AUGUSTA, ME — Rushing through Cony High School’s cafeteria, past the afterschool crowd doing homework or scrolling through...
Feb 26, 2020Maine confronts ‘crumbling infrastructure’ in neighborhood schools
The Snake River, lifeblood of Idaho’s Magic Valley
TWIN FALLS, ID – When I first drove into southern Idaho, I passed over a 500-foot canyon. Below...
Feb 25, 2020Moving home: Church and state converge at Kentucky’s foster care crisis
LEXINGTON, KY -- It was early evening in late August and former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was talking...
Feb 21, 2020In Utah, change is slow following historic election of Native Americans
BLANDING, Utah – I arrived in San Juan County after a historic shift in power. In November 2018,...
Feb 20, 2020Life after prison: Second chances in Detroit
DETROIT, MI — On a Sunday afternoon in summer, Demetrius Knuckles popped open the trunk of his Trailblazer...
Feb 20, 2020Pushing forward: How one reporter took over a 20-year-old investigation
Editor’s note: For this edition of Navigator, we’re proud to share this dispatch from Report for America corps...
Feb 19, 2020Wounds of the past still haunt Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. -- Shortly after relocating to Mississippi last summer, I came face-to-face with the state’s racist past...
Feb 14, 2020Native Hawaiians turn to traditional practices to address health disparities
HONOLULU — Up Highway 93, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu's west coast, the crisp air and crystalline...
Feb 13, 2020The promises and challenges of legal marijuana in Illinois
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. — It was 6:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day and the line was already long. Hoards...
Feb 12, 2020An Afro-Caribbean community in Puerto Rico fights to preserve its identity, and its coastline
IN ENGLISH | EN ESPAÑOL LOÍZA, Puerto Rico — The waves crashed loudly on the collapsed ruins of...
Feb 06, 2020