Katia Riddle
Stories
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Mental Health
New study on teens and screentime finds both quality and quantity are important
The American Psychological Association is out with a study on how much time teens spend watching videos and what parents need to watch out for. Quality and quantity are both important.
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Arts & Life
How a 'cohousing' community fights loneliness and helps parents
Parents get childcare help from peers and elders in this multigenerational community in Portland, Ore. It looks like an apartment complex, but shared spaces, meals and committees make it much more.
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National
Trump would like to bring back mental institutions, but experts are skeptical
Permanent tent cities are another idea Trump has for dealing with people who are unhoused. Sequestering people with mental illness or substance abuse in one place has been tried, an expert says, and "it turns into hell on earth."
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Politics
Trump's plan for people struggling with mental illness, addiction and homelessness
Trump wants to return to the use of mental institutions and proposes tent cities to deal with people who are unhoused and have mental illness. Experts say it's beyond the scope of federal authority.
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Science
Anxious at the Portland airport? Beni the Llama is here for you, spreading joy
The gentle animals are part of Portland International Airport's effort to counter travel stress with soothing elements from nature.
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Health Care
Medicaid can now pay for care given on sidewalks. It could help mitigate homelessness
Medicaid can now pay for medical and mental health care delivered on the sidewalk. This will transform how care for unhoused people can be given in the states that take advantage of the policy change.
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'What If We Get It Right?': Experts talk about addressing climate crisis in new book
NPR’s Ari Shapiro speaks with Ayana Elizabeth Johnson about her new book, What If We Get It Right?: Visons of Climate Futures.
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Politics
What does a busy president want to eat? This White House chef has the answer
You know that old line, "Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are"? If that's true, then Cristeta Comerford knows the last five presidents of the United States better than almost anyone.
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Arts & Life
Cristeta Comerford reflects on cooking for five presidents as White House chef
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Cristeta Comerford about retiring after nearly 30 years at White House chef. She was the first woman and first person of color to hold the White House kitchen's top job.
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History
A secret chamber has been discovered in the Smithsonian
A 30-foot-deep chamber was recently uncovered under the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Construction crews found the cistern as part of an effort to revitalize part of the historic building.
