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As a child, tween or teen, you want to feel like you belong. Lucy Dacus' "VBS" explores this feeling in a particular place —Vacation Bible School, a brand of Christian church camp for kids.

The Christian Coalition today announced a million dollar fund-raising drive to help rebuild Southern black churches that have been targets of arson. So far 36 churches have been damaged or destroyed by suspicious fires in the past 18 months, including two last night in Mississippi. The Coalition's announcement came today at a meeting with black ministers. Some blacks have charged that the Coalition is not sincere in their efforts and are politically grandstanding on the issue. NPR's Kathy Lohr reports.

NPR's David Welna reports that Ecuador's young democracy has survived the political crisis of the past week, but with its weaknesses more exposed. Ecuadorans are proud that the military did not step in and take power when three different people were claiming the presidency. But the crisis also showed that the military remains the final arbiter of power. It was the country's generals who essentially told the congress how to resolve the showdown. The turmoil also demonstrated that the US embassy retains a tremendous amount of political influence.

It's the sound of a block party, a summer celebration with a groove you can't help but move to and lyrics that insist this party will be going on all night.

Coffins decorated by Rhode Island artist Denise Baxter are so distinctive that some people make room for them in their homes before they need them in death.

The mayor of North Providence called a building a health hazard. The owner responded by having a mural painted on the building. It shows the mayor wearing a crown, sitting on his throne: a toilet.

Bob Boilen speaks with All Things Considered music reviewers Will Hermes, Tom Moon and Meredith Ochs about the most anticipated releases for fall 2004.

The rapper reads misogynists and politicians to filth on a powerful protest track about bodily autonomy.

In 1997, singer Faith Evans' husband, rapper Biggie Smalls, was murdered. Now, Evans is out to tell how she dealt with the tragedy and the other challenges in her career. She's documented her tumultuous life in the book, Keep The Faith.

Vibe magazine is merging with Rolling Stone to help bolster its hip-hop coverage to include podcasts, long-form journalism and social media.

Famous for its grain, pork products and black truffles, this region's cuisine exemplifies the cardinal virtues of all Italian cooking: simplicity, tradition and respect for fresh, local ingredients. Food writer Tom Gilbert recalls his time there with recipes for pasta, soup and salad.

From the ashes of bankruptcy, can a rebooted company relive its glory days? Its new general director discusses the past, present and future.

From the first vaccine (for smallpox) the questions have been the same. How do we transport it? Who's next to get it? Why so much hesitancy? The answers can be similar — or dramatically different.

Ed Gordon examines the lack of black Americans in the advertising industry, and how that affects success in marketing to black communities. Gordon talks with Allen Pugh, executive vice-president of the advertising agency Globalhue, and Ken Smikle, founder and president of Target Market News.

President Biden hung on to a signature piece of his predecessor's economic policy: tariffs on imports of Chinese goods. We explore why they've been kept in place, and what it means to U.S. companies.

The fiber craze is pushing more people into the broad world of beans, as the U.S. bean industry looks to double American consumption of pulses by 2030.

Oil analysts who worked in Iraq say Iraqi oil sales had more protections after the U.S. invasion than Venezuelan oil sales today.

The Loft, a party that David Mancuso first threw at his Manhattan home in 1970, seeded a community — and cemented a belief system that continues to reverberate.

After the bombings in Boston, law professor Khaled Beydoun was gripped by the fear that the culprit would be found to be an Arab or Muslim American. Since Sept. 11, 2001, he says this anxiety has become quite familiar in Arab and Muslim communities, and that has transformed the grieving process.

When college basketball teams make it to the NCAA tournament, they say they're "going to the dance." In his new book, sports writer John Feinstein looks at the story of the last dance -- the Final Four. Read an excerpt from Feinstein's Last Dance.