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It’s election season, and Us & Them is back at the dinner party table for a potluck gathering. With just weeks until the election, our guests have a lot on their minds as they consider their votes. The group discusses some of the year’s biggest stories shaping this campaign—the candidate debates, recent assassination attempts, trust in elections, campus carry laws, gun rights, and what West Virginia might look like without U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsIn Charleston, West Virginia, there's a live storytelling event that invites three highly visible members of the community to talk about their careers. They tell the audience about their First, Favorite and Future. It gives the audience a glimpse into the lives of people they may think they already know.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe right to vote in free and fair elections gives us a way to change our leadership — peacefully. But it wasn’t front and center for the nation’s Founding Fathers. As we work through unprecedented times looking toward the November election, Us & Them looks back at our right to vote, to offer some historical context.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThere’s a serious labor shortage in West Virginia. Some believe the 50,00 people released from jails and prisons each year could help. For this episode, Us & Them focuses on second-chance employment.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsAt least 95% of people behind bars will be released. Some say a formerly incarcerated person’s successful reentry into society requires more focus on rebuilding an individual and less on punishment. Criminal justice reform efforts also address a victim-centered approach, but some believe that fundamental change might require addressing past trauma of victims as well as the perpetrators of crimes. This episode was honored with a national first place documentary award from the Public Media Journalists Association. It was also part of a series of episodes that were honored with a first place award in public service through journalism from Virginia's AP Broadcasters.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHundreds of thousands of people with mental illnesses are caught up in a criminal justice system that was never intended to treat them. This encore Us & Them episode was part of a series that was honored with a first place award from Virginia’s Associated Press Broadcasters for “Public Service Through Journalism.” In this report, we hear what it’s like to live with mental illness behind bars in the Mountain State.
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