Colette Pichon Battle: How Can We Prepare For The Next Hurricane Katrina? Sea level rise will displace millions by 2100 — and the Louisiana bayous, where Colette Pichon Battle lives, may disappear entirely. She describes how we can avert the worst when disaster strikes. NPR/TED Staff
LaToya Ruby Frazier: What Is The Human Cost Of Toxic Water And Environmental Racism? Flint, Michigan is the site of one of the worst ongoing water crises in recent U.S. history. Artist LaToya Ruby Frazier has spent years capturing the stories of life living with toxic water. NPR/TED Staff
Kelsey Leonard: How Did We Lose Our Connection To Water? Kelsey Leonard was taught we are born with a deep connection to water and a duty to protect it. But today, she says, most of us have lost that connection—and the world is suffering because of it. NPR/TED Staff
Long Road To Recovery: Hiring Slows In July, As U.S. Employers Add 1.8 Million Jobs U.S. employers added 1.8 million jobs in July, down from 4.8 million the month before. The unemployment rate inched down to 10.2%. Scott Horsley
Congress Fails To Reach Agreement On New COVID-19 Relief Bill Congress is stalled in the latest round of stimulus talks, as they try to negotiate another round of pandemic relief payments. What are the economic consequences for Americans? Scott Horsley
A Cooking Camp Chef's Recipe For Remote Education: Make It Ambitious Online instruction is hard, right? Well there's a teacher—a chef, actually—who appears to have cracked the code. She says her cooking classes for kids work better now than when they were in person. Ben James
Coronavirus Cases Are Surging. The Contact Tracing Workforce Is Not NPR surveyed all 50 states about their contact tracing work. The workforce has barely grown since mid-June while cases have skyrocketed. Selena Simmons-Duffin
'We're Risking Our Lives': Front-Line Federal Workers Sue For Hazard Pay From correctional officers to TSA employees, federal workers say their jobs are made more dangerous by the coronavirus. Brian Naylor
'All Bark And No Bite': Trump Holds Prescription Drug-Pricing Order In Search Of Deal It's been two weeks since the president signed an executive order to put "America First" on drug prices. But pharmaceutical companies aren't ready to negotiate. Tamara Keith
300,000 Deaths By December? 9 Takeaways Of The Newest COVID-19 Projections What's driving this death toll? Could anything improve the outlook? How reliable are these predictions anyway? We get into the weeds. Nurith Aizenman
