Under Pressure
Drop everything, listen to this, and ease your soul.
Thirteenth of March — Part Two
“A shock to the conscience . . .” Three Louisville narcotics officers go on the raid they will never forget.
The cost of success
Jared Kushner, the nation’s First Son-in-law and Senior Advisor to the President, made waves yesterday with a comment about Americans’ sense of success. On today’s “Marketplace Morning Report”, David Brancaccio spoke to Fenaba Addo, a consumer science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about the current state of student debt economics, and who’s shouldering the load in pursuit of the American dream.
Sound Off
Twelve days before Election Day, tonight is the “final” Presidential debate of 2020, though many would argue that there hasn’t been one yet. After the first debate between the Presidential candidates melted down into a puddle of insults, interruptions, low blows, and deflections (maybe you’d prefer to read it) . . .
Thirteenth of March — Part One
The two people who loved her most, Kenneth Walker and Tamika Palmer, recall the life and death of Breonna Taylor.
The Short, Peaceful Life of Embree Eleanor Grammer
When we hear the phrase “late term abortion”, what exactly comes to mind? Probably not a story like this one.
Where do the young Republicans go?
Much of the time, American politics, regardless of party, are framed around the future of America’s children, who don’t get a vote until they turn eighteen (even though some of them will start paying taxes earlier). So why does it seem that the voices of young people, even young adults, aren’t taken seriously?
The Myth of the Rural White Voter
When we hear the phrase “Rural White Voter”, a certain picture comes into our minds of red America. These three Democrats will tell you it isn’t accurate, and it isn’t representative.
. . . and students of the land
As a follow-up to yesterday’s celebration of Indigenous People’s Day, a carry-on into the upcoming Thanksgiving season, and a general thought about the current state of American education, here is an article from the High Country News on the country’s land-grant universities, how they came to exist from a war-torn America, and what they’re doing with some of that land now.
Children of the Land
In honor of Indigenous People’s Day, we explore Beringia, Two Spirits, Code Talkers, Little Bighorn, and modern indigenous America.