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The process to return Native American remains is broken
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A once-promising process for returning looted Native American remains has slowed to a crawl. We ask what can be done to fix the problem.
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Each week, host Anisa Khalifa tells one story from our home in North Carolina, at the crossroads of the South. From news to arts and culture, WUNC News’ “The Broadside” dives into issues that might not make the front page, but deserve a closer look. Along the way, we explore the nuances of our home — and how what happens here ripples across the country. Find new episodes of “The Broadside” every Thursday.
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My next-door neighbor is a weapon of mass destruction
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For more than half a century, the citizens of Richmond, Kentucky lived in the shadow of something extraordinary and terrible: an arsenal of chemical weapons.
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The takeover of The Robesonian
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In 1988, two armed Native American men occupied a newspaper office in a small North Carolina town. 35 years later, we look at the legacy of the takeover of The Robesonian.
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How many dollar stores are too many?
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Dollar stores can be convenient and even necessary, but some advocates warn their rapid spread is creating food deserts—especially in the South.
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What it takes to make music in prison
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Influential, exploitative and ever-evolving, join us as we look between the bars of Southern prison music.
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At last, Asian American Studies has arrived in the South
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50 years after the first movement for Asian American Studies, we explore why it's finally having its moment at universities across the South.
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A look inside America’s climate data bunker
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A basement in the mountains of North Carolina might hold the keys to the climate crisis.
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How y'all conquered the world
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English speakers outside the South are embracing the word y’all. And the reasons may surprise you.
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Introducing: The Broadside
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Weekly news and stories from the American South — and why they matter to you.
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