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The Local Aftermath of Bush-Era Workplace Immigration Raids
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We go to Postville, Iowa and Laurel, Mississippi--two communities where the largest workplace immigration raids happened in 2008.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 20, 2010
  • Length: 14:53
  • Purchases: 1
Non Profit Check Casher May Ease Predatory Lending Pinch
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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A new business is trying to clean up the image of check cashers, one customer at a time.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 1
An Immigrant Family Torn Apart
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The story of “Kathy”… a 9-year-old whose life was turned upside down after her parents were arrested during a workplace raid.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 12:43
  • Purchases: 1
Immigrant Families Behind Bars
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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In a special collaboration between “Feet in Two Worlds,” we hear the story of an immigrant family torn apart after an immigration raid in Phoenix, ...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Oct 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Te estoy buscando….
From: Asociacion de Radios y Programas Participativos de El Salvador (ARPAS)
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Son 3 historias enlazadas por su finalidad: encontrar ese ser querido que se marcho en la búsqueda del Sueño Americano, y de quien a la fecha se d...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2009
  • Length: 05:40
How We Survive: Predatory Mending
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Community Check Cashing in Oakland, CA, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
This week we talk to lenders who are doing things differently and to people who are helping others stave off financial scammers.

  • Added: Oct 01, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Contractors of Color
From: George Mesthos
Series: Memories of WBRU
Caption: Elevator interview with John Kerry., Credit: Ryan Muller, 2007
This investigation epitomized my summer as News Director (2007). A tiny aspect of a Providence Journal story turned into an interview which turned ...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 1
Migrants in Central Oregon
From: KLCC
Caption: Gloria Sauceda and her husband Armando own Gloria's Espresso in Madras. They have noticed a drop in income as the economy has slowed down.
This story explores the changing migrant population in Central Oregon.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 06:48
Follow the Money
From: Liz Jones
Series: A Village Away from Home
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A look at the economic forces that push the Purepecha from home and pull them toward Seattle.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 09:02
Growing Pains
From: Liz Jones
Series: A Village Away from Home
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A look at the tensions in a new immigrant community.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 08:52
  • Purchases: 1
Hazelton: How Mayor Lou Barletta Helped to Divide this small working class Pennsylvania town
From: Melissa Townsend
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In 2006 Mayor Lou Barletta cracked down on Latino residents new to the predominantly white working class town of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Many new L...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2008
  • Length: 11:46
Impact of Security on Border Communities
From: KRWG
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This report describes the impact tighter border security and toughened immigration efforts are having on border communities.

Bought by KOSU, KDNK, 90.5 WSNC, PRX Election Podcast, WILL and more


  • Added: Sep 30, 2008
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 6
An Immigrant's Perspective
From: Robynn Takayama
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This story explores what life is like in the US working without papers

Bought by KUOW, KRUA, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 3
Teen Pregnancy - Part 2 - A Peer Response
From: Karen Brown
Series: Teen Pregnancy - A Crisis, A Response, A Reality
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Part 2 in series on teen pregnancy -- a peer-centered response to the problem.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:36
Teen Pregnancy Part 1 - A Community Crisis
From: Karen Brown
Series: Teen Pregnancy - A Crisis, A Response, A Reality
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First of a series on teen pregnancy in Western Massachusetts -- a candid look at the problem by those on the frontline.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:02
America, America
From: Making Contact
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We go to the streets of Richmond, California. and meet Jairo, a 17- year old boy who dreams of playing professional soccer--those plans are put on ...

Bought by KUNM and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Immigration Law Affects Oklahoma City Hispanic Community
From: Scott Gurian
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Business owners in OKC's Hispanic neighborhood describe the impact of strict, new measures cracking down on illegal immigration

Bought by KRUA and KCUR


  • Added: Feb 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 2
"Rhythms of Zapata"
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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UC Berkeley graduate student, Alejandro Reyes, takes us to East Los Angeles, where a number of Chicano artists inspired by the Zapatistas have been...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
Women in Argentina demand gender equality
From: Marie Trigona
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Women in Argentina demand gender equality

  • Added: Nov 12, 2007
  • Length: 21:06
Lost and Found at the Border: A Special Report by KUT Radio and Latino USA
From: KUT
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an exploration of immigration and our understanding of what?s gained when people cross an international border... and what?s lost with every journey.

Bought by KRZA, WCQS, KUER, Audible, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
Blacks and Hispanics bear brunt of New York City marijuana arrests
From: Jonah Engle
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Enforcement of marijuana laws is disproportionately affecting minorities

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KVMR


  • Added: Sep 16, 2007
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 2
Government and Gangs
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Proposed anti-gang law could hurt non-suspect immigrants

  • Added: Jul 16, 2007
  • Length: 05:19
Lost in Translation?
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Outsourcing of Spanish language media

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Jul 16, 2007
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
The Sounds of Change in Downey, California
From: David Kates
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In many areas of Southern California, the primary language at home is no longer English. David Kates looks at one such community and what a largel...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2007
  • Length: 11:20
  • Purchases: 1
Mothers, Migrants and Maids of Honor
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Through their own words, we pay tribute to the many working women of color who are struggling for acceptance, recognition and their rights.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 07, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1