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Poet Natalie Diaz speaks with NPR's Shereen Marisol Meraji about being selected for a MacArthur "Genius" Grant. Her work focuses on social justice issues and her Mojave and Latina heritage.

In Oakland, Calif., Chinatown residents have been targeted with robberies and anti-Asian abuse. They decided to fight back with volunteer patrols, and their presence is helping to deter crime.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Iranian American journalist Jason Rezaian, who for a year-and-a-half was held in Iran's Evin prison, which caught on fire Saturday, killing eight people.

Farmers in the U.S. grow nearly 50 million tons of wheat every year. But a lot never reaches people's plates. The Washington State University Breadlab has a straightforward and delicious solution

A review of 2.5 million traffic stops in Nashville finds significant bias against black drivers. Those stops contributed to two fatal shootings by police in two years. City leaders weigh ending them.

The Pentagon released the latest soldier death from Afghanistan and it's another Green Beret. Sgt. 1st Class Michael James Goble was the 20th solider killed in the country this year by hostile fire.

Israel says it will pay about $141,000 to the family of a Palestinian-American man who died of a heart attack while in Israeli custody. The State Department was concerned with this case.

After a deadly white supremacist rally in 2017, once-marginalized voices in Charlottesville, Va., are demanding to be heard by the City Council. That has led to a debate over civility.

NPR speaks with retired Gen. Randy Manner, who was once a top official in the National Guard, about the president's use of the military in American cities.

The U.S. State Department, the United Nations and human rights groups say South Korea's controversial National Security Law chokes freedom of expression.