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Tens of millions of Americans are forced to live with wildfire smoke now every year. New research shows that it's more invasive than previously thought, infiltrating homes, schools and offices.

For almost two decades, the U.S. tried but failed to stop the opium trade in Afghanistan, a source of income for the Taliban. NPR's Michel Martin learns more from the CATO Institute's Jeffrey Miron.

A video shared on Facebook last year showed an encounter between a white man and a group of Black men. Facebook's recommendation tool then asked users if they wanted to see more videos of "primates."

Joy Banner's family took shelter in a house on a plantation their ancestors helped build. "They were not able to have this kind of house for their own protection when a hurricane hit them," she says.

The delta variant is pummeling America's hospitals, taxing an already-depleted health care workforce. Once again, some states are facing the prospect of rationing medical care.

FX's limited series Impeachment: American Crime Story refocuses the story — once largely controlled by male journalists, politicians, comedians and activists — on Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Chief August Creppel about the extensive damage caused to the Houma Nation by Hurricane Ida.

One of Afghanistan's neighbors, Pakistan, has been watching the Taliban's return to power with particular interest and concern.

Extreme weather fueled by climate change is straining the financial and human resources of emergency agencies and first responders, especially wildland firefighters across much of the West.

Listener Andrew Arriaga of Portland, Oregon plays the puzzle with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.