LEXINGTON, KY -- It was early evening in late August and former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was talking...
Feb 21, 2020Moving home: Church and state converge at Kentucky’s foster care crisis
In 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
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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, 2020Connecticut’s ‘monument’ to tough-on-crime era sits almost empty as justice reforms shine
SOMERS, Conn. — It’s not the rows of barbed wire along the building’s exterior, nor the locked metal...
Jan 29, 2020A strained but unbroken Bay Area
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The first thing locals mention are the homeless who line the streets of densely...
Jan 23, 2020