Topic: Attica

Greek authorities are investigating arson as the likely cause of devastating wildfires that swept through the Attica region, killing dozens of people. The fires moved at extreme speeds, reaching 60 kilometers per hour and leaving residents little time to escape to the coast. This disaster follows years of financial and social strain in the country.

Novelist and "Empire" writer Attica Locke appears on NPR to discuss the election as a "backlash" to a Black president. Locke argues that white people could not handle a Black man being "above them" in the national patriarchy. The hosts criticize Locke for her refusal to accept Trump as her president and for her racially charged language regarding "white folks."