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    Most states have done little to stop e-cigarette use among kids despite risk of nicotine addiction

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    APM Reports has produced more than 140 audio documentaries on topics such as health, history, education and justice.

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      Rediscovering Apprenticeships

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      First-generation college students a decade later

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      Are colleges helping Americans move up?

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      Hard to Read

      How American schools fail kids with dyslexia

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      College dreamers in Trump's America

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      Black men and teachers in rural areas are in especially short supply

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      Edged out of the middle class, teachers are walking out

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    Recent Stories

    Downtown Winona, Mississippi

    S2 Update: Back to Winona

    Two months after the season ended, we return to Winona to see what has changed. Turns out, a lot. Curtis Flowers' mother has died. The whole town is talking about the case. Flowers' defense lawyers are including our findings in their legal filings to the Supreme Court. Citizens are trying to file bar complaints against the district attorney, Doug Evans. One man has gone into hiding, his personal safety threatened because he spoke to us. In this update episode, we look at what's happened in Winona since our last episode and what happens next with Curtis Flowers' case.

    Teens Vaping

    Most states have done little to stop e-cigarette use among kids despite risk of nicotine addiction

    by Tom Scheck

    Only 13 states are spending to stop vaping among teens. Others blame lack of funding, despite billions from the tobacco settlement over the years. Meanwhile, the FDA has begun to move against makers and sellers.

     

    Why aren't kids being taught to read?

    by Emily Hanford

    Scientific research has shown how children learn to read and how they should be taught. But many educators don't know the science and, in some cases, actively resist it. As a result, millions of kids are being set up to fail.

     

    Rediscovering Apprenticeships

    by Sasha Aslanian

    You might think apprenticeships are a relic from an earlier era, but a growing number of Americans are using them as a way into the middle class. In South Carolina, apprenticeships are helping companies find skilled workers, and giving people an affordable path to a good career.

    Mario Martinez

    He bet that college would help him move up. Was it a good bet?

    by Emily Hanford

    At 19, Mario Martinez felt fortunate to have escaped his rough neighborhood and enrolled in a community college. But the odds that he would earn his degree and achieve the life he wanted were still against him.

    Katy Sorto

    She was a first-generation college student looking for a different life

    by Emily Hanford

    For Katy Sorto, college seemed like the way to a different life. But she had no idea how hard it would be.

    Patrick Hughes

    Are colleges helping Americans move up?

    by Sasha Aslanian and Emily Hanford

    Colleges have long offered a pathway to success for just about anyone. But new research shows that with the country growing ever more economically divided, colleges are not doing enough to help students from poor families achieve the American Dream.

     

    Did going to college change your social class?

    by Emerald O'Brien

    We asked some of our readers and listeners to tell us about their experiences with college and social mobility. Here are a few of their stories.

    Attorneys representing the family of Justine Ruszczyk.

    Cops' psychological testing cited in lawsuit

    by Curtis Gilbert

    Family: Minneapolis didn't properly assess mental fitness of officers involved in daughter's death.

    Lola and Archie Flowers

    Lola Flowers dies, mother and source of spiritual support to son, Curtis, imprisoned on death row

    by Madeleine Baran

    For 21 years she regularly visited her son in Parchman prison and never gave up hope he'd be exonerated.

    Mississippi Supreme Court

    What happens now with Curtis Flowers' case?

    His lawyers are filing fresh appeals, and new evidence uncovered by reporters for "In the Dark" could make a difference.

    Al White on the path to the Duck Hill site.

    Execution in Mississippi: Who lives and who dies

    by Parker Yesko

    Can Mississippi, with its ugly history of racial oppression, administer the death penalty fairly?

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