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<strong>San Jose de Gracia, Mexico — July 30, 2021:</strong> San Jose de Gracia is nestled in the middle of the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico. The community claims that it was founded 200 years ago but today only 12 members are living there. While water first brought the settlement, the rainy season has shifted. This left the community without a waterfall going into the canyon.

Songs and Pictures For Climate Change: A Playlist for the Planet

As the 2021 U.N. Climate Change Summit winds down, NPR's Picture Show looks at work by photographers that highlight climate change.

Capitol Insider EXTRA: Talking Education With Joy Hofmeister

In this episode of Capitol Insider KGOU's Dick Pryor and eCapitol's Shawn Ashley speak with Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister, who…

What more can be done to save the Lesser Prairie-Chicken?

In the prairie grasslands of northwestern Oklahoma, the Lesser Prairie-Chicken is in a fight for survival against development interests of energy industries.

What Inspired Singer JD McPherson's Christmas Album

NPR's Scott Simon talks to McPherson about "Socks," his new holiday album of original songs.

Firearms are exhibited at the annual NRA convention in Dallas this past May. RJ Young's book <em>Let It Bang</em> examines the NRA's relationship with race through his personal, unexpected interest in guns.

The 'Young Black Man' Who Reluctantly Became An NRA-Certified Instructor

RJ Young developed an interest in guns in order to bond with his white father-in-law. The experience is chronicled is his new book, Let It Bang.

Capitol Insider: Mental Health Commissioner Terri White Says ‘We're Talking About Life And Death’

The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services announced it will be forced to cut half of its services if lawmakers don’t fix the…

Assignment: Radio March 29th, 2015

Sexual assault awareness month is just a few days away. Assignment: Radio’s Lydia Theban, Pamela Ortega, ECU’s Lisa Laxton and I found out that sexual…

Tulsa Race Massacre: Ramifications of what happened in 1921 can still be seen today

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Victor Luckerson, author of Built from the Fire, and Oklahoma state Rep. Regina Goodwin, about the lasting effects of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

Reproductive rights activists demonstrated in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Monday.

Abortion bans still leave a 'gray area' for doctors after Idaho Supreme Court case

The decision on abortion that the Supreme Court handed down Thursday was narrow. But confusion for doctors in abortion ban states about how to deal with pregnancy emergencies remains widespread.

For survivors of disasters, a new way to start healing the trauma

From Altadena to Asheville, people devastated by recent disasters encountered helpers trained in Psychological First Aid. Like CPR, anybody can learn it.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during the third night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

Donald Trump Will Headline GOP Convention's Final Night

Donald Trump caps a chaotic Republican National Convention on Thursday night. Other speakers include his daughter Ivanka and tech giant Peter Thiel.

An aerial photo shows a crater and the remains of a fertilizer plant destroyed by an explosion in West, Texas, one day after the blast.

Deadly Texas Fertilizer Plant Fire Was Intentionally Set, Authorities Say

Federal and state investigators said the fire that caused a massive explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant in 2013, killing 15 people, was a criminal act.

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