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The Trump administration says a massive gold and copper mine in Alaska would not pose major environmental harm. Opponents worry about the mine's impact on the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery.

The coronavirus pandemic has hit Texas hard, and it's been a particular problem in the Rio Grande Valley. Hundreds of people have died, and local officials are overwhelmed.

The Department of Homeland Security was created to guard against terrorism in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. But now some government agents are confronting protesters in U.S. cities.

Scientists are trying to determine whether blood serum taken from recovered COVID-19 patients could help prevent the disease in others.

Rep. Don Beyer says his legislation would ban law enforcement from hiding their names and agencies when policing public protests.

Black America today is facing not just one crisis, but a convergence. African Americans have been hit harder by the virus and job losses. And there's systemic racism and discrimination.

The COVID-19 pandemic canceled prom for high school seniors around the country – including a high school in Baltimore, where one photographer decided to take prom portraits anyway.

52 years ago, another Republican ran for the White House on a platform of law and order, but conditions in 2020 for Donald Trump don't line up with Richard Nixon's strategy in 1968.

The looting that followed the George Floyd protests devastated some Chicago neighborhoods and parts of other cities, leaving residents there even more desperate for basic services during the pandemic.

NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro speaks with singer Zeshan Bagewadi about his new album Melismatic, solidarity between communities of color and the link between the sounds of soul and Indo-Pakistani music.