As politicians debate the fate of the nation, the rest of us struggle with deep political, economic and social divides. Three Public Insight Network reporters take to the virtual road to ask folks what they still expect from America and from each other.
"If you want to find real American heroes, find them in communities that are still fighting for the American dream."
Newark, N.J., mayor Cory Booker, speaking with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on the PBS program “Finding Your Roots.” Booker, who grew up in a middle-class family, lived for eight years in Newark’s Brick Towers, an infamous housing complex that was demolished in 2006.
Tell us where you find YOUR American heroes.
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