Past Articles by Allison Keyes
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Winfrey Gives Millions To New African-American Museum In D.C. The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is being built on the National Mall, near the Washington Monument. It is set to open in late 2015. |
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Winfrey Gives Millions To New African-American Museum In D.C. The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is being built on the National Mall, near the Washington Monument. It is set to open in late 2015. |
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For Berry Gordy, Broadway Is Memory Lane The legendary music that makes up Broadway's upcoming Motown: The Musical offers audible proof that Berry Gordy's Detroit R&B label is the soundtrack of an American generation. But for Gordy, the new project is just the story of that label as he lived through it. |
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Woof Out The Red Carpet: Westminster Dogs Take New York Many of the canines that have flocked to Manhattan are staying at the Hotel Pennsylvania. And there the pooches are treated like VIPs, very important pooches, that is. From spinach pizza to a doggie concierge, it's a pampered life out there for a show dog. |
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Newtown Residents Join Gun Control Rally In Washington The gun control rally Saturday on the National Mall was organized after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary, where 20 children died. |
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Newtown Residents Join Gun Control Rally In Washington The gun control rally Saturday on the National Mall was organized after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary, where 20 children died. |
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Ill. Considers Licenses For Undocumented Immigrants Bipartisan support in the Illinois Senate helped pass legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants to get driver's licenses. But critics say granting driving rights to people in the country illegally is putting the cart before the horse. |
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Arab-American Voters Lean Toward Obama, But With Less Enthusiasm The community supported President Obama in 2008, and polls show most are doing so this time around. But some of those voters are concerned about the way Obama has handled issues important to Arab-Americans. |
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Millennia Of Stargazing At 'African Cosmos' Exhibit   An ongoing exhibition at the National Museum of African Art asks visitors to consider the connections between art and science - and the ways both disciplines help us explore the why, when and how of our existence. Artifacts in the exhibition show that we've been wondering about the stars for millennia. |
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Hurricane Sandy Roaring Up East Coast Forecasters say Hurricane Sandy is heading northeast on an offshore track parallel to the Southeast coast off the Carolinas. NPR's Allison Keyes updates with some of the preparations people are making for the storm. |
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In Just 'One Small Step' Armstrong Became An Icon Neil Armstrong, who became the first man on the moon, is remembered not just for his historic walk, but also his sense of humor and humility. Fellow astronaut Rusty Schweickart says Armstrong will also be remembered as "a symbol of what humanity can do when it sets its mind to it." |
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USDA Predicts Food Prices To Rise In Drought's Wake The USDA released its latest forecast on retail food prices on Wednesday. The drought is expected to affect prices for corn, and beef and poultry prices are expected to rise as much as 4.5 percent this year, but it's too soon to know exactly how much it will affect consumer's wallets. |
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D.C.'s Black Churches Take Steps In AIDS Fight HIV/AIDs has taken a disproportionate toll on the black community in Washington, D.C. Although the disease still faces a stigma in the faith community, pastors and advocates say things are much better than they were in the past. |
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Green Party Pick Gives Democrats Brunt Of Criticism Massachusetts physician Jill Stein won her party's nomination for president of the United States in Baltimore on Saturday. Stein calls her platform the Green New Deal, and it promises a series of emergency reforms. |
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Sprinter Speeds Toward London, And Olympic Gold American athlete Allyson Felix is still weighing which events she'll focus on in London this summer. She already has two Olympic silver medals plus a relay gold. Now she wants an individual gold. To get it, she'll have to beat her arch-rival: Jamaica's Veronica Campbell Brown. |
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'Three Cups Of Tea' Author To Repay Charity The Montana attorney general's office has reached a settlement with author and philanthropist Greg Mortenson, and his non-profit Central Asia Institute. While a year-long probe found "serious internal problems" in the charity's management, the attorney general says the settlement allows CAI to continue with what he describes as a "worthwhile" mission. |
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Catlett Blazed Trails As An African-American Artist Elizabeth Catlett was one of the most important African-American sculptors of the 20th century and one of the last living links to the Harlem Renaissance. She died Monday at age 96. |
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Taco Bell Aims To Hook Customers On 'Loco' Shell Taco Bell has introduced a new taco with a shell made of Doritos. The "Doritos Locos" taco is an example of the lengths fast-food companies are going to in their efforts to differentiate themselves with customers. |
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How To Properly Dispose Of Sacred Texts The burning of Qurans by the U.S. military in Afghanistan has led to days of rioting by Muslims who say it was a desecration of their holy book and an affront to Islam. Many faiths prescribe specific rituals for disposing of their sacred texts. |
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African-American Museum Breaks Ground In D.C. At the groundbreaking on the National Mall on Wednesday, President Obama said the newest Smithsonian museum has been "a long time coming" and will serve "not just as a record of tragedy, but as a celebration of life." The National Museum of African American History and Culture is expected to open in 2015. |
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African American Museum Breaks Ground In D.C. At the groundbreaking on the National Mall on Wednesday, Obama said the newest Smithsonian museum has been has "a long time coming" will serve "not just as a record of tragedy, but as a celebration of life." The National Museum of African American History and Culture is expected to open in 2015. |
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Contraception: Catholics Split On Insurance Debate The Obama administration has revised a provision of the president's health care law concerning birth control coverage. Now, religious-affiliated organizations may decline to provide the coverage, but allow the employees to get free contraceptives through their health insurer. |
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BLack, Female And An Inspirational Modern Artist In just the last year, 96-year-old sculptor Elizabeth Catlett has had her work featured in exhibitions from Istanbul to Mexico to New York. She broke through barriers of race and gender, yet remains unknown to all but the artists she inspires. |
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This App Was Made For Walking - But Is It Racist? Microsoft now owns the patent to a new GPS feature that helps pedestrians avoid bad weather, difficult terrain and unsafe neighborhoods. Critics are calling it the "avoid ghetto" app, but others say it's just the next step in GPS technology. |
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Volunteers Lay 90K Wreaths At Arlington Cemetery Thousands of wreaths were laid around the world Saturday and at Arlington National Cemetery as part of the 20th anniversary of an effort honoring the nation's veterans for their service. |
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Post Office To Move Forward With Cuts The U.S. Postal Service is expected to announce Monday that it's moving forward with cuts that it says will save billions of dollars and help avoid bankruptcy. |
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Holocaust Database Helps Families Complete Stories  The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and Ancestry.com's World Memory Project allows people to sift online through hundreds of thousands of documents that previously required a painstaking manual search. |
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Families Skeptical As Arlington Tries To Repair Trust After reports revealed mishandling of remains at Arlington National Cemetery, military officials are working to reconcile burial records of the 330,000 people laid to rest there. But two families who questioned the burial of their loved ones say they aren't sure it's possible to regain their trust. |
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Civil War Balloon Brigade Rises Again To help union troops scout during the Civil War, President Lincoln signed off on a plan to create a volunteer balloon brigade. A commemoration at the National Mall honored the event on Saturday, complete with a gas-filled balloon and period dress. Allison Keyes reports. |
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Palin Kick-Starts Bus Tour On Back Of Motorcycle Wearing black from head to toe, the Republicans' 2008 vice presidential nominee stopped at a thousands-strong motorcycle ride from the Pentagon to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Palin, who is considering a White House run, was joined by her family. |
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Horse Racing Gets Squeezed By Gambling's Spread Horse racing is estimated to contribute some $10.6 billion to the U.S. economy each year. But in Maryland, which hosts the Preakness, there are concerns that the industry can't survive - it's been losing millions of dollars a year. |
