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Progress for Who?

From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 3: Sea Level Rise

Caption: Phillips Committee resident Richard Habersham, Credit: Paige Polk

In Charleston, South Carolina and its suburbs questions of environmental justice and wetland protections arise as development encroaches.

Racial Inequality in New York's Foster Care System

From: Anya Schultz

An audio documentary about the parent-led fight to reform New York City's child welfare system.

Water Pressure 3: Water Isn't Just Running Out In California

From: Rupa Shenoy
Series: Water Pressure

Caption: Swansea Water Manager Robert Marquis

Our biggest source of freshwater is running out -- everywhere.

Bought by WABE, WLPR , and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Water Pressure 1: New England Stole California's Snow

From: Rupa Shenoy
Series: Water Pressure

Our relationship with water is changing, and we can’t ignore that water’s moods are getting a lot more dramatic.

Bought by WLPR and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Part Three: The Small But Mighty Rice Farm

From: KBIA
Series: Shortage in Rich Land

Caption: Chuck Earnest's rice fields near Steele, Mo., are a waterfowl sanctuary during the non-growing season., Credit: Kristofor Husted

For such a small region, this sprawling landscape of the Bootheel has some of the most productive farmland in the U.S. A solid water supply and nut...

Part Two: Desperately Seeking Doctors

From: KBIA
Series: Shortage in Rich Land

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

Latitude News Podcast #6 — The Shady Trade in American Horsemeat

From: Latitude News

Caption: This racehorse never should have been eaten. , Credit: Ken Terpenning

Are Europeans eating drugged-up American horses?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Louisville Public Media

TOMS Shoes - A Closer Look

From: Tiny Spark
Series: Tiny Spark

TOMS shoes promises that if you buy a pair of its canvas slip-ons, they'll give a pair to a child in need. The company's "Buy One, Give One" busine...

Bought by KUOW, HowSound, and PRX Remix

Medical Translation in a City of Immigrants

From: Sarah Kramer
Series: Interpreting Health: Language and Cultural Barriers for Immigrants at NYC Hospitals

Caption: Interpretation Sign, Credit: Sarah Kate Kramer

One out of four New Yorkers doesn't speak or understand complex sentences in English. But at some point in their lives, every one of them will need...

Bought by KVNF and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Part 5: The Science Behind Dioxin Delays

From: The Environment Report
Series: Dioxin Delays

Caption: Imerman Park sits on the flood plain of the Tittabawassee River. Signs along the trail warn visitors about dioxin contamination in some of the park's soil., Credit: Shawn Allee

Shawn Allee looks at a dioxin and soil study and how the science might influence other clean-ups around the country.

Part 4: Hunters Warned After Dioxin Delays

From: The Environment Report
Series: Dioxin Delays

Caption: Fish advisories dot the banks of the Tittabawassee and Saginaw Rivers. Various forms or pollution, including historical dioxin pollution from Dow Chemical, have led to warnings to avoid certain species of fish and limit consumption for them. Pregnant w, Credit: Shawn Allee

Shawn Allee finds old dioxin pollution from a Dow chemical plant poses a health risk today.

Foolproofing Portable Generators

From: Charles Compton

Whether they're prompted by ice storms in Kentucky or hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, during electrical outages, many Americans turn to portable g...