Author interview: ‘Destination: Heartland’ (best of)
We talk with Cynthia Clampitt, author of the new book: Destination Heartland: A Guide to Discovering the Midwest's Remarkable Past.
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Investigating deaths at the Thomson prison
Following the deaths of 7 incarcerated people, the Marshall Project and NPR co-published an investigation into conditions at the U.S. penitentiary in Thomson, Illinois.
Author interview: ‘Choosing Freedom’ by Karen Stohr
“Freedom” — and how we live our best lives with that idea at its core — is one of the many subjects addressed in the new book, Choosing Freedom: A Kantian Guide to Life.
Internet Expansion & Income Inequality
A recent report outlines how deeply intertwined income inequality is with the lack of internet access.
Best Of: Author Dawn Turner recounts love and loss in ‘Three Girls From Bronzeville’
Dawn Turner grew up on the south side of Chicago and went on to have a successful career as a columnist at the Chicago Tribune, but her sister and best friend were not so fortunate. Turner recounts the different paths their lives took in her new memoir, Three Girls from Bronzeville. This segment originally aired September 16, 2021.