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6/08/2017: State Department Funding; 'Coming Out Monologues'; Guild Of Organists Convention

Today on “First Coast Connect,” we spoke about the dangers of President Trump’s proposal to slash funding for the State Department with former Deputy…

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., listens during the House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on July 27, 2021.

After his son's suicide and the Jan. 6 attack, Rep. Jamie Raskin is not giving up

Raskin's son died just days before the Capitol insurrection. Now Raskin serves on the House select committee charged with investigating the Jan. 6 attack. His new memoir is Unthinkable.

Florence Widdicombe, 6, poses with a Christmas card from the same pack as a card she found containing a message apparently from foreign prisoners in China. The U.K.-based grocery chain Tesco has halted production at the factory in China that supplied the cards.

6-Year-Old Finds Message Alleging Chinese Prison Labor In Box Of Christmas Cards

"We are foreign prisoners in Shanghai Qingpu prison China," the note said in English. "Forced to work against our will. Please help us and notify human rights organization."

Louisville, Ky., nonprofit Change Today, Change Tomorrow says it received a large reparations payment from a donor. "It is a blessing for us but also definitely owed," said Taylor Ryan (right), the group's founder, seen here with Deputy Director Nannie Grace Croney.

A Black Nonprofit Got A 6-Figure Payment From Someone Whose Family Enslaved People

The anonymous donor said that while investigating the origins of their family's wealth, they discovered their great-grandfather had owned six enslaved people in Bourbon County, Ky.

'The Six' Looks At How 6 Chinese Men's Lives Unfolded After They Survived The Titanic

Six Chinese men survived the sinking of the Titanic. Their stories were lost to history until the documentary The Six showed how their lives were shaped by America's restrictive immigration policies.

Stephen Ayres, left, who entered the U.S. Capitol illegally on Jan. 6, 2021, and Jason Van Tatenhove, a one-time national spokesman for the Oath Keepers, are sworn-in during the seventh hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Jan. 6 panel shows evidence of coordination between far-right groups and Trump allies

The committee showed video clips and text messages to demonstrate how far-right groups were emboldened by Trump's false claims about the 2020 election.

6/23/2017: Media Roundtable; Cumberland Protest; Thrasher-Horne Center; Sapphire Quartet

Today on “First Coast Connect,” our weekly Media Roundtable panel included Florida Times-Union reporter David Bauerlein, David Cawton from the Financial…

6/19/2017: Haroon Moghul; Admiral James Stavridis; Women's Build; Cole Pepper

Today on “First Coast Connect,” we spoke with author Haroon Moghul (00:55) about his new memoir “How to Be a Muslim.” We were also joined by retired North…

WJCT Launches ADAPT Podcast, New Edition Profiling 6 On Front Line Of Climate Change

The newest edition of ADAPT, published Monday by WJCT Public Media, introduces a six-part podcast and web series profiling people working every day to…

6/02/2017: Media Roundtable; Dr. Jim Burt; Rashaad Newsome; 'Hotsy Totsy'

Today on “First Coast Connect,” it was our weekly Media Roundtable with panelist Andrew Pantazi from the Florida Times-Union, blogger Fred Matthews,…

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