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Poet Tahir Hamut Izgil left the Chinese region of Xinjiang amid a government crackdown on the Uyghur people. He writes about that in his book, Waiting to be Arrested at Night.

Members of the mid-Columbia River tribes set off on an annual intertribal canoe journey after a three-year hiatus due to COVID. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on July 28, 2023.)

A recent community meeting in the city of Bend, was disrupted by racist and homophobic slurs from critics of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Critics of the Hong Kong protests, including other Hong Kong residents, say protesters are destroying the city. Protesters say they're destroying Hong Kong to save it.

For more than a decade, there's been efforts to create more inclusive playgrounds. There are about 1,100 such playgrounds across the country and a small Ohio town had now added another.

Some urban teenagers don't get the chance to explore the wilderness. The Timbuctoo Institute, a summer program in New York State, gives city teens a chance to do just that.

California's record drought is officially over. But trees are still dying across the state because they were so badly weakened by years without water.

The coronavirus shutdown is straining a foster care system in West Virginia. Home visits have shifted to online check-ins, and referrals have plummeted as schools are now closed.

A decades-long debate at the heart of Taiwan's identity and history is roiling once again: whether to remove hundreds of statues of former authoritarian leader Chiang Kai-shek.

California suffered devastating wildfires in 2018. But cities and counties are still allowing subdivisions to stretch out into the suburban edges with the highest risks of wildfire.