The Bern That Lasts

Despite Bernie Sanders' steep path to nomination, he's already left a lasting mark on Democratic politics. Here's how. That, and a little office research, leads this week's best NPR stories.

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The Lasting Bern Despite the math, Bernie Sanders has already won Bernie's big sweeps last weekend may not have eased his steep path to nomination. But just for one second, let's put those numbers aside: Here's how he's already left an indelible mark on Democratic politics. The math, and the mark he's left Let's Talk About Sex Talk to young women about pleasure. No one else is doing it Girls feel pressure to walk the fine line between appearing "slutty" and "prudish." Lost in that shuffle: their own desires. "Their sexual pleasure is unspoken," says author Peggy Orenstein. Hear some solutions Slouching Toward Success Slackers, like Transformers, may be more than meets the eye We get it. It'd be so satisfying to send that scathing opus of an email you've been composing to chew out your lazy cubicle mate. But hold up a moment: It turns out he might be serving a crucial role — that is, if recent research is to be believed. And this answer involves ants Zika, When Expecting Why one woman's Zika tragedy may help others escape the same fate She came down with Zika while pregnant. The first test showed her fetus was OK. The second battery of tests, however, showed something quite different. But her loss could dramatically change the way doctors search out Zika's effects. What the tests showed In The Eye Of An Outbreak In the heart of America, a tiny brick house — and a raging health crisis On NPR's brand-new podcast, we go inside an opioid epidemic in rural Indiana, where even a nurse shoots up a drug she knows is consuming her. Embedded dives into the big stories of the day by actually going there — wherever the hidden heart of the story may beat. Listen to the podcast

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