Aug 20 Exclusive neighborhood-based social network ‘Nextdoor’ on the rise in U.S. By Charles Pulliam-Moore Twenty-five percent of American communities are using "Nextdoor," the selective, stealthy social network that wants you to talk to your neighbors. Unlike Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, which are focused on letting users share their content across a vast social landscape,… Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch Detroit residents work to engage the community with signs of hope, resurgence Detroit residents work to engage the community with signs of hope, resurgence… Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Edwidge Danticat Reflects on ‘Going Back’ to Haiti Through Her Writing In a seaside town in Haiti, a fisherman's daughter goes missing on her seventh birthday. What happens to the community as they search for her is the subject of a new novel, "Claire of the Sea Light." Acclaimed author Edwidge… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch There’s No Place Like Home: Seniors Hold on to Urban Independence Into Old Age There's No Place Like Home: Seniors Hold on to Urban Independence Into Old Age… Continue watching
May 22 Watch Houston Grand Opera Embraces Multicultural Chorus of Community Stories Houston Grand Opera Embraces Multicultural Chorus of Community Stories… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch NewsHour Tours DC’s Hot Spots for Food, Politics and Fun NewsHour Tours DC's Hot Spots for Food, Politics and Fun… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch Profile: SeeClickFix Seeks Fixes Ben Berkowitz, founder of SeeClickFix, hopes to solve community problems. Continue watching
May 21 Watch Helping High School Youth Learn by Doing Since 1994, YouthBuild has trained 110,000 high school dropouts around the country to put up houses for their community and think critically in the classroom while earning their GEDs or diplomas. As part of the American Graduate series, Paul Solman… Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch Will Water Pumps Bring Peace to Ivory Coast? Part of a partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports from the West African nation of Ivory Coast and explains how committees set up to maintain access to water are helping bring together communities… Continue watching
Mar 26 Watch On Stage, Chicago Students Tackle Immigration, Poverty, Race Students at the Albany Park Theatre Project in Chicago research, write and perform plays about their own communities, tackling tough issues like immigration, poverty and race while learning about theater in an area where extracurricular activities are few and far… Continue watching