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As their spouses lost jobs in the pandemic, more troops began relying on emergency food aid
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Cars line up at a March food distribution event at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio., Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront
A new report says military families are relying more on food banks and other emergency aid, partly because military spouses lost their jobs or had ...

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  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 5
After billions of dollars in damage, the military is trying to protect bases from climate change
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Military and civilian officials attend a ceremonial groundbreaking at Camp Lejeune, N.C. for a major reconstruction effort that will make the base more resilient to the effects of climate change., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
Hurricanes caused catastrophic damage to East Coast military bases in 2018. Now, as it starts to rebuild, the Pentagon wants to make bases less vul...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KPBS, KMXT, and KPCC


  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 4
Minnesota Native News: Flanagan addresses grief, White Earth deals with homelessness and a new exhibit about canoes opens at the U
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
Caption: A model of a Microneisan outrigger canoe is part of the Why Canoes? exhibit., Credit: Univeristy of Minnesota Twin Cities
This week on Minnesota Native News, White Earth works to deal with homelessness, Flanagan addressed a grieving state and a new exhibit celebrates i...

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 10
After a military-wide stand down to address extremism, what's the Pentagon's next step?
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Chief Personnel Specialist Jennifer Johnston conducts an extremism stand down March 19 aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford. The Pentagon ordered all service branches to conduct the stand downs after the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection., Credit: Angel Thuy Jaskuloski / U.S. Navy
After the January 6 Capitol insurrection, the Pentagon ordered all service branches to discuss extremism with the troops. But observers say that's ...

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2021
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 3
A new study says troops are leaving the military because of sexual assaults and harassment
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Amber Davila left the Army after she was sexually assaulted by a fellow soldier. A new study found sexual assault doubles the odds that a service member will leave the military within 28 months., Credit: Courtesy Amber Devila
The RAND Corporation study concluded that the cost of sexual assault and harassment extends beyond the victims. It's also causing troops to leave t...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2021
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 5
Part V: "Who is to Blame?"
From: Jed Alexander
Series: The Whistleblower Project
Caption: Picture of Lance Williams, Credit: Provided by Lance Williams
Interview with investigative journalist, Lance Williams who broke the story on the use of steroids in professional sports. He also co-wrote the boo...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 18:14
Under pressure to address sex crimes in the ranks, an Army unit is asking soldiers for ideas
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: In a "Shark Tank" style event, 34 soldiers in the 18th Airborne Corps submitted proposals to improve the Army program that responds to sexual harassment and assault. The Corps has committed to implementing the concepts of seven finalists., Credit: Marygian D. Barnes / U.S. Army
Army leaders concede that a program designed to eliminate sexual harassment and abuse has not achieved its goal. So the 18th Airborne Corps held a ...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 4
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From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Beauty pageant contestants use their platform to call out violence against women.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
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The ‘California Air Resources’ board in the summer of 2018, conclusively showed that California had met its 2020 emissions goal four years earlier ...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
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A woman creates a radio broadcast of bedtime stories for children in war zones.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Troops with service-related mental health issues say it's unfair to kick them out of the military
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Romeo Pactores, Jr.'s 18 year military career is in jeopardy after a DUI that he said was prompted by service-related mental health issues., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
The Marine Corps established Wounded Warrior Battalions to aid troops with the worst mental and physical injuries. But Marines in the battalions wh...

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2021
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 2
The Pentagon wants to root out extremism in the military, but nobody knows how common it is
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin talks with Army Maj. Gen. William J. Walker of District of Columbia National Guard outside the U.S. Capitol Jan. 29., Credit: Erica Jaros / U.S. Army National Guard
Pentagon leaders were concerned about extremism in the military even before the Jan. 6 insurrection. But new Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2021
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 3
Despite Biden's order, transgender recruits still wait to join the military
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: President Biden signs a Jan. 25 order repealing the military transgender ban, as Vice President Harris, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley (left), and Defense Secretary Llyod Austin watch., Credit: Adam Schultz / White House photo
Though President Biden signed an executive order allowing transgender people to serve in the military, would-be recruits are waiting for the Pentag...

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2021
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 4
Minnesota Native News: Covid news from the IHS and honors for a past mentor
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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This week on Minnesota Native News, we hear how the vaccine roll out is going at regional Indian Health Services clinics and we honor the life of L...

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  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
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From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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A community in Germany fights back an annual nazi parade with pledges to a group that counters hate groups.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Congress is paying more attention to veteran suicide, but progress is slow
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Kristen Christy poses with her husband Don in a 2005 photo. Don, an Air Force lieutenant colonel, died by suicide in 2008., Credit: Kristen Christy
New federal laws seek to improve mental health care for veterans and their families. But advocates say it will take time for local communities to f...

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2021
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 5
A report finds thousands of veterans had VA claims improperly denied during the pandemic
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Veteran Marc Session points to some of his Navy mementos on display in his Chula Vista, California home., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
A VA Inspector General's report has found that the agency improperly denied benefits to thousands of veterans who couldn't see a doctor.

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KMXT, and KPCC


  • Added: Jan 12, 2021
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 3
A lack of timely and accurate data is hampering efforts to prevent veteran suicide
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Curley Bonds, the Chief Medical Officer for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, joins other state and county officials at a 2019 Suicide Prevention Month event., Credit: Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Some states and cities are trying to improve the quality of data on veteran suicide, which is often incomplete and years old.

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 3
It was just 30 units, but an East L.A. apartment fire underscores the veteran housing crisis
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Manuel Bernal, president of East LA Community Corporation, stands in front of what remains of the Nuevo Amanecer complex, which had 30 units for homeless veterans., Credit: Robert Garrova / American Homefront
Some of Los Angeles County's 3900 homeless veterans had been lined up to move into the complex under construction. After the fire, many will remain...

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 3
National Native American Veterans Memorial celebrates a complicated tradition of service
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The National Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. opened in November. The monument incorporates water for sacred ceremonies, benches, and lances where visitors can tie cloths for prayers and healing., Credit: Ron Cogswell / Flickr
Native Americans join the military at a high rate, but some struggle with the military's role in displacing and subjugating Indigenous people throu...

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2020
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 5
CBC S1 E8: Student Athletes
From: WNIN
Series: COVID Between the Coasts
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What's it like when a pandemic crushes your dream of playing a Division One sport?

  • Added: Nov 21, 2020
  • Length: 13:18
Tragedies at Fort Hood have led the Army to rethink its response when soldiers go missing
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Demonstrators gather in San Antonio in July, shortly after Vanessa Guillen's body was found near Fort Hood., Credit: Jolene Almendarez / American Homefront
Advocates say the Army is too quick to write off soldiers as deserters when they don't show up for duty. That can delay searches when a service mem...

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2020
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 5
A 95-year-old veteran remembers fighting WWII in the Pacific - and racism at home
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: 95-year-old World War II veteran Luther Hendricks poses with some of his military honors. He was a member of the Montford Point Marines, a group of African-American troops who trained at a segregated camp in North Carolina., Credit: Hendricks family
President Roosevelt opened all branches of the military to Black troops in 1941, but for African-American service members like Luther Hendricks, ra...

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  • Added: Nov 09, 2020
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 6
Slowly and cautiously, the VA is reopening its medical clinics
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Medical personnel care for a patient in the parking garage of the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa. Much of the emergency department has been relocated outside., Credit: Ed Drohan / James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
Medical facilities run by the Department of Veterans Affairs are reopening at a slower pace than many civilian health systems. But the VA has recen...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 3
COVID-19 has upended the business model of American Legion posts, but Legionnaires are innovating
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Comedian Fernando Sanchez warms up attendees of American Legion Post 397's comedy night Oct. 10. The Monterey Park, Cal. post has turned to events like this to raise money during the pandemic., Credit: Robert Garrova / American Homefront
American Legion posts across the country serve as a community hub for veterans and their families. But the pandemic has put the future of many post...

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 5

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