StoryCorps is (virtually) coming to South Carolina for its Military Voices Initiative. StoryCorps will facilitate approximately 50 virtual recording sessions April 12-23, 2021, with appointments offered Monday-Friday of each week.
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On the morning of September 3, 1991, the never-inspected chicken-processing plant a stone’s throw from city hall in tiny Hamlet, NC, burst into flames. Twenty-five people perished that day behind the plant’s locked and bolted doors. It remains one of the deadliest accidents ever in the history of the modern American food industry.
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On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for April 10, 2021, we break down the bills which moved from one state legislative chamber to the other during this "crossover week." Plus: a look at extra money lawmakers will have to budget with this year; the S.C. Ports Authority's record-breaking March; and much more. -
Since the unexpected closing of schools just over a year ago, students, parents, teachers, administrators, and public officials have grappled with how to keep the state’s 767,000 school children from falling too far behind.
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As a fourth-grader, Rumeur wrote about how to treat transgender people. Her school argued that writing about transgender issues was not age-appropriate. So far, two courts have agreed. Now 12, Rumeur is still trying to figure out what message to take from her experience.
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This edition of the South Carolina Lede for April 3, 2021, features: an update on efforts to expand broadband internet access in the state; the latest on proposed medical marijuana legislation; a look at what the state is doing to strengthen our medical supply chains; and more.
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I always enjoy telling the story of how the piano got its name. Piano means “soft,” in Italian, and it seems a little strange that an instrument that can…
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Just over a year after police officers shot and killed Taylor in her home, the Speed Art Museum has opened a show in her memory. "To see it all come together is just a blessing," says Taylor's mother.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to director Oliver Hermanus about his new movie, Moffie, set in 1981 apartheid-era South Africa.
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Laurie Boeder plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
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Archeologists are touting the discovery of the largest ancient city ever found in Egypt and comparing its importance to the discovery of King Tut's tomb.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Jenn Wasner, best known from the band Wye Oak, about her solo project, Flock Of Dimes, and her new album Head Of Roses.
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Dr. Jorge Moreno of the Yale School of Medicine tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about confronting vaccine hesitancy.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Georgetown University law professor and global health law expert Lawrence Gostin about the promise and pitfalls of vaccine passports.
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Lee Horton reflects on life outside prison walls after a quarter century behind bars. He was sentenced to life without parole but the sentence was commuted and he was released earlier this year.
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with a Houston-based entrepreneur and advocate, Tom Castro, who worries that some Latinos aren't tapping the pandemic-relief dollars offered by the government.
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Walter Edgar's Journal delves into the arts, culture, history of South Carolina and the American South.
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