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How To Be A Citizen: Being Involved In Civic Life At A Young Age

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with two youth organizers, Calla Walsh and Thomas Chaplain, about how to get involved with civic life when you're too young to vote.

June 15, 2021
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How To Be A Citizen: Education

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kenisha Tucker, co-founder of the Hidden Figures of Madison, a project that highlights the contributions of African Americans to the history of Madison, N.J.

June 07, 2021
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Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Fla., is one of many schools in Duval County named after Confederate figures.

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Confederate Names On Schools Are Flashpoints. Here's One Community's Story

In the upheaval following the murder of George Floyd, passionate debates ignited across America about what to do with the remnants of the Civil War. It divided Jacksonville, Fla.

June 05, 2021
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  • Milton Guevara
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Ex-Students At Robert E. Lee High In Florida Disagree Over Name Changes

U.S. schools are debating removing Confederate names. As part of NPR's series on democracy, We Hold These Truths, we examine the debate at Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville.

June 01, 2021
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How To Be A Citizen: From MFA To DSA To N.Y. Legislature

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kara Clark, chief of staff for New York state Sen. Jabari Brisport, about how to become civically engaged.

May 24, 2021
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How To Be A Citizen: What It Takes To Run For Office With Joe Neguse

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Congressman Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) about how and why he decided to get involved in politics and civic life.

May 24, 2021
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Robert Lee Johnson in his old neighborhood in Compton. Johnson remembers moving in one day in 1961. "I see moving vans, trucks and everything all down the street," he says. Johnson was 5 years old at the time, so he says he thought "it was moving day for everybody." And he noticed that all the other families moving in were were Black, too.

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Black Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership

Owning a home is a part of the American dream. It's also the key to building intergenerational wealth. But Black Americans continue to face discrimination in housing, including through higher costs.

May 11, 2021
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  • Ailsa Chang,
  • Christopher Intagliata,
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High Falls and the old Kodak Tower offer iconic views of Rochester.

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Rochester, N.Y., Wants To Reimagine Police. What Do People Imagine That Means?

Stanley Martin wants to rethink Rochester police — a radical new plan to abolish the police gradually. Others also talk about "reimagining" police, though they mean the same word very differently.

May 10, 2021
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Beneath The Santa Monica Freeway Lies The Erasure Of Sugar Hill

Sugar Hill was a wealthy, Black Los Angeles neighborhood whose residents played a role in lifting racially restrictive covenants — only to eventually be erased by another force of racial segregation.

May 06, 2021
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The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership: How Housing Segregation Has Persisted

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with writer Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor about the racist real estate practices that ensured wealth accumulated along racial lines, even after housing discrimination became illegal.

May 06, 2021
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How A Predatory Real Estate Practice Changed The Face Of Compton

In the 1950s, the city of Compton was nearly all-white. But by the 1970s, it had turned majority Black — in part due to a state-sanctioned predatory real estate practice called blockbusting.

May 06, 2021
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  • Ailsa Chang,
  • Christopher Intagliata,
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NPR Project: How Can Americans Make Democracy Work For Them?

As part of NPR's series on democracy, Morning Edition visits Rochester, N.Y., to observe how the national debate around "defund the police" is playing out among city leaders.

May 03, 2021
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