HONOLULU — Navy veteran Mike Plowman, 55, surfs nearly every morning. His home looks out on the vast...
Aug 26, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN HARRISBURG, PA
ON THE GROUND IN HONOLULU, HI
Why this Navy veteran is fighting the Marine Corps over a beach in Hawaii
ON THE GROUND ON THE ONEIDA NATION
Land is life: The Oneida Nation reclaims its identity
Updated on Oct. 5, 2020 ONEIDA NATION, Wis. – For many American Indians, land is more than just...
Aug 21, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN RAPID CITY, SD
‘I felt like I was being ridiculed’: How Native Americans felt about the Washington football team’s name
Updated on Oct. 5, 2020 RAPID CITY, S.D. — It was January 1988, not long after Robert Walter...
Aug 20, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN SPRINGFIELD, OH
One Ohio county’s effort to reach essential workers during COVID-19
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO — County Health Commissioner Charlie Patterson, 53, works in public health “not to get rich, but...
Aug 18, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN TWIN FALLS, ID
‘Enough with the masks!’: Behind Idaho’s struggle to contain the coronavirus surge
TWIN FALLS, IDAHO — A man in a red button-down shirt and a black face mask...
Aug 10, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN BEIRUT, LEBANON
Helping Beirut dig out of the rubble, and bearing witness to the grief of a broken city
BEIRUT – The streets are lined with dust. On car windows, people have scrawled messages, displacing the dirt...
Aug 07, 2020
ON THE GROUND PHOTOGRAPHY
Rain, shine or COVID-19, this Wyoming fair must go on
BUFFALO, Wyo. — Full from the buyer’s dinner and armed with bidder’s numbers, the crowd at the auction...
Aug 07, 2020
ON THE GROUND WITH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
On the Ground with American Experience
ON THE GROUND IN CHARLESTON, WV
Children were going hungry in West Virginia. COVID-19 is making it worse.
This dispatch is part of a project exploring the dimensions of daily life in West Virginia, “coal country” as...
Jul 23, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN CHARLESTON, WV
Kids in WV are going hungry as state touts summer feeding plan
This story was produced in collaboration with Mountain State Spotlight, a nonprofit news organization that aims to hold...
Jul 22, 2020