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Journalist Adam Harris explains how the higher education system has been built on an uneven foundation from the start — and how slavery, segregation and racism have stymied Black education.

As a volunteer financial educator and contributor to this program, Janet Tierney helps people develop the skills needed to achieve financial stability. Janet has used her business acumen and fundraising skills to benefit many area non-profit organizations, including The Park People of Milwaukee County, Alliance Française de Milwaukee, Bel Canto Chorus, Women for MACC, and SHARP Literacy. She is currently a Senior Business Analyst at Fiserv, Incorporated.

Jim Spangler comments on the life experiences we all share, drawing on a 40-year newspaper career in Human Resources and labor relations, following a business degree from the University of Iowa and a stint in the Marines.

Iraqis will head to the polls Wednesday amid a surge in election-related violence. Veteran election observer Les Campbell says what happens after an election is as important as the day itself.

After Hurricane Ian dumped record levels of rain across Florida, rivers flooded, leaving thousands stranded on newly created islands.

In How the Word Is Passed, author Clint Smith explored U.S. sites that deal with the legacy of slavery. Now, in The Atlantic, he writes about German memorials to the Holocaust.

After a bookstore in England sent out a glum tweet about its worst sales day in memory, people inundated the store with new orders. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with longtime employee Robert Sansom.

Musicians, poets and artists have shown up day after day to bring a livelier energy to the intersection in Minneapolis where George Floyd was killed five years ago this weekend. Hear how they're using the arts to try to heal.

Michel Martin speaks to Shomari Stone, a reporter with Washington, D.C.'s NBC affiliate, about what it's like to cover crime at a time when homicides are on the rise nationally.

Around 80,000 federal employees call Fairfax County, Virginia, home. County Chairman Jeffrey McKay talks about his community's concerns over the government shutdown and what is being done to help.