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Our Walmart
Christine Labuski and Nick Copeland (Virginia Tech) are the authors of “The World of Walmart: Discounting the American Dream.” They say there is a di…
7 years, 4 months ago
Presenting: Broken Ground
This week we’re debuting a new podcast series called Broken Ground, produced by the Southern Environmental Law Center and hosted by Claudine Ebeid Mc…
7 years, 5 months ago
Voices of Vietnam Episode 4, Part II: Little Saigon
Some of the Vietnam War's most enduring legacies are the Vietnamese communities of America, made up of refugees who arrived en masse after the Fall o…
7 years, 5 months ago
Voices of Vietnam Episode 4, Part I: Leaving Vietnam
The end of the war and American withdrawal also marked the final days of a homeland for more than a million South Vietnamese people. We tell the stor…
7 years, 5 months ago
Voices of Vietnam: A Lost Homeland
The Fall of Saigon marked the bitter end of the American War in Vietnam and the loss of a homeland for hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people. We…
7 years, 5 months ago
I Peacekeeper Robot
As robots become ubiquitous, will humans trust or fear them? James Bliss (Old Dominion University) is studying how people might interact with robots …
7 years, 5 months ago
Muggles Abroad
An English professor who loves the Harry Potter books brings a few lucky students each year to London to visit the magical sites in the fantasy serie…
7 years, 5 months ago
Holocaust Memory
Since it opened in 1993, millions of people have visited the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. How does their experience compare to that …
7 years, 6 months ago
Poetry That Heals
What’s the role of poetry in the face of tragedy? Henry Hart (William and Mary) is Virginia’s poet laureate. He shares how poetry can emerge in the w…
7 years, 6 months ago
Unfreedom
Stacey Houston (George Mason University) has spent his career looking at the complex web between education, health, and the justice system. He says k…
7 years, 6 months ago