Updated on Oct. 22, 2020 at 2 p.m. This dispatch is part of a series in collaboration with PBS...
Oct 21, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN FORT WORTH, TX
ON THE GROUND WITH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Why vote-by-mail could depress Native American turnout on North Dakota reservations
Forgotten and left behind, these American voters don’t feel counted among ‘We the People’
Postcards from our Report from America corps members covering voting rights on the ground across the country. Who...
Oct 21, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN LONG BEACH, CA
Little Manila: A second glance at the culture of West Long Beach
LONG BEACH, Calif. — On a recent, hot weekday afternoon, locals scuttled around West Long Beach’s unofficial Little...
Oct 18, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN ST. HELENA ISLAND, SC
On South Carolina island, rich history and sacred land define Gullah community and culture
HELENA ISLAND, S.C. — In the heart of South Carolina’s Lowcountry sits a small island community whose size...
Oct 16, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN SILICON VALLEY, CA
In California, people lived on the edge of homelessness before COVID-19. Now, it’s worse.
SILICON VALLEY, Calif. — Sarah Rivas was barely making rent since she’d move to Sunnyvale, in Silicon Valley,...
Oct 15, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN SAN FRANCISCO, CA
In San Francisco, voters to decide if noncitizens can serve on city boards
SAN FRANCISCO — In 2006, amid the typical post-New Year’s frenzy at Pier 39 — kids spinning on...
Oct 08, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN ANNAPOLIS, MD
COVID-19 restrictions send mental health ripples through Naval Academy
ANNAPOLIS — The latest blow to the morale at the Naval Academy came by email. This year, as...
Oct 07, 2020
ON THE GROUND WITH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Helping people in jail exercise their right to vote in North Carolina
This dispatch is part of a series in collaboration with PBS American Experience that explores the expansion of voting...
Oct 01, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN FRESNO, CA
Should cops be in schools? Police reforms divide a community in California.
FRESNO, Calif. — At 9 p.m. in late August the Fresno Police Reform Commission was four hours into...
Oct 01, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN BALTIMORE, MD
Born with a ‘target on his back’: A Black mother confronts a grim reality
BALTIMORE – Catina Smith thought she knew exactly what to expect from her third pregnancy. The Baltimore native...
Sep 29, 2020