High School Students take up fight against book bans
Vandegrift High School sophomore Ella Scott joins Yasmin Vossoughian to talk about her role in co-founding a Banned Book Club at her high school in response to her school district’s decision to restrict access to a number of books, as well as what she and her fellow students hope to achieve by fighting back.
Contractor turns demolished Confederate monuments into NFT collection
Devon Henry, founder of the ‘Crypto-Federacy’ project, joins Yasmin Vossoughian to discuss the challenges he faced being the only contractor willing to take down Confederate monuments following the nationwide racial reckoning in the summer of 2020, as well as his latest project to commemorate his team’s work with a collection of NFT’s launching on Juneteenth.
Heroic teenager recounts saving 3 girls and police officer from drowning in sinking vehicle
16-year-old high school student Corion Evans joins Yasmin Vossoughian to talk about his experience rescuing 3 girls and a police officer from drowning after their vehicle drove off a boat launch and began to sink in Pascagoula, Mississippi.