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Featured story: A Guitar, A Cello, and The Day That Changed Music
85 years ago, Pablo Casals and Robert Johnson both made recordings that would change music history.
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Featured story: A Wrench in the Works
On September 18, 1980, a technician dropped a wrench in a missile silo in Damascus, Arkansas. This is the story of an accident that nearly wiped out a giant portion of the midwest.
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Featured story: My Iron Lung
On June 8, 1953, five-year-old Martha Lillard contracted polio. She spent six months in the hospital, where she was put …
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Amanda: 16 Years Later
At the age of 17, Amanda knew she was gay. But her parents kept insisting she’d grow out of it. Today, a lot has changed in the country, and within her own family. In her new story, Amanda goes back to her parents to find out how they came to accept having a daughter who is gay.
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Frankie: 16 Years Later
As a teenager, Frankie recorded his life as a high school football star. 16 years later and with a baby on the way, he shares his struggle with drug addiction.
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Home is Where You Park Your Mini Van
As the pandemic hit, Naida Lavon found herself without a home and without a job. Part of our Hunker Down Diaries series.
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Selma Koch, Bra Saleswoman
94-year old Selma Koch runs the Town Shop, one of New York’s last old-style bra fitting shops.
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The Forgotten Story of Clinton Melton
Emmett Till’s murder is considered the spark that ignited a burgeoning Civil Rights movement. But there was another brazen murder of a Black man that happened just three months later, in a neighboring town in the Delta.
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My Iron Lung
On June 8, 1953, five-year-old Martha Lillard contracted polio. She spent six months in the hospital, where she was put …
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