Nation Oct 19 Roger Dangel’s replica Oval Office holds historical artifacts that transcend time For many Americans during the pandemic, the home office has seen a lot of activity. But, as Maya Trabulsi of station KPBS reports, one San Diego man dedicated his home's workspace to his passion: American history. It's part of our…
Arts Jul 26 These tight-knit retirees are helping breast cancer survivors feel like ‘Boobless Wonders’ Losing breasts to cancer can be a shattering experience. As Maya Trabulsi of KPBS in San Diego reports, a tight-knit group of women at a retirement home in Escondido, California, is lessening the pain associated with mastectomies — one loving…
Arts Nov 26 An artist hopes the stories of our treasured objects can help us understand each other What objects give meaning to our lives? Kerianne Quick, artist in residence at San Diego’s New Americans Museum, spent a year researching people’s treasured possessions -- and the stories behind them -- for an innovative project in which she preserves…
Nation Jun 10 How these grieving mothers seek to stop the cycle of violence A group of mothers whose children were murdered are taking their tragic stories to inmates imprisoned for committing violent crimes. The perspective shared by Mothers with a Message encourages prisoners, some of whom will never be released, to understand the…
Arts Jun 04 Where inmates and mothers of murder victims are coming together Mothers with a Message is an organization of bereaved parents who have lost children to homicide. Members visit prisons to tell their stories of grief to inmates, with the goal of breaking down the walls between victim and offender. Maya…