Nov 22nd, 2008 · They look just like telephone booths, but they are decorated with hands folded in prayer, and there's a place to kneel. The prayer booths are an art installation designed to spark dialogue on prayer in the public sphere. There are prayer booths in Jackson, Tennessee, in Ceder Rapids Iowa — and now on a bustling Manhattan street in New York City.
Nov 7th, 2008 · The legendary oral historian explains how an encounter on an airport shuttle restored his faith in the power of the human voice. Terkel, who died last week, recorded this interview inside a mobile StoryCorps recording booth that was parked in his driveway.
Nov 2nd, 2008 · When we head to the polls, we bring much more than a registration card and a sense of civic duty. We bring the experiences we've developed throughout our lives. Meet three Tennessee residents who take very different paths to the voting booth. Matt Shafer Powell reports from member station WUOT in Knoxville.
Oct 22nd, 2008 · In Southern California, they sure love their cars. And in Santa Anta, motorists didn't even have to get out of their vehicles to vote. On Monday, the city set up drive-thru voting booths. Voters could confirm they're registered, then pull ahead into lanes leading to electronic voting machines, roll down the window and cast their vote. The only thing missing, fries.
Oct 21st, 2008 · As the presidential candidates head into the general election some analysts, citing the "Bradley Effect," question whether polls showing Sen. Barack Obama's lead over Sen. John McCain will shrink at the voting booth. The term was coined after L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley lost his bid for governor of Calif.
Oct 15th, 2008 · StoryCorps, a non-profit group collecting oral histories across the U.S., is currently stationed in Roanoke, Va. In the precarious economic environment, many of the stories told in the mobile recording booth have been about financial hardship.
Oct 14th, 2008 · What voters tell pollsters and what they do in the privacy of the voting booth may differ. Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, an African-American, lost the 1982 California gubernatorial race even though he had a double-digit lead in the polls. Some wonder if history will repeat itself in the case of Obama.
Aug 5th, 2008 · The sounds of Azeda Booth are full and lush, exploratory and eclectic, and perfect for listening on headphones. In Flesh Tones, the Canadian band's first full-length album, is a beautiful foray into dreamy, hypnotic electro-rock, full of vast atmospheric soundscapes and introverted laptop music.