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May 19, 2025
The Forgotten Stories of Southern Journalism
I drove three hours to talk with my grandmother about her years as an award-winning journalist. Her story began when she felt compelled to tell someone else’s—a man who had just written his first big country hit. It was the late 1980s when she cold-called the Mobile Press-Register, Alabama’s oldest newspaper, and pitched a feature.
November 15, 2023
Center for Food Action
Getting ready to for the holidays and for helping in New Jersey.
November 8, 2023
DRIP Espresso Crafts the Perfect Blend of Community and Culture in Sacramento
DRIP Espresso is the vision of three sisters, Jasmine Bronson, Keiona Williamson, and Taylor White. They are co-owners of one of the few black-owned and woman-owned businesses in California’s Capital city.
March 29, 2023
A Nurse’s Tale of Compassion
Dusty Mason had never cared for elderly or sick people nor been around death before she followed a friend's call to work as a nurse's aide in the early 1970s. But 50 years later, with a long career as a registered nurse behind her, Mason is rich in stories from the high-pressure frontline of caregiving.
November 18, 2022
‘They Wanted Me to Give Up My Child’: One Woman’s Journey Through Foster Care and Pregnancy
One woman's experiences in the foster care system illustrate the potential impacts of a post-Roe v. Wade world