Dante Miller
Community Engagement ProducerDante Miller joined WFAE as a Report for America Corps Member in 2020 as part of a unique partnership with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and Digital Public Library of America. Her work allows her to use radio, online stories, Wikipedia entries and events to meet the community's news and information needs.
Prior to becoming a corps member for Report for America, she was a reporter for QCityMetro and Charlotte Media Group. She's an alumna from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and received her Bachelor's of Science in Journalism and Mass Communication August 2017.
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We sit down with tribal members and advocates for Native Americans to discuss how the American Indian community has fared during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Black women in North Carolina are two times more likely to die from complications in pregnancy. Additionally, according to the CDC, Black women are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related issues than white women. We talk to advocates and ask why that's happening and whether doulas and midwives help.
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Kitty Garner, founder of the nonprofit The LoveBolt, has died. She's described as a true renaissance woman. A few of close friends shared a few kind words about her.
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We're continuing the conversation about being Black in America and how systemic racism continues to harm African Americans and all communities in this country. This is an unfiltered, honest discussion that happened after our previous conversation, and we're sharing pieces of that conversation with you.
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We will sit down with community activists in the Charlotte area and have a conversation about being Black in America and how systemic racism is engrained in the United States.
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On the night of Sept 7, a sleeping 3-year-old boy was shot and killed after 150 rounds of bullets were shot into his home, police said. Two days earlier, a 16-year-old also lost his life to gun violence; a 14-year-old was arrested for that homicide. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police suspect these cases are connected and have ties to area high schools. Local activists and violence experts join us to discuss how teens are getting guns, and what can be done to prevent the deadly violence.
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Can religion and science coexist? Former Gov. James Martin thinks so. His book "Revelation Through Science," which looks at the relationship between religion and science, has recently been revised. He talks about how faith and science can support one another and how religion and politics have affected science research.
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This week on “Charlotte Talks,” we’re going to continue to take a deeper look at WFAE’s health care series The Price We Pay and ask these questions: Why do we spend so much on care, and could hospital price transparency help with these costs?
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Americans with a bachelor’s degree are doing OK, but people without one are getting sicker. Why? We talk with a couple of experts and a medical professional to learn why and how having a higher education can greatly impact your quality of life.
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There's a 12-year difference in the life expectancy of people who live in the ZIP codes that house the Grier Heights Community Center and the Mint Museum's Randolph Road location, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. The neighborhoods are just a three-minute drive apart. We take a deeper look and ask local and national experts about the social drivers of health and how those factors impact life expectancy.