Immigration and America’s Dairy Farms with Julie Keller
Air Dates: June 10-16, 2019 The super-heated rhetoric over immigration and border security in the United States today is part
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Story in the Public Square
“Story in the Public Square” is a year-round initiative to study and celebrate public storytelling. It features an annual conference, lectures, awards and student contests, as well as original scholarship about public storytelling and how those stories can affect the public debate.
Story in the Public Square is directed by Ocean State Stories Director G. Wayne Miller with Pell Center Executive Director Jim Ludes.
Local Journalism with Alexandra Watts
Air Dates: June 3-9, 2019 Local journalism is one of the key-stones of American democracy. There’s no substitute for an
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Environmental Justice with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha
In April 2014, officials in Flint, Michigan, switched the source of the city’s water from the Detroit water supply to
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The Press and the War in Afghanistan with Katherine A. Brown
Air Dates: May 20-26, 2019 America’s war in Afghanistan is the longest war in the history of the United States.
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Iran? I’ve seen that movie, too
On February 15, 1898, the USS Maine was at anchor in Havana Harbor when an explosion sank her killing 260
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Leap of Faith: Decision Making Before the Iraq War with Michael Mazarr
Air Dates: May 13-19, 2019 In 2003, the United States military unleashed a campaign the press had pre-christened “Shock and
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Disability Rights with Peter Blanck
Sixty-one million Americans—that’s 26% of the population—live with some kind of disability. These are our neighbors, our friends, our co-workers,
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The World Is NOT Falling Apart, with Michael Cohen and Micah Zenko
It’s easy to be convinced by talk show hosts, editorial writers, and politicians that American security hangs on the razor’s
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Human Caused Environmental Catastrophe with Elizabeth Kolbert
Air Dates: April 22-28, 2019 The fossil record of planet earth tells us that there have been five mass extinctions—the
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