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Space Shuttle Debris

By Debbie Elliott,

Michele Norris

Published February 3, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Host Michele Norris talks with NPR's Debbie Elliott from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, where an independent board appointed by NASA began its investigation of the shuttle disaster today. Debris from Columbia will be taken to the base for scrutiny.

Debbie Elliott

NPR National Correspondent Debbie Elliott can be heard telling stories from her native South. She covers the latest news and politics, and is attuned to the region's rich culture and history.

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Michele Norris

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Confederate monument melted down to create new, more inclusive public art

Debbie Elliott

The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va. is being melted down into an inclusive art display. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on October 26, 2023.)
Confederate monument melted down to create new, more inclusive public art

Debbie Elliott

A project in Charlottesville, Va. seeks to upend the narrative around the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was the center of deadly white nationalist protests there in 2017.
Black residents in rural Alabama demand sanitation equity, saying 'it's a right'

Debbie Elliott

A landmark environmental justice agreement is aimed at fixing longstanding sanitation issues in a rural, predominantly Black Alabama county. Residents say they've waited long enough.