Emma Bowman

A patient in a first-stage study of a potential vaccine for COVID-19 receives a shot in March at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle.

Public Health Expert Calls To Repair Distrust In A COVID-19 Vaccine

Emma Bowman

Public health officials say a promising coronavirus vaccine is on its way in 2021. But does that matter if only half of Americans say they're willing to get such a vaccination?

School buses sit parked at a lot in Marietta, Ga., in March. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has pushed for students to return to school in the fall, but the state's largest system, in Gwinnett County, has decided on all-virtual learning.

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As Georgia Governor Calls To Reopen Schools, Largest District Will Teach Online Only

Rachel Martin

Public schools in Gwinnett County will move online this fall. The district's superintendent said most everyone will have the Internet but he "can't guarantee" reliable access for all.

Kenneth Felts and his daughter, Rebecca Mayes, spoke about Felts' first love during a remote StoryCorps conversation in Arvada, Colo.

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Love Lost, Truth Found: In Pandemic Isolation, A Father Comes Out To His Daughter

Emma Bowman

At 90, Ken Felts tells his daughter about the man he fell in love with over 60 years ago. "I thought I was doing great, until I came out and started to discover what it means to be free," he told her.

Raphael Bostic, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, says his organization has a big role to play in reducing racial economic inequities, which he says, is crucial to a stable economy.

Racism Has An Economic Cost, Atlanta Fed President Warns

Emma Bowman

Raphael Bostic, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta says his organization is committed to reducing racial economic inequities, which he says, is crucial to a stable economy.

Hadiyah-Nicole Green and Tenika Floyd at their StoryCorps interview in Atlanta in January 2017.

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'It Was Personal.' After Tragedy, Physicist Devotes Career To Cancer Research

Emma Bowman

Hadiyah-Nicole Green lost the aunt and uncle who raised her to cancer. The loss inspired her to develop a cancer treatment using lasers. "I was born to do this," she tells her cousin at StoryCorps.

Jane Elliott, an educator and anti-racism activist, first conducted her blue eyes/brown eyes exercise in her third-grade classroom in Iowa in 1968.

We Are Repeating The Discrimination Experiment Every Day, Says Educator Jane Elliott

Rachel Martin

Elliott created the blue-eyes/brown-eyes classroom exercise in 1968 to teach students about racism. Today, she says, it's still playing out as the U.S. reckons with racial injustice.

President Trump speaks during the Salute to America event on the South Lawn of the White House on Saturday, the Fourth of July.

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In Fourth Of July Remarks, Trump Attacks 'Radical Left'

Emma Bowman

At the Salute to America event, Trump referred to protesters calling for the removal of statues as an "angry mob" and likened the defeat of the "radical left" to defeating Nazis and terrorists.

Vivian Garcia Leonard (left); Marissa Sofia Ochs (middle), holding her daughter, Liana; and Vivian J. Leonard (right) talk about being pharmacists in New York, a city that has been especially hard hit during the coronavirus pandemic.

3 Generations Of Pharmacists Reflect On The Coronavirus Pandemic

Emma Bowman

Despite her dedication to her work, a pharmacist is following the advice of her daughter and granddaughter — who are also pharmacists — to stop working during the coronavirus pandemic.

He Went Blind Before High School. His Teacher Aide Thanks Him For 'Saving' Her

Emma Bowman

Graduating senior Cole Phillips lost his sight right before his freshman year. Rugenia Keefe was there to assist him in school. But, she says, Phillips was the one who got her through a dark time.

Albert Sykes (left), with his eldest son, Aidan, at home this week in Jackson, Miss.

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From Trayvon Martin To George Floyd, A Dad And Son Keep Protesting For Equality

Emma Bowman

Albert and Aidan Sykes have protested against racial injustice for years. What makes this moment especially tough, says Aidan, 14, "is knowing that could have been me."