Hundreds of thousands of people are living in the United States with Temporary Protected Status, also known as TPS. That means they’re allowed to live and work in the US without fear of deportation. TPS was first created by an act of Congress in 1990, and it’s been granted to individuals who have come to the […]
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The Loving Project (podcast)
The Loving Project is a podcast featuring the stories of interracial married couples 50 years of the Supreme Court ruling that struck down anti-miscegenation laws across the United States. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Court’s decision in the case of Loving v. Virginia, Brad Linder and Farrah Parkes interviewed 25 couples about their […]
LPX (podcast)
LPX is a podcast series featuring interviews with experts in their fields. Topics covered on the show include a discussion of fake news and fact checking with the managing editor of Snopes, an interview with the founder of a project to create an open source MS-DOS compatible operating system decades after Microsoft retired its first […]
Atlantic City in a slumping economy
A few weeks ago I spent a day in Atlantic City working on a story about the impact of high gas prices and reduced consumer spending on a tourist destination like AC. I met with officials at the Borgata hotel and casino and the Atlantic City Convention Center. I also wandered the boardwalk, where I […]
The city that never sleeps is getting a bit sleepy (NPR’s Morning Edition)
You can’t really tell from the photo above, because it turns out I’m much better with an audio recorder than a digital camera, but this is a picture of Little West 12th Street in Manhattan’s Meat Packing district. I snapped this shot at 2:30 in the morning on a recent Saturday night. And the place […]
The Value of Trash (NPR radio story)
I have a story on NPR’s Day to Day today about Justin Gignac and Christine Santora, two New York artists that enjoy playing with the idea of value. Gignac has been selling cubes of New York trash for a few years. At first, he sold them for $10 per cube, but he keeps raising the […]