The story of who we are as a nation is being challenged. Examining America’s racial history is not easy and not welcomed by everyone.

What defines a historically Black college or university? Is it all about the student demographics, or is it something else? In an era of intense competition for student enrollment, many of America’s HBCUs are working to adapt and diversify. Are West Virginia’s two HBCUs coming along on that journey?

For more than a year, a public health campaign has tried to sell a simple message - get a shot and save a life. The goal - to convince people to get a COVID-19 vaccination. The West Virginia vaccination campaign, including the governor’s English Bulldog, did not produce the uptick in vaccinations many hoped for. It leaves public health experts with a dilemma. Us & Them host Trey Kay asks public health and marketing experts: What will work to sell people on the vaccine?

Back in May 1970, few lenses were pointed at a riot in Augusta, Georgia. Us & Them host Trey Kay asks award-winning reporter Sea Stachura why so few people remember this turbulent Civil Rights protest.

A 1998 study on Adverse Childhood Experiences (also known as “ACEs”) concluded that traumas early in life can lead to poor health outcomes later on. Today, the findings of the study are considered ground-breaking and have sparked a world-wide social healing movement. But some say using such a rubric to assess a person’s traumatic experiences won’t work for everyone and may simply label and limit their future potential.

A new COVID variant shows the result of global vaccination inequities. On this Us & Them episode, host Trey Kay examines the consequences of an ‘America First’ focus, as millions of people around the globe still wait for their FIRST COVID vaccination.

New variants of the COVID virus continue to challenge public health officials. But as local leaders make recommendations on masks and vaccinations, they become targets.

Us & Them host Trey Kay traveled with a group on an immersive tour through the Deep South searching for a richer understanding of America’s racial history.

For Thanksgiving, host Trey Kay gathers the Us & Them dinner party around the table to chew over some of the contentious issues of the day.

Us & Them host Trey Kay honors Veterans Day with a remarkable conversation with Hershel Woodrow “Woody” Williams, the last surviving World War ll U.S. Marine recipient of the Medal of Honor.