Stories - Life Stories
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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.
Social media's role in shifting control of Black narratives
Andrew Johnson's deeply troubled succession to the presidency after Lincoln's assassination
Tensions between editorial control and artistic vision at Life magazine
Development and success of the Bronx Regional Center library project
Conditions at The Post that allowed the Janet Cooke scandal to occur
Role as UN Messenger of Peace and the meaning of peace as equilibrium
Frederick Douglass's documentation of self-emancipation stories in his newspaper
Childhood political awakening and separating from parents' conservative views
Sentencing of 27 years to life and the emotional impact on family
Writing a poem for Vartan Gregorian's farewell banquet at the NYPL
“Think about what you have done and try to leave this world a little bit better than you found it. That's all there is. You don't have to be a genius. You don't have to be anything. Just leave it a little bit better.”
Tova Friedman
Advantages and challenges of being a Chinese American journalist in China
The temperance movement's radical roots and ties to women's suffrage
The Selma march and passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Frustration with "inshallah" as a symbol of avoided responsibility
Long tenure at EJI and the organic decision to stay
Lincoln's evolving views on emancipation and preserving the Union
Father's role as a devoted parent despite a demanding political career
Sherman's March to the Sea and enslaved people seeking freedom with Union forces
Capture by Gaddafi forces and the death of Anton Hammerl in Libya
Executive Order 9066, Public Law 503, and the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans
