Search results for

NPR producer Art Silverman uncovers New Jersey's filthy situation: the Passaic River. U.S. manufacturing was jump-started along its banks. Now the river is so toxic, part of it is a superfund site, and much of the rest is, as one writer puts it, "a toilet."

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a government offensive after accusing the Tigray People's Liberation Front of attacking Ethiopia's military. There are fears the conflict may escalate into civil war.

Voters will go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president. But some of the most popular candidates won't be on the ballot.

People with intellectual disabilities are the victims of sexual assault at a rate seven times higher than those without disabilities. But this epidemic receives little attention.

Limited national data suggest teachers are plentiful, but many districts that serve some of the most vulnerable students would beg to differ.

Lee County Economic Development Director John Talmage spoke at a recent real estate gathering and shared how much Hurricane Ian affected Lee County's growth pace.

71-year-old Martha Bireda speaks with her son, 43-year-old Jaha Cummings, in this week’s StoryCorps of southwest Florida about their ancestry and their…

James and Rachel Bass of Cape Coral talk about their interracial marriage, moving to Florida, James's fears as a black man in a mostly white community,…

Fifty-three-year-old Mark Riccio talks to his friend, Erica Lynne in this week’s StoryCorps of southwest Florida about having Williams Syndrome and his…

Alberita Johnson grew up in Queens, New York where she was bussed to white schools and says she experienced racial violence in the 1970’s. At the Story…