The News Roundup
A single story dominated the news cycle this week: the tragedy that took the life of a young woman in Charlottesville, Virginia and the president’s controversial responses to the events that led to …
A single story dominated the news cycle this week: the tragedy that took the life of a young woman in Charlottesville, Virginia and the president’s controversial responses to the events that led to …
Today’s book lovers are hungry for stories of dark, dystopian futures. Novels like “1984,” “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Parable of the Sower” are hard to keep in stock these days. But what’s inspiring …
The debate over Confederate monuments and memorials often boils down to history versus hate…and it’s heating up again. This week, a group of activists in Durham, North Carolina toppled a statue of a …
The violent racism we saw in Charlottesville, Virginia is not new. But after last weekend’s attack, many people are looking for new ideas about how to stop extremists. Is there an effective way to …
What started as a rally by white supremacists in Virginia this weekend ended in terror Saturday as a car slammed into a group that was protesting the rally, killing at least one person and injuring …
This week, the News Roundup comes to you from WWNO New Orleans Public Radio. We’ll talk about increasing tensions with North Korea, a predawn raid of the home of former Trump campaign chairman Paul …
Some of the first journalists to specialize in reporting on race were … white men. They doggedly covered the civil rights movement for local and national outlets, bringing needed attention to the …
Does Google need a new motto? Instead of “Don’t Be Evil” how about “Don’t Go There”? Google fired an employee this week for a memo suggesting that innate differences between men and women explain …
People with autism shouldn’t get mistaken as criminals. But they do. Evidence suggests people with autism experience seven times the number of encounters with police that most of us do — and almost …
Business is about the bottom line. And to make money from fashion, that means you have to make your clothes overseas, right? Wrong. Today on 1A, American Giant. The firm is based in California, …