Allison Mollenkamp

The 2024 election is a stress test for American democracy: Are officials and social media platforms ready for a barrage of disinformation?

NPR's Camila Domonoske asks investigative reporter Challen Stephens about the April 15 shooting in Dadeville, Ala.

Republicans have proposed seven bills in the last two years to give voters the day off to cast their ballot. The legislation often comes with measures drawn from election denier talking points.

Even as the Jan. 6 hearings play out, election misinformation keeps spreading. NPR tracked four leaders preaching false information about election fraud at hundreds of grassroots events nationwide.

Alabama Public Radio is celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year. The news team has generated a lot of stories in all that time. And we’ll be spending the year listening back to the best of the best of these features. That includes this story from 2018 by APR student intern Allison Mollenkamp. She was part of the newsroom’s international award winning documentary on the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior.

About every college town has a place like this... one that's open all night, easy to get to and has delicious food. Add those all up, and you have the most optimal place to go post-shenanigans. In Col

Football season is in full swing, and whether the Terps win or lose, Maryland fans make the most of the gameday experience. From the first stirrings of a morning tailgate to the last strains of the m

For the first time in over a year, campus is returning to a semblance of normal. Sidewalks fill between classes, professors dust off their projectors and a new freshman class finds their homes in the

From flag football to squirrels, this year’s graduating class will remember College Park for more than the pandemic. They will tell the stories of a campus that, for a brief time, was their home. Plu

And librarians are hustling to get things ready

Conversations about the safety of air travel have largely left airport workers out. The choice of whether or not to fly in a pandemic is a question of community safety and how the decision affects …

It's how to see a movie without getting too close to strangers

In this bonus episode of Offbeat, assistant special projects editor Clara Longo de Freitas leads a roundtable on mental health and coping during a global pandemic. Mentioned in the episode: https://

Over the past year, we’ve all lost little things in our lives. Restaurant dinners. Birthday parties. The hum of a crowded room. This episode of Offbeat is about all those smaller griefs. It’s about th

TikTok’s popularity skyrocketed as young people were stuck indoors because of COVID-19. And among the dances and viral challenges on the app, there’s a thriving queer community. This month on Offbeat

Many Maryland theaters were forced to close their doors this year because of the COVID 19 pandemic. Now, some have returned with digital performances. And…

With Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, Maryland theaters are turning their eyes to holiday productions. At the Annapolis Shakespeare Company, that’s an…

Like many small businesses, Black-owned bookstores were forced to close when the pandemic began earlier this year. But their closures represented more…

While educators throughout Maryland face the challenges of virtual learning, arts teachers are in a particularly difficult situation as they try to…

Lincoln community theaters are experimenting with different ways to bring live performance back.