WASHINGTON – Sometimes your heart knows the answer to a question before your brain does. On the eve...
Aug 31, 2020
Episode 6: The Barbers on Chicago’s South Side
Editor’s note: The reporting and recordings of barbershops in Chicago for this “On the Ground,” were conducted last...
Aug 28, 2020
The American community organizer wanted for arrest by China
WASHINGTON — On the morning of July 31, Samuel Chu, a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and community organizer,...
Aug 27, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN HARRISBURG, PA
Undocumented in Pennsylvania: An immigration activist stays defiant despite mounting challenges
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Looking out onto the Susquehanna River earlier this month, Stephanie Nuñez sat under grey skies...
Aug 27, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN HONOLULU, HI
Why this Navy veteran is fighting the Marine Corps over a beach in Hawaii
HONOLULU — Navy veteran Mike Plowman, 55, surfs nearly every morning. His home looks out on the vast...
Aug 26, 2020
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Aug 25, 2020
Climbing the wall: Lessons from the investigation into a Qatari prince
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Aug 25, 2020
ON THE GROUND ON THE ONEIDA NATION
Land is life: The Oneida Nation reclaims its identity
Updated on Oct. 5, 2020 ONEIDA NATION, Wis. – For many American Indians, land is more than just...
Aug 21, 2020
These secretaries of state are fighting to keep elections free and fair
WASHINGTON — Although they are rarely in the spotlight, secretaries of state serve as the gatekeepers of free...
Aug 20, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN RAPID CITY, SD
‘I felt like I was being ridiculed’: How Native Americans felt about the Washington football team’s name
Updated on Oct. 5, 2020 RAPID CITY, S.D. — It was January 1988, not long after Robert Walter...
Aug 20, 2020
For this Selma native, the legacy of the 19th Amendment continues in fight against voter suppression
Twenty-two years ago, LaTosha Brown ran for State Board of Education in Alabama. Throughout the campaign, the Selma...
Aug 19, 2020
