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LeAlan Jones rushes onto the West Chatham Park practice football field and shoves his right outside linebacker: “Why are you waiting for him to come to you?” he demands, then shows the young man how ...

When technology and storytelling converge, an online exhibition can create deeply immersive, accessible and educational experiences Karolina Ziulkoski Photo of Yitskhok Rudashevski in the 1930s.

He and LeAlan Jones recorded stories of life and death in a Chicago housing project for NPR, winning a Peabody Award and inspiring the birth of StoryCorps. By Sam Roberts Lloyd Newman, who teamed up ...

In the early 90s, teenagers LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman recorded a week of their lives on Chicago's South Side. Working with StoryCorps founder Dave Isay, LeAlan and Lloyd produced a documentary ...

The song is titled “The Sewing Song,” and it rhythmically echoes the pace of a spinning wheel. It’s a simple melody that captures a complex topic: the day-to-day struggle of life in the Warsaw Ghetto.

As the Holocaust recedes in time, the complexities and varieties of Jewish resistance are moving into sharper focus. Rebellion, we now realize, wasn’t limited to taking up arms, committing sabotage, ...

Almost 30 years ago on this program, we introduced listeners to two boys from Chicago. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST, "GHETTO LIFE 101") LEALAN JONES, BYLINE: My name's LeAlan Jones, and I'm 13 ...