Nation Jun 08 Revisiting the crime scenes featured in season 1 of ‘Serial’ It’s a true crime story that captivated a nation, and even though its final episode aired in December, season one of the podcast “Serial” continues to make news. At the heart of the story is Adnan Syed, convicted in 1999…
Politics May 27 What does Rick Santorum believe? Where the candidate stands on 10 issues Virginia-born and Pennsylvania-raised, Rick Santorum was a lawyer who defended the World Wrestling Foundation. He’s a former congressman who helped author welfare reform and a father of seven who scored over a million points on Temple Run. Here's where he…
Nation May 22 LGBT youth home welcomes population accustomed to insecurity It’s hard to say how many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth are homeless in the U.S. A townhouse in Washington, D.C., decorated with rainbow pinwheels and inspirational messages, is one place where the teens can go to stay…
Nation May 18 Appeals court remands Adnan Syed’s case to Baltimore trial court The Maryland Court of Special Appeals today released a ruling in the latest appeal of Adnan Syed, a man currently serving a life sentence for murdering his high school girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, in 1999.
Nation May 03 This is what Baltimore youth have to say about their city and Freddie Gray Many of those gathered in Baltimore on Saturday were young people who had marched to City Hall from the Gilmor Homes, a public housing development where Gray lived. PBS NewsHour spoke to several of these youths to learn more about…
Nation Apr 23 Here’s what most people get wrong about the transgender community We spoke with experts and activists within the transgender community to address what they say are some of the most common misconceptions on what it means to be transgender.
Nation Apr 13 Adnan Syed’s case gets another look with launch of new podcast ‘Undisclosed’ A new podcast that features the story of Adnan Syed, a man serving a life sentence after being convicted of murdering his high school girlfriend when he was a teenager, kicked off today with a 40-minute episode. “Undisclosed: The State…
Nation Apr 07 Adnan Syed’s story continues post-‘Serial’ in new podcast For some die-hard fans of "Serial," the hit podcast by Sarah Koenig which told the story of Adnan Syed, the story never ended. But for others, when the podcast ended, the story ended. “They're still intrigued, they still want to…
Nation Mar 18 We need to talk about racism on college campuses Following the release of a video showing the members of University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chanting racist slurs, the conversation of racism on college campuses has been refreshed. How have campus newspapers responded to the disturbing images?…
Nation Mar 11 Rap music not to blame for racist frat video, Twitter says During a discussion this morning on the recent video featuring members of a fraternity at Oklahoma University chanting racist slurs, the hosts of "Morning Joe" laid the blame on someone other than the fraternity brothers: the rapper Waka Flocka…