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A look at major indicators suggests that while African-Americans lag behind the rest of the country in many key areas, they've also experienced steady economic and socioeconomic gains.

With a close race, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump enter Monday night's presidential debate in Hempstead, N.Y., with the course of the campaign on the line.

Donald Trump's outreach to African-Americans can't erase his and the GOP's support for tactics that disenfranchise or discourage black voters, writes Mary Curtis in this commentary.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to John Lettieri, co-founder of the Economic Innovation Group, about a report on how the post-recession, recovery boom is leaving behind poor areas. As a result, the wealth and well-being gap is widening further.

The goal is to reduce the city's death toll from heroin. But it would be breaking various laws unless Ithaca gets a pass from the governor and federal authorities.

Farm workers in California are facing the double health threat of working during the coronavirus pandemic and fire season. Wildfire smoke often makes the air quality dangerous for harvesting produce.

This was the first full week of the year that Cleveland’s Highland Park Golf Course has been open to the public. The city had been scrambling to get it up and running. The Cleveland-owned property in Highland Hills is a mainstay of Northeast Ohio golf, but it’s been a financial drain, too. At the end of June, the golf carts at Highland Park were roped off together near the entrance. A sign in red letters warned visitors that the course was closed.

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's new series, "Who is America?", premiered on Showtime Sunday. In his trademark way, he uses outrageous characters to provoke outrageous reactions.

The trial against drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo' Guzman continues in federal court in Brooklyn, N.Y. David Greene talks to Keegan Hamilton of VICE News, who has been following the trial.

The 18-year-old fled her family and was detained in Thailand en route to Australia. Australia's Department of Home Affairs says her application for a humanitarian visa will be "carefully considered."