Frank Stasio
WUNC
San Antonio, TX, United States
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Past articles by Frank:
'I Am A White Mexican'
Scrolling through the comments on her article published in the online news platform Latino Rebels, Roosbelinda Cárdenas found a picture of herself → Read More
NC Among Last States To Make Death Records Electronic
At Haywood Funeral Home, every service triggers a bureaucratic process that's been largely unchanged across North Carolina since 1914, when the company → Read More
In NC, Consequences Of Postal Service Slowdown Extend Beyond The Mailbox
By the time headlines across the country began to detail concerns over the U.S. Postal Service, Brunswick County resident Robert Brunson had already → Read More
WUNC Host Frank Stasio Announces Retirement
Frank Stasio, host of The State of Things, is retiring on January 1, 2021. Frank has hosted the live, daily talk show since June 2006, and over the last 14 → Read More
Janet Perez Wants You To Unsee The Illusion Of School Integration
How do visually impaired students learn best in a virtual classroom? That is Janet Perez’s job to figure out this year. She is the instructional and → Read More
This Author Will Help You Teach Your Kids About Race: Meet Carole Boston Weatherford
Carole Boston Weatherford wrote her first poem in first grade. She dictated it to her mother on the way home from elementary school in Baltimore. → Read More
Remembering Kenneth Edmonds, Publisher Of Durham’s Black Newspaper
The Carolina Times faces an uncertain future after its publisher Kenneth Edmonds died Saturday, May 2. His tenure at the historic black newspaper started → Read More
Coastal Counties Battle Health And Economic Concerns As Reopen Date Nears
North Carolina’s coastal counties draw millions of visitors each year with their scenic shorelines and festive events. Tourism is the primary economic → Read More
A Broken Elder-Care System Crumbles Further Amid COVID-19
Nursing homes are the source of more than 40% of North Carolina’s reported COVID-19 deaths so far. These facilities house some of our most vulnerable → Read More
The Legacy Of The Latta Family: Meet Brandi Neuwirth
As a child, Brandi Neuwirth remembers family chatter about her great-great-grandfather owning a school in North Carolina. But she was young and North → Read More
Massive Rates Of Unemployment In NC Could Spell Trouble For The Future Of Work
North Carolina’s unemployment filings since March 16 hover just over 470,000, and about 87% of those claims are related to COVID-19. This amounts to years → Read More
Violence, Family Loyalty And The Painful Nostalgia Of A Blue Collar Boyhood
M. Randal O’Wain’s memoir features standard ingredients of a classic country song: beat-up trucks, cigarette smoke, and a nostalgic father-son relationship → Read More
Greensboro’s ‘Shifting Worlds’ Institute Illuminates Reasons For Migration
Southeast Asian refugees first arrived in Greensboro after the Vietnam War. Now, more than 40 years later, the city continues to welcome families fleeing → Read More
Meet North Carolina National Guard’s First African American, Female Black Hawk Pilot
Captain Lindsey Jefferies was the first of her six siblings to graduate from college. As a child, her family struggled financially and was constantly on → Read More
Homeschooling: Questioning Authority, Liberty And Democracy In Education
Does homeschooling prepare children for society? Stereotypes about parents who pull their children out of school may not hold as true as they once did. For → Read More
Do Or Die: Using Art To Resist Stereotypes Of Black Masculinity
Artist Fahamu Pecou has been wrestling with stereotypes of black masculinity for his entire life. No matter how many degrees he earned or what job he had, → Read More
Autism Fathers Rise To The Occasion
Dwayne Ballen spent the early years of his childrens’ lives jetting between the East and West Coasts. He worked as a sportscaster in Los Angeles, but his → Read More
Political Junkie: Nation Still On High Alert After Mass Shootings. Will Legislation Follow?
With the nation still in shock and mourning over back-to-back mass shootings in Texas and Ohio last weekend, political leaders are being forced to address → Read More
Setting The Table: Why Dinnertime Is About More Than Just Food
For years health experts have been touting the benefits of sitting down at the dinner table for a family meal. The tradition of a big Sunday dinner after → Read More
The State of Things
The State of Things is a live program hosted by Frank Stasio devoted to bringing the issues, personalities, and places of North Carolina to our listeners. → Read More