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The #Gold100 celebrates leaders shaping global culture, selected by a coalition of top Asian Pacific organizations and cultural icons. We’re thrilled to see NPR Music’s Executive Director Sonali Mehta and Executive Producer Suraya Mohamed recognized this year!

NPR has received transformative gifts totaling over $100 million to catalyze digital growth and network sustainability. Here's what that means for the future of the NPR Network. (🧵)

These extraordinary investments do not replace the $1 billion lost in federal funding over the past year. If you believe an informed public is the foundation of a healthy democracy, public media needs you.

NPR has received transformative gifts totaling over $100 million to catalyze digital growth and network sustainability. Here's what that means for the future of the NPR Network. (🧵)

After 50 years of delivering exceptional independent journalism, NPR is at a critical juncture. Federal funding has been rescinded, and media consumption has transformed.

You asked, and we listened. Here's how this week's ruling in federal court affects funding for NPR and public media. (🧵)

This ruling, however, does not reinstate the federal funding that was clawed back by Congress in a July 2025 rescission vote, and does not award any additional funding to NPR or public media stations.

You asked, and we listened. Here's how this week's ruling in federal court affects funding for NPR and public media. (🧵)

A federal judge has issued a decisive ruling declaring the key provision of Executive Order 14290, “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media,” unconstitutional. The ruling delivers a resounding victory for the First Amendment, editorial independence, and public media.

This ruling does not reinstate the federal funding that was clawed back by Congress in a July 2025 rescission vote, and does not award any additional funding to NPR or public media stations.

A federal judge has issued a decisive ruling declaring the key provision of Executive Order 14290, “Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media,” unconstitutional. The ruling delivers a resounding victory for the First Amendment, editorial independence, and public media.

We’re going face-to-face with the person of the moment. Today, we’re launching NPR’s Newsmakers — a long-form interview show built on one guest, one award-winning host, and a real conversation.

Whether it’s uncovering the complexity behind a cultural phenomenon or unpacking the fine print of a policy, we're exploring how the people behind the headlines are shaping the culture.

We’re going face-to-face with the person of the moment. Today, we’re launching NPR’s Newsmakers — a long-form interview show built on one guest, one award-winning host, and a real conversation.

1/ Join us in celebrating the wins and honors from across the NPR Network at last night’s iHeartRadio Podcast Awards! 🎙️❤️‍🔥 #iHeartPodcastAwards [🧵]

4/ 🏆 Hidden Brain won for Best Science Podcast ✨ Throughline’s nomination for Best History Podcast ✨ Up First’s nomination for Best News Podcast ✨ How I Built This by Guy Raz’s nomination for Best Business + Finance Podcast #iHeartPodcastAwards

1/ Join us in celebrating the wins and honors from across the NPR Network at last night’s iHeartRadio Podcast Awards! 🎙️❤️‍🔥 #iHeartPodcastAwards [🧵]

2/ 🏆 All Songs Considered took home the trophy for Best Music Podcast! #iHeartPodcastAwards

Most stories do not begin with a journalist.⁠ ⁠ When a river is drying up,⁠ the first to notice are the people living beside it.⁠ When a new band emerges,⁠ the first to find out is often a neighbor.⁠ When a school loses teachers,⁠ the first to ask why is a parent.⁠ ⁠

Curiosity is core to being human.⁠ It doesn't wait for permission.⁠ It can't be contained.⁠ People notice.⁠ People question.⁠ NPR is there to listen.⁠ To ask more questions.⁠ To take your curiosity further.⁠ And we're not going anywhere.⁠ ⁠

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Why? Because questions like these are at the heart of NPR's mission to create a more informed society. Because your freedom to ask “who?” “how?” and “why?” is at the cornerstone of American democracy. Because it’s a reminder that any attempt to silence curiosity will only inspire more of it.

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As part of a national, multi-platform campaign created in partnership with creative advertising agency Mischief @ No Fixed Address, we’re raising the three-letter questions at the core of all our journalism, and we’re putting them everywhere:

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An update on our legal challenge of Executive Order 14290 NPR has reached a resolution with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to protect public radio distribution and First Amendment rights.

In a November 17 stipulation, both parties agreed that the Executive Order is unconstitutional and that CPB will not implement or enforce it unless ordered by a court. CPB also agreed to disburse previously agreed upon funds to NPR to provide interconnection services to the public radio system.