SAN FRANCISCO — In 2006, amid the typical post-New Year’s frenzy at Pier 39 — kids spinning on...
Oct 08, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN SILICON VALLEY, CA
ON THE GROUND IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA
In San Francisco, voters to decide if noncitizens can serve on city boards
ON THE GROUND IN ANNAPOLIS, MD
COVID-19 restrictions send mental health ripples through Naval Academy
ANNAPOLIS — The latest blow to the morale at the Naval Academy came by email. This year, as...
Oct 07, 2020
ON THE GROUND WITH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Helping people in jail exercise their right to vote in North Carolina
This dispatch is part of a series in collaboration with PBS American Experience that explores the expansion of voting...
Oct 01, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN FRESNO, CA
Should cops be in schools? Police reforms divide a community in California.
FRESNO, Calif. — At 9 p.m. in late August the Fresno Police Reform Commission was four hours into...
Oct 01, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN BALTIMORE, MD
Born with a ‘target on his back’: A Black mother confronts a grim reality
BALTIMORE – Catina Smith thought she knew exactly what to expect from her third pregnancy. The Baltimore native...
Sep 29, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN SACRAMENTO, CA
In California, new effort launched to teach dark history of anti-Chinese bigotry
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When he went to the annual Sacramento Archives Crawl in October, Diego Leibman didn’t expect...
Sep 24, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN MODESTO, CA
Why this 14-year-old California girl is the changing face of the Golden State
MODESTO, Calif. – Alani Magaña looks, acts and talks like a typical Stanislaus County 14-year-old because she is...
Sep 23, 2020
ON THE GROUND WITH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
‘Washed away by the majority’: Inside Texas attorneys’ long fight for Latino voting rights
This dispatch is part of a series in collaboration with PBS American Experience that explores the expansion of voting rights...
Sep 21, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN WICHITA, KS
Vulnerable Kansas bird populations are a canary in a coal mine for climate change
WICHITA — It has been five months since Virginia Soyez died on a Monday in March, but every...
Sep 17, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN CAMARILLO, CA
Turning the page: Ventura County students call for reading list diversity
CAMARILLO, Calif. – Civil unrest in June following George Floyd’s death catalyzed young adults in Ventura County high...
Sep 15, 2020
