The State of Things
Summary: Stories from WUNC's The State of Things with Frank Stasio.
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As scientists continue to study the effects of global climate change, environmentalists, farmers and researchers look for new solutions to the...
Since 9/11, some news accounts portray Muslim-Americans only as terrorist threats. These stories create stereotypes in the minds of the American public...
For centuries, countless dances were born out of the disbursement of African people. Dancing The African Diaspora, a new conference at Duke University,...
The 11th century isn’t noted in history for its peaceful interfaith relations. And yet, at that time, Christians and Jews alike came from all over...
In October 2012, the North Carolina Department of Transportation condemned a Concord property and demolished a vacant building to make way for a new...
Wiley Cash's latest novel, "This Dark Road to Mercy," is set in his hometown of Gastonia, N.C. The work follows a complicated family story that begins...
Brazil is often touted as a racial democracy or a multicultural paradise. More than half of the country's population is of African descent, and there...
Journalist and writer Perry Deane Young has covered some of the biggest stories in recent decades. From the civil rights movement to the Vietnam War...
The athletic program at Carolina came under scrutiny when academic advisor and tutor Mary Willingham made her research on athlete literacy public.
In his annual address to the nation, President Obama discussed raising the minimum wage for federal workers and closing the gender wage gap. He also...
João Ritter combines his technical computer skills with his musical ear to record, mix and master his own tracks.
When comic book authors set out to construct their superheros, how do they factor in the believability of those characters’ powers? And no matter how...
When we think about the bond between animals and humans, we often think of the "pet-owner" relationship. But animals influence our lives in many other...
Dr. Freeman Hrabowski has spent two decades transforming the University of Maryland, Baltimore County into one of the most innovative research...
For many moviegoers, Jack Nicholson's famous line in A Few Good Men is one of the most memorable courtroom scenes ever. "You can’t handle the truth! ...
