DETROIT – The streets were quiet in Detroit after the coronavirus forced residents inside and businesses...
Jul 10, 2020
ON THE GROUND WITH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
ON THE GROUND IN DETROIT, MI
A fact-checker’s intro to the Motor City
ON THE GROUND IN DETROIT, MI
In Detroit, immigrants paint a rich tapestry of community and culture
DETROIT — At the intersection of Dequindre Street and 8 Mile Road, the dividing line that...
Jul 09, 2020
ON THE GROUND WITH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Detroit activists point protesters to ballot box
The legacy of activism in the Motor City This dispatch is part of a series in collaboration with...
Jul 01, 2020
ON THE GROUND WITH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
The action, and promise, behind Native American representation in the US
This dispatch is part of a series in collaboration with PBS American Experience that explores the expansion of voting rights...
Jun 25, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN
A memorial against injustice, a call for change
MINNEAPOLIS — A block away from where George Floyd was killed, there is a graveyard. It...
Jun 19, 2020
A reporter’s journey into a changing nation
FORT THOMAS, Ky.—I’d just driven from Virginia to Kentucky during a hot, sticky weekend in May...
Jun 18, 2020
ON THE GROUND WITH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Unlocking the vote of Connecticut’s formerly incarcerated
This dispatch is part of a series in collaboration with PBS American Experience that explores the expansion of voting rights...
Jun 09, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN NASHVILLE, TN
Through despair and unity on streets of Nashville, an American reckoning
NASHVILLE — On Saturday, I stood among a sea of peaceful demonstrators outside the state Capitol,...
Jun 05, 2020
ON THE GROUND WITH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Polygamy, statehood and the first woman to vote: Utah’s complicated suffrage history reaches into modern day
This dispatch is part of a series in collaboration with PBS American Experience that explores the expansion of...
Jun 01, 2020
ON THE GROUND
On the Ground Retrospective: Report for America’s 2020 Graduates
This week, Report for America says farewell to its first graduating class of corps members, whose...
May 29, 2020