Learning to Live: The Resilient Path After Prison | Promo
"Learning to Live" is companion to "Facing Suicide," a national PBS broadcast special initiative on suicide awareness and prevention.
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Reflecting on “What’s Your American Dream Score?” Five Years Later
Author Bob McKinnon reflects on the quiz "What's Your American Dream Score?" five years after its original launch.
Advocates Push Back After City Cuts Down Trees to Block Unhoused Residents Seeking Shelter
Advocates for the homeless in Lakewood, New Jersey contend that cutting down trees doesn’t address the root issue of homelessness.
“The Great Gatsby” Then & Now
What can "The Great Gatsby," which was set on the prosperous Long Island of 1922, still teach us about class in America today?
In New Jersey, a Free School-Meal Program Is Set to Expire Soon
Erin Comollo, the program development administrator discusses what it will mean for New Jersey when these benefits come to an end.
Confronting Inequality on Eastern Long Island
Does the growing concentration of wealth in the East End of Long Island translate to economic opportunity for all?
The Story Behind Earth’s Most Famous Photo | The Bigger Picture with Vincent Brown | PBS
Find out how “Blue Marble,” NASA’s iconic photo of a fully illuminated Earth, was taken.
New Brunswick Backpack Giveaway Provides Essentials To Struggling Families
The Salvation Army Corps of New Brunswick's annual backpack giveaway provides essential classroom materials to children K-9.
Seeing w/ Andrea Elliott | Attribution Ep. 17
Andrea Elliott speaks to Bob McKinnon about her book "Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City."
In New Jersey, Minority Cannabis Is Filling the Diversity Gap in Legal Weed
Minority Cannabis in Jersey City teaches Black, Indigenous, and other people of color critical technical skills to succeed in the business.
New Research Explains How Cross-Class Interaction Can Help Lift the Disadvantaged Out of Poverty
Raj Chetty, professor of economics at Harvard University, is studying ways to give disadvantaged children a better chance at success.
Did This Photo Make Lincoln President? | The Bigger Picture with Vincent Brown | PBS
Can the spectacle of modern politics today be traced back to a photograph of Abraham Lincoln taken during the presidential election in 1860?