An environmental group in France is suing the city of Paris for failing to properly warn and inform residents about the risk of lead contamination from the devastating fire in the Notre Dame Cathedral back in April. Robin Young speaks with Jacky Bonnemains, director of Robin des Bois, about the group's concerns. Also, host Jeremy Hobson talks to Ophelia Watahomigie-Corliss, a Havasupai Tribal Councilwoman, about the tribe, which lives below the rim of the Grand Canyon.

More than 150 flights were cancelled at Hong Kong's international airport on Monday as thousands of protesters crammed into the terminal. We check in with NPR international correspondent Anthony Kuhn for the latest. And, nearly 80 million Americans carry medical debt, so two former collection agency executives started a charity to buy and forgive that debt. That and more, in hour two of Here & Now's August 12, 2019 full broadcast.

Accused child molester and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's death will not end the legal probe into his actions and his associates. The spotlight has now shifted to the people who may have helped Epstein recruit young women, and also to others to whom he had personal and professional connections. Here & Now's Robin Young talks to Wall Street Journal reporter Nicole Hong. Also, we talk to cultural anthropologist Angela Stuesse about how poultry workers went from being mostly white women in the 1950s to Hispanic immigrants today.

The new tax law created Opportunity Zones to encourage investment in poor neighborhoods. Noah Buhayar of Bloomberg News reports they may ultimately do more to enrich developers and fuel gentrification than help the communities they were intended to. Also, the Iowa State Fair is a required stop for the Democratic presidential candidates who want to win over voters ahead of the Iowa caucus in February. We speak with NPR's Scott Detrow about Joe Biden's visit on Thursday and who else will be there this week.

Authorities are investigating two separate mass shootings in Gilroy, California, and El Paso, Texas, as possible acts of domestic terrorism. Host Tonya Mosley speaks with Christian Picciolini, founder of the Free Radicals Project and author of the forthcoming book, "Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism," about why young white men join white supremacy groups. Also, Uber announced its largest quarterly loss ever. It's partly because of increasing global competition from regions such as Latin America.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee is one of more than 20 Democrats vying for the chance to face President Trump in the general election next year. He has been focusing his campaign on climate change. Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Inslee about the recent mass shootings and his clean energy plan. Also, Seamus Blackley, the man who invented the Xbox, is also a self-described amateur Egyptologist and bread maker. This week, he baked a loaf of bread using what he believes is 4,500-year-old yeast from ancient Egyptian pottery.

Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba of Jackson, Mississippi, joins Here & Now's Robin Young to discuss the fallout from Wednesday's immigration raids around the city. Also, for many veterans, coming home from war is more difficult than what they experienced on the battlefield. The hardest step for some veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder is admitting they need help. Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with two veterans who have been on that journey.

On Saturday, Ben McGuire was raising money at Walmart in El Paso for a soccer team he helps coach when the mass shooting there happened. Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with McGuire about the shooting. Also, Air France is the latest carrier to announce it will stop flying the Airbus A380. Airbus announced early this year that it would end production of the aircraft. We speak with Here & Now's transportation analyst Seth Kaplan.

Trump is visiting families and survivors in El Paso and Dayton Wednesday. Meanwhile, disturbing new details are emerging about the 24-year-old Dayton shooter. Friends and acquaintances describe the shooter as having a decade-long obsession with violence, guns, and death. Dayton Daily News reporter Will Garbe speaks with us. Also, three people were killed on a beach in Encinitas, California, this month. A slab of sandstone broke free from a cliff and crushed them. The state has long dealt with beach erosion and coastal landslides, but climate change could make ...

Neil Pasricha, author of "The Happiness Equation," explains why he thinks retirement isn't such a great concept. And, Toni Morrison has died at 88. Jeremy Hobson talks with NPR arts Correspondent Lynn Neary about the author's life and work. That and more, in hour two of Here & Now's August 6, 2019 full broadcast.