When Unjoo Moon visits Helen Reddy, they are still drawn to the record player Moon bought for the singer. Reddy, who was diagnosed with dementia, now lives in a Los Angeles nursing home for professional artists. Moon and Reddy play their favorite songs, as well as Reddy’s own albums. “AndRead More →
INDIANAPOLIS – “The suffrage is white.” This is the position of Susan L. Hall-Dotson, coordinator of African American history collections at the Indiana Historical Society in Indianapolis. “It is painful for whites – and white women in particular – to admit that they alienate themselves from other women on theRead More →
As the new coronavirus has swept through almost every country on the planet, it has hit some populations harder than others. In Rhode Island, Latinos make up 46% of the state’s case count. Nationally, blacks and Latinos are infected at disproportionate rates. And one group is serving massively on theRead More →
On that day 25 years ago, August 11, 1995, a devadasi woman, Yellamma, traveled from Raichur district in Karnataka to Delhi to participate in a historic event. In the presence of over a thousand Dalit women, Yellamma lit the inaugural lamp to establish a pan-Indian network, the National Federation ofRead More →
Again Saturday January 1, 2022 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday January 2 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand —A celebration of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage reflected in popular music— “Rise Up: Songs from the Women’s Movement” celebrates the 100th anniversary of theRead More →