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Although Black residents own 14.02% of homes in the metro area, the rate of ownership falls short of other cities when you consider that 21.32% of the population is Black, a new study found.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that closely resembles a Mississippi law under review by the U.S. Supreme Court, which could scale back or overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision.

California's first-in-the-nation Reparations Task Force is determining exactly how Black residents have been harmed by the legacy of slavery. The two-day event begins Wednesday.

Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov has written a Latin American Passion, according to Saint Mark. The Passion tells the story of Christ's betrayal, death, and ressurection; perhaps the best-known Passions are those by Johann Sebastian Bach. Our music critic Tom Manoff says Golijov's achievement is remarkable, a musical drama set in a New World for a new time. It's a mixture of traditions — Spanish, Latin, and Aramaic words are set to a music that draws on Latin American folk music, African drumming, flamenco and Gregorian-like chant melodies. • Listen to Fred Child's interview with Osvaldo Golijov for Performance Today, April 8, 2002.

The nation of Gabon, which contains some of the most pristine tropical rainforests on Earth, is devoting 10 percent of its land to a system of national parks. The unprecedented plan sets a new standard in African conservation. NPR's John Nielsen reports for All Things Considered.

NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks with Marc Morial, the National Urban League's president and CEO, about the civil rights organization's semi-annual State of Black America Report.

The move restores regulations guiding environmental reviews of big projects such as highways and pipelines that were scaled back by the Trump administration in a bid to fast-track the projects.

The House is expected to give final approval Thursday to a congressional map that creates more Republican-leaning districts.

We examine criminal justice reform and drug sentencing. Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered federal prosecutors to impose the most serious charges for drug offenses.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the Rev. Howard-John Wesley of the historic Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va., about his sabbatical, which coincided with the beginning of the pandemic.