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Caption: The career ladder at her home health agency allowed Serena Maria to go from home health aide to manager of care teams in four years., Credit: Constanza Hevia H. for Tradeoffs
There’s a severe shortage of people to care for older Americans in their homes and nursing facilities. And it’s only expected to get worse. Could ...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 21:23
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In Part 2 of our special series on 988, we explore the scramble to staff the country’s new mental health crisis line and the workforce lessons 988 ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 26:45
  • Purchases: 1
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In Part 2 of our special series on 988, we explore the scramble to staff the country’s new mental health crisis line and the workforce lessons 988 ...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 04:00
Caption: Judith Haggard is one of two nurse practitioners at the Otto Bean Medical Center in Kennett, Mo. The clinic has no full-time doctor so Haggard works with a collaborating physician outside of the SEMO Health Network, which runs Otto Bean., Credit: Bram Sable-Smith
The Missouri Bootheel is a region emblematic of the social and medical problems facing rural Missouri, and really, all of rural America. Life expec...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WABE


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 2
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The way we make a living is changing. For about a third of Americans, regular hours and benefits are giving way to a patchwork of contracting, temp...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A job application asks about past convictions., Credit: Flickr user: Waponi
When you fill out a job application, you expect to answer some basic questions. Things like your employment and education history, and relevant ski...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 07:14
Caption: Justin Peebles, 32, stands outside his apartment building in Wausau. He is epileptic and unemployed and has been waiting for services from the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation since April., Credit: Tegan Wendland/Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
The findings from a new Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism report show that despite the opportunity to solve some of these problems, the...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 03:16
Caption: A truck in Harlan, Ky., proclaims its support for coal and coal miners., Credit: Erica Peterson/WFPL
Coal is embedded into the culture and image of Eastern Kentucky, but the industry is declining in the region. And it's declining permanently. The c...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2013
  • Length: 18:17
Caption: Rosenow has two barns this size. Each houses about 300 cows. Two decades ago dairymen in Wisconsin discovered they had to grow in order to survive shrinking profit margins. , Credit: Laurel Morales
The Senate’s immigration reform proposal offers a fast track to citizenship for agricultural workers so that they can “continue to do the vital wor...

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 04:02
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Charlotte-area small business Tyler 2 Construction is putting laid-off workers on "attached unemployment" and still paying their health insurance b...

Bought by Michigan Radio Economy Special and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 23, 2009
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 2
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The LA Times is shrinking and reporters are suing.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 04:09
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How the Presidential candidates are addressing problems in the manufacturing industry.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 10, 2008
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 1
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One export from China that American businesses can?t get enough of are highly-skilled workers, especially those in the high tech industry. Workers ...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2007
  • Length: :03
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Tyson Foods is accused of surpressing wages by hiring illegal immigants. The lawsuit points out problems in the government's handling of workplace ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KRFC


  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 2
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News and features on the War in Iraq

Bought by KUOW, KWCW, Raven Radio, and BSR Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4