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Nothing, Not Even Recovery, Moves Quickly In New Orleans

Ten years after hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, former NPR correspondent Gwen Thompkins reports on the struggles of her beloved hometown, New Orleans, to rebuild lives.

Protesters hold a sign Saturday that reads, in Portuguese, "Don't kill our children," in a march against police and gang conflicts that have left residents of the Complexo de Alemao favela in the crossfire.

Rio's Favelas Feel The Peace — And The Pressure — Of Pacification

Before hosting the World Cup, Brazil launched a program to pacify high-crime slums. The project has cut violence in some areas, but in others residents have been caught in the police crossfire.

Fifteen years ago, People's Church in Cincinnati was the First Christian Assembly of God and was 98 percent white. After the riots in 2001, Pastor Chris Beard drafted a new mission statement and said the church would focus on racial reconciliation.

How A Once-White Church Broke Down Racial Barriers

Fifteen years ago, Peoples Church in Cincinnati was called First Christian Assembly of God. After race riots shook the city in 2001, Pastor Chris Beard refocused the church on racial reconciliation.

Battles Over Florida's Political Maps Brew In Federal Courts

The legal arguments about Florida's political maps continue to mushroom.While the Florida Supreme Court and the Legislature grapple with how congressional…

A lone climber stands on the Summit Ridge at Denali, formerly called Mount McKinley. (Mike Powell/Getty Images)

From Denali To Reagan National Airport: When Places Get Renamed

What goes into the decision to change a location's name? And what happens once the change takes place?

Internet classified advertising giving rise to violent crime.

'Safe Haven' Could Protect Classified Ad Victims

Meeting up with a stranger to deliver goods advertised online is dangerous. That’s the message a Miami Gardens Democrat wants to send with her “safe...

Florida's Supreme Court is deliberating over how to proceed with the state's congressional map.

FL Supremes To Break Redistricting Deadlock

Politicians and activists are taking the fight for Florida’s congressional borders to court. Again. The courts are weighing whether to take over or...

Oliver Sacks was an author, physician and a professor of neurology at the New York University School of Medicine.

Oliver Sacks: A Neurologist At The 'Intersection Of Fact And Fable'

The neurologist, who died Sunday, saw "infinitely moving, dramatic, romantic situations" during his decades studying the human brain. Fresh Air remembers Sacks with two interviews from 1985 and 2012.

St. Johns Tax Collector Set To Renew Weapons Permits

The St. Johns County Tax Collector’s Office is now performing weapons-permits renewals.St. Johns tax collectors were among the first in the state to take…

Dr. David Burkons holds the licensing certificates that allowed him to open a clinic that provides medical and surgical abortions. It took about 18 extra months of inspections, he says, to get the approval to offer surgical abortions.

Bucking Trend, Ohio Doctor Opens Clinic That Provides Abortion Services

Ohio has put many restrictions on abortion. Since 2010, about half the clinics performing the procedure in the state have closed. But Dr. David Burkons sees offering abortion as part of patient care.

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