One Listener Can't Forget 1991 Story On Haitian Cane Cutters
All Things Considered listener Joel Abrams shares how a story about Haitian farmworkers has stuck with him since it aired on the show in 1991.
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Visitors Will Get Gladiator's Point Of View With Roman Colosseum's New Floor
Italy has approved plans to install a new floor for the Colosseum, the ancient arena in Rome. The new floor will give visitors the view gladiators once had.
How A Predatory Real Estate Practice Changed The Face Of Compton
In the 1950s, the city of Compton was nearly all-white. But by the 1970s, it had turned majority Black — in part due to a state-sanctioned predatory real estate practice called blockbusting.
Better Parenting With The Help Of Some Werewolves In London
All Things Considered listener Eddy Parker recounts a segment from 2012 that became a significant part of his relationship with his daughter.
As Arab Spring Unfolded On Twitter, Social Media Gained Foothold At NPR
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with former NPR social media guru Andy Carvin about the way his realm came to affect the news business.
For NPR's 50th, A Listener Remembers A Story That Guides Her As A Mother
All Things Considered listener Brooke Frizzell shares how a story that aired on the show in 2016 influenced her relationship with her daughter.
The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership: How Housing Segregation Has Persisted
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with writer Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor about the racist real estate practices that ensured wealth accumulated along racial lines, even after housing discrimination became illegal.
Beneath The Santa Monica Freeway Lies The Erasure Of Sugar Hill
Sugar Hill was a wealthy, Black Los Angeles neighborhood whose residents played a role in lifting racially restrictive covenants — only to eventually be erased by another force of racial segregation.
For Kurdish Americans In Nashville, A Beloved Leader's Death Prompts Vaccine Push
Some immigrant groups are closing the ethnic gap on COVID-19 shots. For many Kurdish Americans, their fears about vaccination are entangled with their experiences in refugee camps after fleeing Iraq.
'The Parted Earth' Traces The Impact Of India's Partition Across Generations
Partition split India and Pakistan in 1947 and affected millions of lives across decades. Journalist Anjali Enjeti's new novel explores the way people who don't process their trauma can pass it on.