Stories - Life Stories
Stories 1977 Interviews 101
Our stories are about how people make sense of their own lives, how they can shed light on our lives, and how we are connected to one another, to history, and to the larger human story.
Lincoln's use of colonization as a political strategy during emancipation
Lincoln's policies toward Indigenous peoples in historical context
San Francisco work as a model for national domestic violence legislation
Response to the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. and its systemic implications
Jim Foley's legacy as a journalist and humanitarian son
Suspicions about FBI infiltration within King's inner circle
Father's gradual advocacy and the responsibility to speak out against injustice
Discovering the pipeline from sexual violence to incarceration for girls
The unique racial ideology that distinguished American slavery from other societies
Growing up with feminist parents and awareness of the women's movement
“Someone told me the story about the child throwing starfish back into the ocean one at a time. 'It makes a difference to this one.' That's kind of how I've looked at it ever since. I can't be Dolores Huerta or Martin Sheen, but I can do what I can do in the rooms I find myself in to look for that starfish.”
Noah Wyle
Lincoln's early anti-slavery convictions and political courage in Illinois
Black soldiers' military service shifting Northern opinion toward abolition
Military necessity behind the Emancipation Proclamation and its impact on enslaved people
EJI's holistic approach to legal representation and client re-entry support
Jim Foley's relationships with fellow prisoners during captivity in Libya
Verifying authenticity and deciding how to report on the ISIS video of James Foley
Defining de facto segregation and its contrast with Southern Jim Crow laws
The Civil War as America's greatest political and social constitutional revolution
Reaction to Trump-era immigration policies and border conditions
McClellan's failures and the push toward the Emancipation Proclamation
