Disrupted

Princess Joy L. Perry’s novel This Here is Love tells the interlocking stories of an array of characters in Tidewater Virginia. It’s a complex narrative that takes place in the 1690s as the hierarchies of...

Many Americans can tell you exactly what they were doing 25 years ago when they learned the United States had been attacked. But for a younger generation, the attacks are something they’ve only learned about in...

Edwidge Danticat ’s new book Dèy opens at a mall. A Haitian American real estate agent named Magnolia is there to buy a phone for her daughter. But before she has the chance, a mass shooting breaks out...

Some inventions change the way we see the world. Others fail to meet the lofty expectations set for them. Those are the ones that make it into a traveling museum called the Museum of Failure . It recognizes products...

According to the CDC , there are over 4,000 unintentional drowning deaths in the United States every year and around 850 of those are for people younger than 18 . And the numbers look different across various...

There was a lot of discussion surrounding the United States’ recent July 4th celebrations. There were festivities, like New York's parade of tall ships , and controversies, such as when musicians like Martina...

In 2018, the Supreme Court Case Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association reshaped gambling in the U.S. The ruling ended a ban on sports gambling— it had previously been illegal in every state except...

Great documentary films can teach people about the world. But the strength of the medium is that it doesn’t just explain facts, it can also reveal emotional truths. One recent documentary film that does so is...

Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw's work as a legal scholar has been massively influential. She coined the term “intersectionality,” which refers to the way multiple interlocking systems of power overlap to...

So far, 2026 has been a big year for movies. There’s been the success of horror films like Backrooms a nd Obsession . There are movies that have been targeted by the culture wars, like The Odyssey . And there are...

In 2012, Connecticut voters chose Chris Murphy as a replacement for retiring senator Joe Lieberman. He was the youngest U.S. senator serving at the time. And in the years since, his national profile has grown. He's been...

When was the last time you dabbled in something? In this episode of Disrupted , author Karen Walrond talks about the joys of dabbling and the space where dabbling and activism meet. She shares how trying activities...

For Black Americans, following the news can be a psychological challenge. 4 in 5 Black adults say they see or hear racist or racially insensitive coverage about Black people at least sometimes. That’s according to...

Confederate forces surrendered to Union forces in Appomattox Court House, Virginia in April of 1865. But many people in Texas were still living under slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation had gone into effect in...

Connecticut has a higher percentage of Puerto Rican residents than any other state. That’s according to 2020 U.S. Census data . But Puerto Rican residents still make up less than 10% of the state’s...