naomi Ekperigin, Wyatt Cenac and Phoebe Robinson

Adulting

Michelle and Jordan plan Naomi Ekperigin’s wedding and Wyatt Cenac’s car gets repossessed. Plus, Phoebe Robinson shares her poetry about a diner.
To Be Young, Conscious and Rap

The Stakes

Hip hop schooled a generation to be unapologetically black and proud, until commercialism changed the rap game.

Phoebe and Michelle Buteau Get Cozy

Sooo Many White Guys

Phoebe interviews Michelle Buteau! Michelle’s launching her new podcast Adulting with WNYC Studios - and it drops today! Plus, they talk about Michelle's latest film, Always Be My Maybe.

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Solving the Facebook Problem at Home and Abroad

On the Media

How regulating Facebook could hurt users abroad.
Scientists Modify Viruses With CRISPR To Create New Weapon Against Superbugs

Morning Edition

Superbugs are bacteria that can beat modern medicine's most powerful drugs. So doctors are racing to find new ways to fight back.
CBS News Places Gayle King Front And Center In Revamp

CBS's Gayle King is having a moment at a time of scandals and ratings struggles at the network. She has emerged with a hefty new contract and a new team as the new CBS This Morning debuted Monday.

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Weekly Music Roundup: Philip Bailey and Lila Downs

Soundcheck

Week of May 13: This week, looking back to the 70s with Philip Bailey of Earth Wind & Fire, Lila Downs, and Doomsquad. Plus Flying Lotus teams up with Anderson .Paak, and more.
#4105: Something Is Happening with Shabaka Hutchings

New Sounds

Recorded in London, meet reed player, composer, and bandleader, Shabaka Hutchings (Sons of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming, and Shabaka and the Ancestors) who will not be limited to "jazz."
Watch: Combo Chimbita Channels the Spirits Via Latinx Psych-Funk

Soundcheck

Hear tropical psych-rock from Combo Chimbita, a quartet based in New York City by way of Colombia. They bring their future-funk-trancey-cumbia dance party to play in-studio.
#4234: New Works By Composers Who Happen to Be Women

New Sounds

Listen to new music by saxophonist/composer Shelley Washington and songs by German composer Alev Lenz, featuring the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Plus works by Kelly Moran and Nicole Lizée.
Watch: Intimate Atmospheric Pop by Helado Negro

Soundcheck

Songwriter and electronic musician Helado Negro makes spacey folky electro-pop that pulses with gentle power. He performs music from his latest, 'This Is How You Smile', in-studio.