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Peter Baker walks near the clubhouse at Lake Ivanhoe on Saturday, April 16, 2022.

A small Wisconsin town is honored as the state's first Black-founded community

The Lake Ivanhoe community was envisioned a century ago as the first Black-founded settlement in Wisconsin. A group of residents is working to erect a marker to make sure this history is noted.

When Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast in 2012, Little Ferry, N.J., and other coastal New Jersey communities suffered devastating floods. Now, Little Ferry is one of five communities slated to get a protective berm as part of the New Meadowlands coastal fortification plan. Meanwhile, other New Jersey communities are encouraging people to move away from flood-prone areas.

N.J. Braces For Future Disasters By Fleeing, And Fortifying, The Coast

Federal funds are supporting two different disaster-prevention approaches — coastal retreat, or people leaving flood zones, and coastal defense, or building infrastructure to protect at-risk areas.

What It's Like To Run A Restaurant In The Pandemic

NPR explores the economics of keeping a restaurant in business during the pandemic and why owners are concerned about what the new relief bill will mean to them.

Don't Get Spooked: How To Simplify Daunting Dishes, From Fried Chicken To Soufflé

What foods are you scared to attempt in the kitchen? In honor of Halloween, our resident chef tries to exorcise a few common culinary phobias.

Sixth graders at IDEA Carver answer questions during English class in May 2019. IDEA Carver earned distinctions for being Pandemic Proof and a top performer in the Racial Equity category in CHILDREN AT RISK's 2020 school rankings.

Advocacy Group Releases 'Pandemic Edition' Public School Rankings For San Antonio

Young Women’s Leadership Academy in the San Antonio Independent School District is the 2020 best-ranked high school and middle school in the San Antonio region, according to rankings released Monday by Texas advocacy group CHILDREN AT RISK.Hoffmann Lane Elementary in the Comal Independent School District is the region’s top-ranked elementary school.

A global pandemic is challenging the way strategists are looking at the 2020 congressional elections.

Coronavirus Scrambles 2020 Fight For Congress

Top GOP and Democratic strategists say the global pandemic is shifting the calculations in this November's House and Senate races and could make for an unpredictable year.

The Words The World Turned To In 2018

Peter Sokolowski is a lexicographer at Merriam-Webster. He speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about some of the Words of the Year, based on searches of the website, and the news events behind them.

<p>Demonstrators supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement — and an extension of the millionaires tax in New York — protest in Albany on Oct. 21.</p>

New York Wrestles Over Extending Millionaires Tax

Polls show that New Yorkers favor extending the so-called millionaires tax on the state's top wage earners beyond the end of the year. But Gov. Andrew Cuomo is digging in his heels, saying it encourages some of the state's most affluent citizens to leave.

Sen. Coons Has Questions For FBI's Wray About White Supremacist Threat

NPR's Noel King talks to Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware ahead of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with FBI Director Christopher Wray about the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Elisabeth Moss (right) and Thomas Wright star in Jane Campion's new series <em>Top of the Lake</em>.

Two New TV Dramas Look Below The Surface

Jane Campion directs a new Sundance Channel miniseries, Top of the Lake, about a young New Zealand detective played by Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss. Meanwhile, producers from Lost and Friday Night Lights team up to create a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, called Bates Motel.

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