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Animal Friends
Dog breeds get stereotypes. There’s the well-heeled, intelligent border collie or the good-natured, but not-so-bright golden retriever. Jennifer Holl…
2 years, 1 month ago
Seeking Asylum
Immigrant incarceration has a long history in the US - starting with the Chinese Exclusion Acts of 1882. Brianna Nofil says it’s part of a system of …
2 years, 1 month ago
Woman Enough
The International Olympic Committee has never required men to prove that they are men. But from nude inspections to DNA swabs, women have had to prov…
2 years, 1 month ago
REPLAY: HBCU Renaissance
HBCUs rose from the ashes of slavery and have been educating Black students for generations. Cheryl Mango says HBCUs are currently experiencing a ren…
2 years, 2 months ago
Drugging France
In the 19th century, French doctors were finally on the cusp of treating pain. It was a new horizon in the history of medicine. Sara Black says they …
2 years, 2 months ago
Taking Care of Moms
Before the covid-19 pandemic, there were clearly cracks in the healthcare system for maternity and postpartum care. But during the pandemic, those cr…
2 years, 2 months ago
Presenting: Crosswinds
Hampton Roads is home to the largest coal export operation in the United States. Crosswinds, a podcast from the University of Virginia’s Repair Lab, …
2 years, 2 months ago
United We Stand: In Our Words
Teenagers have long turned to books for a guide on how to live, but for kids of immigrant parents, those guides can be particularly important. Addie …
2 years, 3 months ago
Mapping Climate History
Last year, thick smoke from Canadian wildfires wafted down and blanketed a broad swath of the East Coast - from New York to North Carolina. The wildf…
2 years, 3 months ago
New Brownies
In the midst of the Harlem Renaissance, W.E.B. DuBois wanted children to have something to read. Something that was speaking to them. So he started T…
2 years, 3 months ago