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Over one million North Carolinians make the minimum wage at their job: Seven-twenty-five an hour. While many states and cities have recently raised...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2015
  • Length: 04:57
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
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Federally, marijuana production is still a major crime, one that can land you in prison for decades. Yet, in northern California, there’s a whole e...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 11:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Frank Williams, SEOP Director
The older we get, the harder it is to think of ourselves as “old.” But as far as the government is concerned – specifically, the federal correction...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2013
  • Length: 09:45
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Similar to prison guards, police unions advocacy for their members has helped perpetuate cycles of criminalization and incarceration that plague Am...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 09:17
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Support, or opposition from a prison guard union can make or break a campaign for office. The most powerful of them all is the California Correcti...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 11:30
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The city of Oakland considers a risky wager to cover pension debt.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 05:54
Caption: Wisconsin Solidarity, Credit: Barb Kucera-Workday Minnesota
TTT’s ANDY DRISCOLL talks with a labor scholar, reporter/analyst and those on the front lines of public employment to talk about why this has come ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 57:31
Caption: Scientists at the Janelia Farm Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia perform cutting edge neuroscience research. A Janelia Farm exec says Northern Virginia's congested highways makes hiring and retaining employees difficult., Credit: Matt Staley/Janelia Farm
Business execs in Northern Virginia, typically a core Republican constituency, are beginning to lose patience with the GOP over its refusal to rais...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2010
  • Length: 04:41
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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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Youth Flight in Falmouth: If the next generation of teachers, nurses, and firefighters can't make the Cape their home, then who will serve and take...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 04:52
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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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Immigration agents swoop down on Stillmore

  • Added: Oct 16, 2006
  • Length: 05:19
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Report on Farmworker March in Salinas, CA

  • Added: Mar 31, 2004
  • Length: 05:05