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More black Americans are moving south, changing the demographics of major metropolitan areas. We look at how these moves are shifting the political landscape.

The Philpotts of Lake Oswego, Ore. have three kids with dyslexia and one with ADHD. For our Learning Curve series, Jenna Philpott explains how wildfires interrupted their first week of remote school.

Firefighters are attempting to rescue hundreds of people trapped in different areas by a massive wildfire in California. The Creek Fire is almost twice as big as it was Monday.

Served more than two decades on bench

As wildfires on the West Coast force people to flee their homes, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Michael Palmer and Sue McAlister of Blue River, Oregon about their dramatic escape.

We remember Charley Pride, one of the first African Americans to become popular as a country artist. Pride died yesterday at the age of 86, of complications from COVID-19.

California is looking at what it has in the toolbox to reduce fire danger and severity, from forest management to zoning and building codes and inspections.

While the Freedom Rides of 1961 are an honored part of the Civil Rights movement, the response of Southern racists is less well-known. The Reverse Freedom Rides sent scores of African Americans north.

Concerts still a question mark