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The protests that continue to rock the country in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by a police officer have also touched cities and towns throughout Delaware.
But the protests go beyond Floyd’s death. They are also focused on systemic racial injustices.
Delaware Public Media’s Sophia Schmidt reports some Delawareans are now demanding change to the way police here operate, and how they are protected under state law - and some elected officials agree.
School referendums are difficult enough to pass under normal conditions. But during a global pandemic that’s forced schools to remote learning and severely damaged the economy, getting voters to approve one now seems an almost impossible task.
But it’s one the Christina School District faces with voters heading to the polls Tuesday to decide if they will back a tax increase need to stave off drastic cuts.
This week, contributor Larry Nagengast digs into what the referendum is seeking, why it’s needed and what will happen if it come up short.
The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) is a national private-public organization based at the University of Delaware.
It received an $8.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce last week to help combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Delaware Public Media’s Nick Ciolino interviewed NIIMBL Director Kelvin Lee to learn how those dollars will be spent and what the grant means locally for Delawareans.
Delaware’s Poets Laureate Al Mills and Nnamdi Chukwuocha – the Twin Poets - have been named as 2020 Poets Laureate Fellows.
Mills and Chukwuocha are just two of the 23 individuals across the country receiving $50,000 from the Academy of American Poets.
The brothers plan to use their money to launch a new project - Write Now!
Write Now! is an art-based community building and engagement series and theTwin Poets recently spoke with Delaware Public Media’s Kelli Steele about it for this week’s Arts Playlist.
