Category: Social change

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Hawkins Family (L-R, Back row: Tiffany Hawkins, Tammy Hawkins, Lee Hawkins, Jr. Front row: Lee Hawkins, Sr. and Roberta Hawkins)

From Alabama to Minnesota: The Legacy of Jim Crow

Lee Hawkins unpacks his family history and upbringing in What Happened In Alabama?, a podcast to end the cycles of trauma for Lee, his family, and Black America. Hawkins Family (L-R, Back row: Tiffany Hawkins, Tammy Hawkins, Lee Hawkins, Jr. Front row: Lee Hawkins, Sr.

Coyote

The Coyote Next Door

What urban wildlife can teach us about cognition, survival and how to be good neighbors. Standing in a thicket of poplars, surrounded by tangled brush and magpie chatter, there’s an air of wilderness. But reminders of the urban world beyond the trees are everywhere: the

Photograph: Kayla Reefer

How Robots Helped My Parents’ Dementia

Forget the crappy caregiver bots and puppy-eyed seals. When my parents got sick, I turned to a new generation of roboticists—and their glowing, talking, blobby creations. This article first appeared in the January, 2024 edition of Wired. Her research was supported by an Alicia Patterson

Fadil Muqolli’s home, where 53 people, including his wife and children, were killed by grenades and bullets. (Diana Markosian for The Washington Post)

In Kosovo, War Survivors Turned Homes Into Their Own Museums

This article, by APF fellow Nina Strochlic, first appeared in the Washington Post on February 21, 2024. It was supported by her research for her APF fellowship. POKLEK, Kosovo — Fadil Muqolli has spent more than two decades trying to rebuild his life. He remarried,