Martin Kaste is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk. He covers law enforcement and privacy. He has been focused on police and use of force since before the 2014 protests in Ferguson, and that coverage led to the creation of NPR's Criminal Justice Collaborative.
It isn’t every day that a magazine called The Atlantic gives considerable space to a story from the Pacific — but it will in its January 2025 print issue. The Conversation spoke to author Adrienne LaFrance about why she felt it was important to pen this perspective about political self-determination.
Up until last month, Hawaiʻi was the last state to be free from avian flu. Now there are concerns about how the disease could affect not only our native birds but the Hawaiian monk seals. The Conversation spoke with Michelle Barbieri, who leads NOAA's Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program.