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When the gold rush town of Jacksonville, Ore., attracted thousands of miners in 1852, two men started a lucrative pack train business to bring supplies to…

While the creators of a a new opera about Emmett Till hope it will inspire white people to confront racism, others worry it depicts Black trauma for white entertainment while masquerading as activism.

The Biden administration scrambles to respond as new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show overdose deaths surged to more than 100,000 fatalities.

Police in Ottawa say they have made progress in clearing out truckers who have paralyzed Ottawa for three weeks in a protest against the country's COVID-19 restrictions.

At the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, hockey player Taffy Abel became the first Indigenous athlete to carry the flag at the Olympics — and, days later, to medal.

Many of the beautiful hills and rivers in Oregon have devilish names, among them “Hellgate Canyon” on the Rogue River and the “Devil’s Backbone” at Crater…

NPR has been tracking every criminal case related to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. One year after the riot, here are some of the key patterns that have emerged from the cases.

From talking about history to volunteering in your community, here's how to get your kids thinking about what it means to be a good citizen.

Some early schools in Siskiyou County were rebuilt and abandoned multiple times, but continue to serve present-day students. The Vineland School District,…

A Forest Service employee who wrote about his work in the 1950s, Gordon Jesse Walker, tells this story about a stray bullet:A logger who had been blasting…