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The largest wildfire in WNC is only 30% contained as of Monday afternoon. Officials are hopeful rain and less wind will help extinguish it.

The United States Constitution set up a system that relied on self-government through democratic elections – theoretically, anyway, rendering violence unnecessary. But getting there included repeated violence, even terrorism, and that ideal has not held up. UNCW Professor David Houpt is with us to explore the role of violence in democracy and whether it's successful.

Smith's debut album ushered in a new era of rock and roll. Critic Ken Tucker reviews the new anniversary edition of Horses, plus we listen back to Terry Gross' 1996 and 2010 interviews with Smith.

BPR staff drove the newly-repaired road which was closed since Hurricane Helene washed parts of the road into the Pigeon River in late September.

Philip G. Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial experiment that was intended to examine the psychological experiences of imprisonment, has died.

Research confirms that it’s not only trans kids, but also gender-expansive kids, at increased risk of suicidal behavior and other risk factors for suicide. So why has this part of the rainbow become an argument to either prove transgender doesn't exist or that gender-expansive must be trans? It's an closer look of the meaning of gender-expansive with UNCW Professor Julie-Ann Scott Pollock.

PROLOGUE STARTS AT NOONMonday, June 10thThe MC Erny GallerySee it on Facebook Live. On Monday, June 10th, at NOON in the MC Erny Gallery, Ben Steelman of…

Lucy McCauley was well into adulthood — married and raising her daughter — when she discovered her white ancestors had enslaved people. A few years later, she learned her great-grandfather, William Berry McKoy, was a key figure in facilitating the violence that led to a coup d'état in Wilmington, North Carolina in November 1898. What's she doing with that knowledge? How do the actions of her forebears inform her own identity?

Gaza, devastated after more than a year of war, still has urgent shortages of food and medicine. Jordan has begun flying helicopters into Gaza with medical supplies. NPR joined one of the flights.

Communities along the three U.S. coastlines are exploring solutions for rising sea levels. They're fortifying, inventing and preparing to move.