Tag: politics
We Preached Nonpartisanship
"If you're not voting, that's as if you don't want any voice in your own government." https://youtu.be/nV-9WkO1tuY Hold a Conversation In addition to the questions below, please see How to use the questions for reflection. Clarifying Questions What does...
Drumbeat
"Their own coverage began to contribute to what was going on in Gary." https://youtu.be/LIM20-48RmE This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Produced by Willow Walsh for the Welcome Project. Transcript for Drumbeat The newspaper did a whole project...
Iron Curtain
"You know, growing up, race was never discussed... There were no signs: 'Whites only,' 'Blacks only.'" [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/356935415&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. To find more stories from Flight Paths, click here....
We Just Want to Run
"...it is actually possible for something so wrong to go on with everybody just assuming it’s normal." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/406236417&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] This story is part of our Flight Paths initiative. Produced by Rebecca Werner for the Welcome...
Just Got the Impression
"All they saw was the violence. They did not see the peace. They did not see the change." https://youtu.be/xJwnnJ7YAmw Transcript for Just Got the Impression I grew up in the Tolleston area of Gary which was, at the time, very...
Felt a Lot of Pride
"I was thinking black power was a good thing." [iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/582862317%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-MsAUb&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"] Produced by Rebecca Werner with interviews recorded by StoryCorps, a national nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with...
Should Play Nicer
"Don’t give me this disillusioned, glossy effect of who we are. This is who we really are." https://youtu.be/Q7R6SHcvsR8 Transcript for Should Play Nicer Good neighbors. That’s an oxymoron, isn’t it? I think it is. All the counties in Northwest...
No Interest in Seeing Our City Progress
"Why don’t you come to Gary and see what Gary really is?" https://youtu.be/YPOfcFVlWx4 Transcript for No Interest in Seeing Our City Progress You know—city services are based on tax revenue and if you don’t have enough people who are paying...
I-65 Changed All That
"You know, it was a national trend back then for people to leave urban areas and move to the suburbs." https://youtu.be/TkYFpd24xCQ Transcript for I-65 Changed All That Merrillville back, I guess, in the 1800s was called Wiggins Point—its claim to...
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