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Gunmen opened fire at the end of a protest in downtown Dallas, shooting 12 police officers, five of them fatally. KERA reporter Stella Chavez and protest organizer Jeff Hood talk with Morning Edition.

Pope Francis called on the world and 1.4 billion Catholics to confront climate change. He brought attention to the issue but it's not clear he changed many minds.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with the team from the WWNO/WRKF podcast Sea Change about their reporting on community responses to climate-driven coastal erosion in Alaska and Louisiana.

National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11. To celebrate and honor LGBTQ+ people who have come out and those who want to, NPR readers share how they told their loved ones.

Many Americans say they don't want to vote for either President Biden or former President Trump this year. NPR wanted to learn more about these voters and what issues motivate them.

President Biden’s latest executive actions on immigration seek to secure the southern border and help some immigrant families already here. These shifts in policy reflect recent shifts in politics.

The proposal would cut off rental subsidies after two years for able-bodied adults. Advocates warn if enacted, the White House plan would tip many low-income renters over the edge into homelessness.

In the 1950s, 20 percent of marriages in the U.S. were interfaith unions. By the first decade of the 21st century, the rate increased to 45 percent. While the decision is common, it comes with a unique set of challenges. In Til Faith Do Us Part, Naomi Schaefer Riley explains the risks and benefits.

At least 12 people are dead after a gunman walked into a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. For more on the shooting, Steve Inkseep talks to Howard Pankratz, a veteran reporter with the Denver Post. He covered the mass shooting at Columbine High School in 1999.

Last January, an apparent act of maritime bravado went terribly wrong a few yards from the shore of a Tuscan island. The mega-cruise ship Costa Concordia still lies on its side off the shore, a massive reminder of a tragedy that's altering the island's economy and environment.