Katerina Barton

We talk about the teacher shortage being experienced in many communities across the country.

We’re kicking off our series “School Principles” talking about what this year may look like, and the issues that schools, educators, students, and parents are contending with today.

Jason Reid's new book looks into the history of how integral Black players were in creating the NFL, the racism those players faced, and the slow progress of Black players in the league.

We talk to Christopher Blackwell, an incarcerated writer, about the right to read and to get an education in American prisons, and about his own experience with book restrictions.

More than 1,300 people have died from the floods in Pakistan since mid-June, nearly a third of them are children. By some estimates, more than 30 million people are displaced.

A new study from the Brookings Institution estimates that between 2 and 4 million people are out of work because of long Covid.

We look back at Mikhail Gorbachev’s legacy as Russia is at war with Ukraine, trying to gain a sense of the Soviet-era lost under Gorbachev.

Voter turnout amongst those ages 18-29 has been trending upwards, but historically it lags behind older generations. We explore what young voters want in 2022 with 2 Gen Z activists.

Issues within Louisiana’s Office of Juvenile Justice are coming to the surface after repeated reports of violence within one facility, and multiple escapes.

The CDC has been widely criticized for its handling of the COVID 19 pandemic and the monkeypox and recently announced “a shake up” to address those issues. 

On Wednesday, President Biden announced that he will cancel $10,000 in federal student loan debt, along with other reforms to make the student loan system more manageable for borrowers.

On this day, thirty-one years ago, Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union. Today also marks six months since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine. We get updates from Kyiv. 

After the Civil War, thousands of emancipated Black people placed newspaper ads in search of their families. Today, their messages are helping their descendants find their people.

Lebanon has been facing a deep economic crisis since 2019. According to the World Bank, it could be one of the “world’s worst economic crises since the mid-19th century.”

Descendants of enslaved Africans who live on Sapelo Island, off the coast of Georgia, say their community is being driven off by state and county entities and increasing property taxes.

Nearly six months into Russia’s deadly invasion into Ukraine, we hear from a local journalist and a humanitarian worker who have been on the ground.

At the end of July, the Ford Foundation and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced a new cohort of Disability Futures Fellows. We spoke with one of the new fellows, Naomi Ortiz.

WNBA star Brittney Griner was sentenced to serve nine years in Russian prison this week. Is this the end of her fight for her freedom?

As part of this week's series on "Play" we've been talking about how we can continue to play into our adulthood, so we looked at how one baseball team is playing ball.

Nearly a month after releasing her summer single “Break My Soul,” Beyoncé is back with her 7th studio album “Renaissance.”