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Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27th - honoring the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and other victims of the Nazi regime.For one Delaware resident, those atrocities are hard to forget.Delaware Public Media's Rebecca Baer sat down with Holocaust survivor Ann Jaffe to hear her story

From time to time, we like to highlight work from student journalists at both the high school and college level.Delaware Public Media partners with McKean and Mount Pleasant High Schools in the Red Clay and Brandywine school districts, as well as Polytech High School in Kent County to expose students to radio journalism.And in this week’s Enlighten Me, we bring you recent stories from students in the radio career pathway at Mount Pleasant High.

Public support continues to grow for programs that would allow terminally ill patients to end their own lives.One such bill is gaining traction in the Delaware General Assembly.Delaware Public Media’s Roman Battaglia explores what it would mean for Delawareans.

Tune in to Mark Rogers’ interview with Backtrack Vocals, a 5-person multi-genre a cappella group based in NYC. With roots of 2 members from Delaware, Backtrack Vocals is the special headliner for this year’s Do More 24 Delaware giving day event on March 4.

This week’s Arts Playlist focuses on the first published novel from a Rehoboth Beach resident and University of Delaware professor.Ethan Joella recently joined Delaware Public Media’s Kelli Steele to discuss A Little Hope .

The Green takes some time this week to highlight work from student journalists at the University of Delaware.

Contributor Larry Nagengast profiles some of artists who have come out of the Creative Vision Factory in its first decade.

Over the years, the 9,000 Black soldiers that helped build the Burma Road, a major supply route to China during World War II, have received little recognition. In this week’s Enlighten Me, we speak with Delaware State University professor Yinghong Cheng about his upcoming book - Two Lives for A Mile—African American GIs Building the Burma Road - sheds light on their stories.

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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will pour billion of dollars into the First State.But how will the state manage spending that money? The Biden Administration recommended states name implementation coordinators – and in Delaware that job falls to Greg Patterson.We recently sat down with Patterson to discuss his role and how infrastructure spending will play out in the First State with this massive influx of funding.