Nation Oct 10 Research on the run: How a Cleveland city planner is mapping his city Phil Kidd moved to Cleveland two years ago to work as a city planner. In the midst of the pandemic, he decided to start an ambitious project to better understand his adopted city. Kidd has started a project to run…
Arts Oct 02 What keeps the band ‘They Might Be Giants’ making music 40 years on There have been many ways to enter the orbit of ‘They Might Be Giants’, an eccentric musical group that has been writing and recording together for the last 40 years. From the New York art scene of the early 1980s…
Politics Sep 25 In Michigan, an effort to take politics out of redistricting In a gerrymandered state, it's not unusual to see towns carved in half and shared school districts split into different political districts. This is by no means accidental — the redistricting process has long been conducted behind closed doors, under…
Nation Sep 11 20 years after 9/11, Dearborn market helps unify Arab community The attacks of 9/11 fueled Islamophobia, and increased incidents of hate crimes against Muslims and Arabs. NewsHour Weekend’s Christopher Booker reports on how the events of 9/11 were a catalyst for an Arab community in metropolitan Detroit to unite and…
Education Aug 01 Educators, counselors focus on mental health as students return to the classroom After more than a year of restrictions and online schooling, educators and counselors are focusing on ways to assess the long-term social, emotional and mental impact of the pandemic on school children when they return to the classroom. Christopher Booker…
Nation Jul 24 A ‘Hail Mary’ for Maryland shorebirds pays off On Maryland’s eastern shore, small islands used by birds for nesting are disappearing. That coincides with a steep drop in several species of colonial nesting birds in the state. But this spring, in what's being described as a ‘Hail Mary’,…
Nation Jul 10 This former steel mill used to employ thousands—how the site is adapting and creating jobs now The Bethlehem steel mill in Maryland was once the largest working mill in the world, employing 30,000 people at its peak in the 1950's. The collapse of the American steel industry forced the mill into bankruptcy, closing for good in…
Nation Jun 19 Maryland reckons with a violent, racist past More than 6,500 Black people were lynched in America between the end of the civil war in 1865 and 1950. These murders were carried out not only in the deep South, but in states like Maryland, which is now the…
Science Jun 06 A ‘Hail Mary’ to save some species of birds in Maryland On Maryland’s eastern shore, small islands used by birds for nesting are disappearing. That coincides with a steep drop in several species of colonial nesting birds in the state. But this spring, in what's being described as a ‘Hail Mary’,…
Nation May 29 Is criminal justice reform to blame for the rise in crime in NYC? Homicides and gun violence are up in New York City and other places across the country. While some blame this on criminal justice reform, advocates say it’s too early to know, given the nation is still suffering from the effects…