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Earlier this fall, we reported on a logistics boom in Delaware - with a warehouses and fulfillment centers steadily popping up, especially in New Castle County.Now, there’s some numbers confirming the scope of this growth and its prospects for continuing.Contributor Jon Hurdle digs into this data and explains its implications.

The University of Delaware Center for Political Communication’s annual National Agenda series returns for its 11th year – promoting civil discourse with the theme “Reflecting America”The series opened in September with NPR White House correspondent Asma Khalid and novelist David Joy joining the Center’s associate director Lindsay Hoffman.Hoffman joins us this week to discuss their conversation.

The Historic Odessa Foundation’s latest exhibition - Island Life: Photography by Jay Fleming - documents a disappearing way of life on two Chesapeake Bay islands.And Fleming joins Delaware Public Media’s Kelli Steele on this week’s Arts Playlist to discuss his work.

The University of Delaware Center for Political Communication’s annual National Agenda series returns for its 11th year – promoting civil discourse with the theme “Reflecting America”The series’ most recent speaker, gun safety advocate David Hogg, joined the Center’s associate director Lindsay Hoffman virtually last week – and Hoffman joins us this week to discuss their conversation and this year’s National Agenda series.

The Delaware Contemporary's current slate of exhibitions includes Fields and Formations.And Curator-in-Residence Kristen Hileman joins Delaware Public Media’s Kelli Steele on this week’s Arts Playlist to discuss it and the artists it features.

Last month, a University of Delaware student was charged with kidnapping and assaulting a woman in what’s been described as an act of domestic violence.In response, students protested, calling on UD to do more to address gender-based violence.Delaware Public Media’s Rebecca Baer spoke with UD grad and manager of “Know Your IX,” a national organization that works with students to end gender violence Sage Carson about the school’s response and how colleges can better protect students.

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A little-known program for trading air pollution credits in Delaware will allow a facility on the Route 9 Corridor to expand its manufacturing capacity.Delaware Public Media’s Sophia Schmidt reports some question whether the program benefits everyone.

With Halloween in the rearview mirror, retailers now turn their full attention to the holiday season.They’re hoping shoppers will spend big money this year. But will high prices and supply chain issues dash those hopes?Contributor Eileen Dallabrida offers a preview of what to expect as people to work through their holiday wish lists.

We don’t know how many enslaved people Founding Father John Dickinson and his family owned. But historians say, in Dickinson’s era, they were not meant to be remembered.That’s changing after the discovery of an African burial ground at the Dickinson Plantation near Dover.Delaware Public Media’s Roman Battaglia reports guided tours of the site allow visitors to reflect on the lives of those who lived and died there.