KFF Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony appeared in a two-part special of Nine PBS’ “Listen, St. Louis with Carol Daniel” to discuss her reporting for the “Silence in Sikeston” project. Do you have feedback about the “Silence in Sikeston” project that you’d like to share with KFF Health News? The first conversation, which aired Oct.
9, explores the connections between a 1942 lynching and a 2020 police shooting in a rural Missouri community — and what those killings say about the nation’s silencing of racial trauma. The second episode, which premiered Oct. 16, explores the health effects of such trauma with mental health counselor Lekesha Davis.
These conversations stem from the “ ” multimedia project by KFF Health News, Retro Report, and WORLD, which includes a documentary film, educational videos, digital articles, and a limited-series podcast. Explore more of the “ ”project: The limited-series podcast is available on , , , , or wherever you get your podcasts. explores what it means to live with racism and violence, told from a Missouri community where two Black men were killed nearly 80 years apart.
is a multimedia collaboration with and GBH’s that includes a limited-series about the public health consequences of systemic bias and a diving into how this rural community addresses the trauma from these killings. The documentary film “Silence in Sikeston,” a co-production of KFF Health News and , is available to stream on , , and th.
