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The JPR news team gathers for a roundtable discussion of the top news stories they've been working on this week.

Historian Megan Kate Nelson discusses her book The Westerners and how mythmaking shaped the American West.

Ashland honors Lorraine Hansberry with an OSF revival of A Raisin in the Sun and a new plaque recognizing her legacy as a playwright and activist.

The Justice Department's opinion challenges civil rights protections that have long treated the institutionalization of disabled Americans as a last resort.

Federal officers shot Ricardo Parias eight months ago during an ICE operation to detain him. His lawyer says he is still in pain, highlighting gaps in oversight and care in DHS facilities.

Hundreds of thousands of people have turned to the state’s “insurer of last resort” in recent years as wildfires grow larger and more devastating. The FAIR Plan is reportedly planning to raise its rates an average of 30% this fall.

The proposal from the Oregon Department of Education would ‘shift from enforcing attendance through prescribed sanctions,’ officials explained.

President Trump's beautification project of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has become plagued with a robust algae bloom, despite a $14 million investment and a coating of "American flag blue."

Meet the fourth and fifth grades who are superstars on the Internet: An elementary school chorus from Staten Island known as PS22, where kids learn to be their most authentic selves through singing.

Judy Blume wrote her last book more than a decade ago. At the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, NPR's Scott Simon talked to Blume about her long career and why she doesn't miss writing.