After a False Start, a Progressive School Gets Ready to Open
A year after city education officials made the controversial decision to take the space allotted to a planned progressive elementary school and hand it to a KIPP charter school instead, the jilted...
View Article#130 My Dad Was My First Oprah
When she was growing up, writer Ashley C. Ford’s dad showered her with praise, through nearly 100 letters. Which he sent from prison. In this episode, Ashley talks about idealizing her incarcerated...
View Article'Time' Documents a Family With Father In Prison
The documentary “Time” focuses on Fox Rich, an ex-convict turned successful entrepreneur, as she raises her family and struggles to get her husband Rob freed from prison. Filmmaker Garrett Bradley...
View ArticleThe True Cost of Prison Phone Calls
Ashley C. Ford was just a baby when her father was sentenced to 30 years behind bars. Prison phone calls—a $1.4 billion industry in the United States—were often prohibitively expensive for her family,...
View ArticleA journey to reconnect with an incarcerated father
Radio Rookie Folashade Olatunde’s dad went to prison when she was two years old. She used to go visit him all the time with her mom. Until her parents got divorced. Now, it’s been more than a decade...
View ArticleReuniting Families on Mama's Day Bail Out
According to the Prison Policy Initiative, over half of the women who are in federal prisons and 80% of women in jails are mothers. The National Bail Out Collective is an organization fighting for...
View ArticleThe Prison of Manhood Can’t Hold Shaka Senghor
He went to prison at age 19. When released, he had to learn how to be a father to two Black sons with very different life experiences. His letters to them have lessons for us all. Read more from Shaka...
View ArticleHalf of My Parents, All of Me
Folashade Olatunde, a WNYC Radio Rookie, shares a series of open and honest audio diaries, inviting listeners on her journey to rebuild a relationship with her dad. Folashade's dad went to prison when...
View ArticleRediscovering Myself Through Rebuilding A Relationship With My Dad
Folashade Olatunde, a WNYC Radio Rookie, shares a series of open and honest audio diaries, inviting listeners on her journey to rebuild a relationship with her dad.Her dad went to prison when she was...
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