Meet Kathrine Nero
Kathrine Nero is a Democracy & Me contributor with over 25 years of experience in journalism and television. As a former sports and news anchor, […]
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Meet Dr. Nathan French
91.7 WVXU is happy to spotlight Dr. Nathan French, educational contributor to Democracy & Me. Dr. French is an Associate Professor of Comparative Religion at […]
Meet Mr. Aaron Parker and Aiken High School
91.7 WVXU is happy to introduce Democracy & Me contributor, Mr. Aaron Parker. Mr. Parker is an ESL specialist and Agriculture Career Tech Pathways educator at […]
Episode 57: Is This the Start of World War 3?
The news started coming in overnight Wednesday: after weeks of military buildup on the Ukrainian border, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war on the former […]
Episode 56: Deflated: Are Big-Time Sports Losing Gen Z?
Major-league sports and premier events like the Olympics have long been an American obsession, but so far, Gen Z seems to be sitting out—unless, say, […]
Episode 55: Ask a Black Historian
It’s February, and you know what that means—bring on the Dr. King coloring sheets! But how did Black History Month even become a thing? Is […]
Episode 53: Our Student Voices Competition Is Back!
We’ve just launched Democracy & Me’s 2022 Student Voices Competition, an opportunity for young people from across the WVXU listening area and beyond to speak […]
The 2022 Democracy & Me Student Voices Competition
The Democracy & Me Student Voices Competition invites young people to express their thoughts on the role of media in our democracy—in writing, audio, video, […]
Episode 52: Thankful for Each Other
Yeah, it’s a complicated holiday—part of a mythical American origin story masking ugly truths about who’s really had a place at our nation’s table over […]
Episode 51: How Colorism Hurts
Straight-up racism is bad enough—but for many of us, colorism cuts even deeper. Maybe we were born with skin tones darker or lighter than those […]