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President Donald Trump points to what he calls “soaring” crime to justify deploying federal agents and National Guard troops to some American cities. Us & Them checks with an expert who reviews our nation’s crime data and sees inconsistent reporting and declines in major crime categories. This comes at a time when a poll shows the public is more worried about scams and school shootings than street crime.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPerceptions of crime in America are deeply divided — most Republicans say it’s rising, most Democrats say it’s falling. In response, states across the country are passing sweeping “tough on crime” laws. In this Us & Them episode, host Trey Kay examines the Safer Kentucky Act and the return of measures like Three Strikes policies that once filled prisons and strained state budgets.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIn this special post-election episode, Us & Them host Trey Kay reflects on America’s deepening divisions, marked by unprecedented events and President-elect Donald Trump’s “us versus them” rhetoric. Kay explores what Trump’s victory means for unity and how Us & Them’s mission of fostering empathy might evolve in this new era.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHomelessness is not just an issue for big cities. Across America, communities large and small are struggling to provide shelter to people without housing. In Charleston, West Virginia, government and community approaches to help the unhoused have created renewed debate on an issue that is already divisive. Earlier this year, this episode of Us & Them received a second place award from the Virginias AP Broadcasters for Best Podcast.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIn February, a federal judge in Arizona halted the spraying of the herbicide dicamba, but the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says farmers are allowed to use it for this coming growing season. In this installment of Us & Them, we listen back to a story from our archives, exploring the heated conflict unraveling in agricultural communities.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWe used to trust the news, but now some polls and surveys show that our confidence has eroded. Recently, the Us & Them team partnered with West Virginia University’s Reed College of Media for a conversation on diminished trust in journalism. Host Trey Kay spoke with Raney Aronson-Rath, editor-in-chief and executive producer of PBS Frontline, and June Cross, director of the documentary journalism program at the Columbia Journalism School.
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