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Being a Delawarean is more than just a geographical coincidence: it’s a state of mind. For honest and open-minded reporting of the issues and events that affect Delawareans, The Green encourages a fuller, more robust discovery of Delaware, enabling Delawareans to learn about and see their state from new perspectives.
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The 2024 Election nationally was a good one for Republicans, who returned Donald Trump to the White House and gained control of the U.S. Senate. But in Delaware, it was more of the same with Democrats dominating statewide races and drawing another seat closer to a House supermajority.To dive into these storylines and more, Delaware Public Media news director Tom Byrne sat down this week with University of Delaware Communications professor Paul Brewer – Delaware Politics Director at UD’s Center for Political Communication – to get his analysis of the post-election state of play in the First State. -
The Green continues its breakdown of the fallout from Tuesday’s General Election in Delaware with a closer look at how the results will impact the state’s political landscape, especially in the General Assembly.There will be a new Governor in Matt Meyer, along with a new Democratic House Speaker and a new Republican House Minority Leader. However, Democrats failed to pick up the two seats they needed to grab a House supermajority to go with the one they have in the state Senate.Delaware Public Media political reporter Sarah Petrowich examines what to make of the statewide election results and what we might expect when lawmakers reconvene in January. -
About a third of Americans will develop shingles and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends anyone over 50 get the vaccine.At the University of Delaware, a $1.7 million study is underway allowing assistant professor of epidemiology Daniel Harris access to health records for roughly three million nursing home residents for a closer look at the effectiveness of the shingles vaccine in preventing the disease, dementia, and stroke.Delaware Public Media’s Martin Matheny caught up with Harris this week to learn more about the study and the efficacy of the shingles vaccine. -
On Veteran’s Day, more than 20,000 students in all 50 states will be treated to video stories read aloud by active-duty service members.The ‘Story Time with a Service Member’ event, held by the nonprofit United Through Reading, gives young students the chance to connect with service members and highlights how crucial it is to keep our youth reading.For this week’s Enlighten Me, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon spoke with Melanie Sheridan – director of marketing and communications for United Through Reading – about ‘Story Time with a Service Member’ and teaching a child to love the act of reading. -
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How to handle the affordable housing crisis in the First State has been among the top issues during the 2024 election, but work on the issue is already underway in Delaware.This week, contributor Paul Kiefer takes a closer look at that work and what options it may provide a new Governor and General Assembly with to address this complex issue. -
According to most major polls, or a combination of polls from around the country, the presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris is a toss-up with Election Day nearly here.But we’ve heard this story before and the reality may very well wind up much different than what polls are forecasting.Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon talks with University of Delaware Communications professor Paul Brewer – Delaware Politics Director at UD’s Center for Political Communication – about polling projections and which numbers we can trust. -
The cultural impact of the African diaspora in the Americas spans the Atlantic arc, from Delaware all the way to Uruguay.Encompassing thousands of miles and hundreds of years of Africans in the Americas, this arc brought cultural expressions and new types of music we still enjoy today; something the Millsboro-based arts nonprofit Echoes and Footprints is working to educate the public about.In this edition of Arts Playlist, Delaware Public Media’s Martin Matheny sits down with Echoes and Footprints’ founder and president Herman Boyd to learn more about the so-called music of the Americas. -
The Delaware Historical Society named Hannah Grantham the new Director of the Jane and Littleton Mitchell Center for African American Heritage.The Mitchell Center works to promote the history of Delaware’s African Americans and Grantham comes to the Center with an extensive background in musicology and museum work; most recently at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.In this edition of History Matters, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon is joined by Grantham to discuss her new role. -
