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The Bigger Picture
Did This Photo Make Lincoln President? | The Bigger Picture with Vincent Brown | PBS
Did This Photo Make Lincoln President? | The Bigger Picture with Vincent Brown | PBS
August 9, 2022
FRONTLINE
Facing Eviction | A Frontline Film
July 22, 2022 | FRONTLINE
Why have American families struggled to keep their homes during the COVID pandemic, despite a federal ban on evictions? In ...
Attribution
Lost & Found w/ Kathryn Schultz | Attribution Ep. 16
July 25, 2022 | Attribution
Kathryn Schulz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning staff writer at The New Yorker, is the latest guest on our ...
NJ Spotlight News
The Future of Public Safety Lies Within the Community
June 16, 2022 | NJ Spotlight News
A new report on public safety shows that the city of Newark has achieved a reduction in crime and violence by supporting ...
MetroFocus
Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi: From “Gangster Nerd” to Astrophysicist
May 24, 2022 | MetroFocus
Astrophysicist Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi joins our partners at MetroFocus to talk about his memoir “A Quantum Life:  My Unlikely ...
MetroFocus
Co-authors Marc Lamont Hill and Todd Brewster on Technology, News Media, and Racial Justice
May 3, 2022 | MetroFocus
In their new book, "Seen and Unseen: Technology, Social Media, and the Fight for Racial Justice," journalists and ...
Amanpour & Company
Dr. Thomas Fisher on Systemic Racism in Healthcare
May 2, 2022 | Amanpour & Company
Dr. Thomas Fisher, an emergency physician, witnessed the pressures of the pandemic first-hand. He joins our partners from ...
Attribution
Dreaming w/ Darryl McDaniels | Attribution Ep. 15
April 29, 2022 | Attribution
Darryl McDaniels is one of the founding members of the legendary hip-hop group Run DMC. He is also the author of two memoirs, ...
NJ Spotlight News
Community Intervention Collaborative Hosts Public Safety Discussions With Newark Community
April 18, 2022 | NJ Spotlight News
As part of The White House Community Violence Intervention Collaborative (CVIC) to develop public safety strategies through ...
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