WCLK - Site Search

Rodney Stotts walks across the roof of the Matthew Henson Earth Conservation Center with one of his hawks. A former drug dealer, he is now a falconer — one of only 30 African-American falconers in the U.S., he says.

In Washington, D.C., A Program In Which Birds And People Lift Each Other Up

For 25 years, the Earth Conservation Corps has been cleaning up the capital's polluted Anacostia River. Volunteers have turned their lives around and now work to help others do the same.

The Paris Lawyer Who Gives Google Nightmares

Dan Shefet won what may be the most powerful single case against Google: the right to get search results about himself removed. Now people and governments the world over are seeking him out.

Khadire Tahiraj (left) runs the Center for Promotion of Women's Rights in the Drenas municipality in central Kosovo. The center cares for scores of wartime rape survivors, including Sana (right). Sana is not her real name; she chose it for herself because she doesn't want her family to know she was raped. "We are like orphans," Sana says. "And Kadire is like our mother."

In Kosovo, War Rape Survivors Can Now Receive Reparations. But Shame Endures For Many

Thousands of women who were raped in the war that resulted in Kosovo's split from Serbia are eligible for a monthly government stipend of $280. Many are reluctant to claim it. Only 250 have signed up.

Parts of Great Abaco Island are eerily empty after Hurricane Dorian.

Little Miracles, Huge Problems: The Bahamas A Month After Dorian

Parts of the island nation are still in ruins, thousands remain displaced and rebuilding efforts have only just begun. But locals and volunteers are making a difference.

The original lineup of Creedence Clearwater Revival, at London's Heathrow Airport. L-R: Tom Fogerty, Stu Cook, Doug Clifford, John Fogerty.

Creedence Clearwater Revival's 'Green River' At 50: Our Essential Guide To Early CCR

On the 50th anniversary of the band's landmark album Green River, we dig into how the band formulated its singular sound, its legacy and how Creedence's music still resonates today.

Villagers wait to board a bus to head home in the wake of government-imposed restrictions relating to COVID-19 in Kathmandu valley.

How COVID Spiraled Out Of Control In Nepal

It's one of the world's most severe outbreaks. And it stretches from villages without hospitals to the top of the world's highest mountain.

Then-candidate Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Mobile, Ala., in August 2015.

With Or Without Trump, Republicans Will Likely Keep Right And Head South

Where will the GOP turn in its hour of crisis? If the past is any guide, it will turn to the wellsprings of strength that have brought the party back from the brink before.

Cardi B's "I Like It" was one of the biggest songs during the summer of 2018.

The Songs Of The Summer, 1962-2022

Revisiting the earworms of summers past will likely bring back sunny memories, as well as groan-inducing moments of "What was I thinking?"

Spitzer's Fall Helps Write New Chapter in History

History is being made with the shocking resignation of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer following a prostitution scandal. Lt. Gov. David Paterson will become New the state's first African-American governor. Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins and State Senator Malcolm Smith discuss Paterson's career.

Art Montagne in Honolulu, 1940; his letter to his mom, December 1941; and the American destroyer USS Shaw exploding during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

My dad witnessed the horror of Pearl Harbor firsthand. But his letters never let on

This is the story of a young sailor, his best friend, and the girl he fell in love with just days before the Pearl Harbor attack that changed everything.

Search results for