Young Media-Makers: Come PodCamp With Us!
We’re cueing up some fun here at D&Me HQ: a free PodCamp for area students in grades 8-12, happening 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May […]
Articles by Kahvah Whittaker
Episode 59: Do We See Ourselves in the Oscars?
The producers of the 94th Academy Awards—airing at 8 p.m. this Sunday on ABC—hope a new “Fan Favorite” award, celebrating popular hits like Cinderella and […]
Amidst a New Refugee Crisis, Students Find Welcome and Hope in America’s Capital
Commentary by Joyeuse Muhorakeye, Ankita Rai, Rojina Rai, students at Aiken New Tech H.S. Where we come from, where we are, and where we are […]
Episode 58: Two Years on the COVID Roller-Coaster
One star, would not recommend this particular thrill ride—but pandemic extremes have been our daily reality for the last two years, which, we’d like to […]
Episode 57: Is This the Start of World War 3?
The news started coming in overnight Wednesday: after weeks of military buildup on the Ukrainian border, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war on the former […]
Meet the New D&Me Dozen
“There are many things I hope to learn… (like) how to collaborate even if we have opposing viewpoints on certain issues.”
Episode 56: Deflated: Are Big-Time Sports Losing Gen Z?
Major-league sports and premier events like the Olympics have long been an American obsession, but so far, Gen Z seems to be sitting out—unless, say, […]
“I’m Black Too!”
“All I really wanted was a place I could call home–but I never really felt at home, because of all the rejection I got from members of my own race.”
Episode 55: Ask a Black Historian
It’s February, and you know what that means—bring on the Dr. King coloring sheets! But how did Black History Month even become a thing? Is […]
Episode 54: Facing Our Past at the Freedom Center
Back in December, a group of Democracy & Me students visited the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (www.freedomcenter.org), joined by members of the Cincinnati Public […]