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Fifty years ago a community health clinic first opened its doors as a safe, sympathetic space for countercultural youth. Today its motto is the same: "Health care is a right, not a privilege."

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with Marketplace correspondent Tess Vigeland about the opening day in court in a case challenging Oracle's takeover bid for software company PeopleSoft.

Indonesia is struggling to deliver aid to people who survived an earthquake that killed more than 5,400 people over the weekend. At least 22 countries have pledged to help relief efforts. At the same time, Indonesian authorities continue to watch for the eruption of an active volcano in the area. And six more human cases of bird flu have been reported.

In the weeks leading up to the 20th anniversary of 9/11, NPR set up a phone booth in New York City and invited people to leave voicemails for someone they lost that day. Here's what they had to say.

The bourbon industry in Kentucky faces uncertainty. Steve Inskeep talks to Eric Gregory, president of the Kentucky Distillers' Association, about the impact of tariffs on the state's bourbon.

The dangerously monikered cactus is a source of joy in the Southwest. Albuquerque celebrates with music and yummy opuntia treats.

Milwaukee civil rights pioneer and politician Vel Phillips is now the first African American woman to have a monument on the Wisconsin State Capitol grounds. It’s one step toward making Wisconsin’s public art more representative of its rich, diverse history.

NPR's Emily Feng speaks with Molly Farrell from The Ohio State University on why Ben Franklin included instructions for at-home abortions in his reference book, The American Instructor.

Environmental dangers, including wildfires and groundwater poisoning, ended the Rushmore pyrotechnics a decade ago. Now they're back, defying a pandemic and protests.

"We women are the land guardians and keepers," says Theonila Roka Matbob of Papua New Guinea, recognized for her efforts to repair the environmental and social harms caused by a copper and gold mine.