Next Generation Radio

She's Got Pipes — And Now She Wants To Be The Next Blind Idol.

Juana Mikels still remembers the day she discovered her daughter’s talent for singing. Mary was 7 years old and heard the soundtrack to “The Sound of…

Business & Economy

The City Tore Down Their Block. Here’s How One Fried Chicken Institution Survived.

The phone rings for the the fourth or fifth time in so many minutes inside a soul food joint in Durham, North Carolina. The place looks more like an…

Race, Class & Communities

They Have Ordinary Lives, And They Share A ‘Revolutionary Love’ In The South

Eva Panjwani and Qasima “Q” Wideman maneuver around each other in the kitchen of their east Durham home on a Tuesday afternoon.The smell of curry…

Race, Class & Communities

‘I Was Born Here, My Brother Is Buried Here — That’s Pretty American.’

Of all the tributes that Farris Barakat has seen for his three slain family members, one of his favorites is a wooden plaque that bears their silhouettes…