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There are names for people responsible for firing other people. They're called "hatchet men" or "corporate executioners." Many companies hire people like firing consultant Howard McCain. McCain spends his days helping companies carry out the firing of employees. He says there is an art to dismissing someone.

NPR's Emily Feng speaks with Molly Farrell from The Ohio State University on why Ben Franklin included instructions for at-home abortions in his reference book, The American Instructor.

Environmental dangers, including wildfires and groundwater poisoning, ended the Rushmore pyrotechnics a decade ago. Now they're back, defying a pandemic and protests.

"We women are the land guardians and keepers," says Theonila Roka Matbob of Papua New Guinea, recognized for her efforts to repair the environmental and social harms caused by a copper and gold mine.

Local pastor Kenneth Lock, who’s also the only head chaplain/team barber in the NBA, talks about what he’s learned from faith, barbering and basketball during these times.

The former model/actress is nominated for an Emmy Award for hosting Top Chef. Her new show, Taste the Nation, explores immigrant cooking. Originally broadcast July 6, 2020.

Juneteenth Day on Sunday, June 19, 2022, commemorates the freeing of the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, 157 years ago. Milwaukee will kick off its 51st year celebrating.

As music director Steve Brown curates and selects the classics you hear during our daytime music programing.

Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

Belafonte starred in films and helped popularize calypso music in the U.S. in the 1950s. In the '60s he became a civil rights activist. He died April 25. Originally broadcast in 1993.