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How have prices changed in a year? NPR checked 114 items at Walmart

We found the effects of tariffs and extreme weather, relief (finally!) in the egg cooler, plus one case of shrinkflation.

Gulnara Dariiga, 38, drives a truck piled high with coal as she waits to cross the border. A mining boom in the Gobi Desert is fueling cross-border trade between Mongolia and China, with millions of tons of coal, copper and precious minerals moving by the truckload every year.

Mongolia's Long Road To Mining Wealth

Mongolia is undergoing a dramatic transformation from a pastoral society to one whose economy is based on mining, especially copper and coal. With the change has come opportunity — and loss.

The sun illuminates a row of homes at Park Plaza Cooperative in Fridley, Minn. Five years ago, the residents formed a nonprofit co-op and bought their entire neighborhood from the company that owned it.

When Residents Take Ownership, A Mobile Home Community Thrives

A neighborhood in Minnesota is proving that there's a potential solution to run-down mobile home parks: The residents banded together democratically and purchased their community.

Buildings were destroyed in a massive fire during the Tulsa Race Massacre when a white mob attacked the Greenwood neighborhood, a prosperous Black community in Tulsa, Okla., in 1921. Eyewitnesses recalled the specter of men carrying torches through the streets to set fire to homes and businesses.

A Century After The Race Massacre, Tulsa Confronts Its Bloody Past

Survivors and their descendants say facing the truth about the Tulsa Race Massacre is essential in the nation's struggle to confront racial injustice and violence against Black people.

Hani Almadhoun, a Palestinian-American, poses for a portrait at his home in Virginia on June 26.

A Palestinian American raises more than $1 million to feed his family and others in Gaza

U.S. Palestinians are helping their families evacuate, rebuild, and buy basics like food.

Evacuation Order for DMR

Saturday April 28 @ 7:15 PM: Stewart Billingsley, the Fire Marshall of Jeff Davis County and Judge George Grubb, the County Judge, have ordered an…

Marfa Airport Receives $800,000 From State

The Marfa Municipal Airport has been awarded about $800,000 from the Texas Department of Transportation, TxDOT said Thursday. The funds were approved at a…

Former Presidio County Official Carlos Nieto Pleads Guilty

A former Presidio official pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal bribery-related charges. Carlos Nieto, a former special projects coordinator with the City of…

Checking Up on Federal Promises on Katrina

One year ago, President Bush made a speech from Jackson Square in New Orleans immediately after Hurricane Katrina. In it, he made several promises to area residents. NPR White House correspondent David Greene reviews how the process has worked.

Ben Carson Says A Screening Mechanism Needed To Resettle Syrians

"This is a splendid opportunity for the global jihadists to infiltrate," the Republican presidential candidate told NPR's Scott Simon. He also talked about health care and Ferguson, Mo.

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