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CEO Looks At A Veteran, Sees A Business Partner
January 6, 2012 In 2008, Richard Bennett had been out of the Marines for nearly three years, after being injured in Iraq. That's when he caught the attention of Craig Williams, who was looking for a partner to help expand his successful business.
On New Year's Eve, An ID Check Helps Love Prosper
December 30, 2011 For Isabel Sobozinsky-Wall, New Year's Eve marks a special time. That's when she met her future husband, Scott, during a trip to New York City 20 years ago. But first they had some things to overcome.
National Teachers Initiative
Peace Game Puts 'Weight Of The World' On Students
December 25, 2011 Teacher John Hunter invented the World Peace Game to get his elementary students to think about major world issues. He also wanted to teach them compassion and kindness. At least two of his former students are on the path he helped to pave.
A Bowlful Of Memories About A Mama Named Sugar
December 23, 2011 With fondness and a Southern twang, Penelope Simmons remembers her mother, who was not one to hover. Your foot "could be hanging by a piece of skin," she says, "and Sug would go, 'Oh, baby, go get a Band-Aid. You'll be all right.' "
Homeless At 60: 'A Bullet I Didn't See Coming'
December 16, 2011 Queen Jackson has been homeless for about a year. As she recently told her case manager, Debra MacKillop, it all started in 2009, when she was laid off. Since then, there have been hard moments — and some precious ones, as well.
A Livin' Thing: After Decades, A Couple Reconnects
December 9, 2011 Jim and MaryAnn Fletcher met when they were just children, in the first grade. Later they became high-school sweethearts. But then they split up — until they found each other again, more than 20 years later.
Being Positive: Love And Life After An HIV Diagnosis
December 2, 2011 Chris Whitney lived in San Francisco in the 1980s, when there wasn't much known about AIDS. But then he tested positive for HIV. He explains what happened next to his friend Erin Kuka.
National Teachers Initiative
Teacher Pushed Struggling Student To Honors
November 27, 2011 When Meliza Arellano started seventh grade, she was below grade level in both math and reading. She was put in Sarah Benko's class to help students like her get up to speed. That was the year Arellano became a serious student.
StoryCorps' National Day Of Listening
English Teacher Reaches Through Student's Haze
November 25, 2011 NPR correspondent John Burnett's high school English teacher, Christine Eastus, may have been demanding, but she encouraged his interest in writing. Burnett is thankful that Eastus gave him the boost he needed as a teenager. You can thank a teacher, too, on Twitter with #thankteacher, or on the StoryCorps Facebook page.
The Parenting Dance: Hold Tight While Letting Go
November 18, 2011 Sarah Littman is struggling a little with her son, Joshua, being away at college. He is having a hard time adjusting to being away from home and understanding why he's in college in the first place.
Living To Tell The Horrible Tale Of Pearl Harbor
November 11, 2011 This year marks the 70th anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor. Thousands of Americans were killed that day. But Frank Curre, who was just a teenager when he enlisted in the Navy, survived the onslaught. He was assigned to the USS Tennessee.
Memory Loss Sparks A Plan For Running, And Living
November 4, 2011 Remembering even the smallest details of her life can be hard for Gweneviere Mann. She has suffered from short-term memory loss since having a stroke during brain surgery in 2008. Mann and her boyfriend are running this year's New York Marathon — with a unique strategy.
National Teachers Initiative
From Pre-Med To Teacher: A New Kind Of Healing
October 30, 2011 Ayodeji Ogunniyi's family came to the U.S. from Nigeria in 1990. His father worked as a cab driver in Chicago, and he always wanted his son to become a doctor. But while Ogunniyi was studying pre-med in college, his father was murdered on the job. At that point, he says, his life changed course.
A Stone Carver's Daughter Tells Of Mount Rushmore
October 28, 2011 Luigi Del Bianco was the chief stone carver on the Mount Rushmore monument, working for years to bring the presidents' faces to life in stone. He gave Abraham Lincoln's face many of its details, in the project that ended 70 years ago. But to his family, Del Bianco was a modest, loving patriarch.
Life As A 'Symbol Of Integration' In College
October 21, 2011 In 1953, A.P. Tureaud Jr. enrolled as a freshman at Louisiana State University, becoming the school's first and only black undergraduate that year. Tureaud's family had filed a lawsuit on his behalf. And as he recalls it, life on campus was anything but easy.
