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Many urban school districts across the country faced immense challenges during the pandemic. Now that students are back in the classroom it has bec...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 04:44
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A piece by Darkendra Donner. My piece is about the complications everyone might have with going to school this fall. My interviewees will express t...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 04:47
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This week on the show: Bitter Sugar and facing the drought - Bitter lives and little hope: meeting sugarcane workers and their families in Guat...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
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Potential Major League Baseball rule changes will impact how the game is played at every level and may not be what's best for baseball.

  • Added: May 01, 2018
  • Length: 06:32
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High school students think they need to join a lot of clubs to give themselves the best shot at getting into a top school. Guidance counselors, par...

  • Added: May 02, 2017
  • Length: 04:22
Caption: Eliquewa Santiago says college makes her struggle with mental health even more difficult. (c) 2016 Taylor Epps
Mental health is an issue that rarely gets discussed in the black community. For college students of color the issue gets even more difficult.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 2
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And it hasn't slowed down.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 04:34
Caption: Richard Glover at Nebraska, Credit: Richard Glover
A inside look at Richard Glover, one of College Football's best, and also one of College Football's unacknowledged.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 04:04
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Orchestras around the country are struggling to keep their doors open, but new mobile phone apps may help save orchestras. Apps like periscope all...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 03:52
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When most people are on their way to sleep, San Francisco’s Homeless Outreach Team, or SF HOT, is just beginning its graveyard shift.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 1
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Generation Justice Intern Jordan Unverzagt interviews Rabbi Lynn Goettlieb about the militarization of local police departments and the connections...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 19:28
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Generation Justice Interns Carson Lafferty and Izzy Mustafa did interviews with UNM students on campus to get their opinions about the death of Mic...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 05:20
Caption: Paula Todd
Writer, professor, lawyer & digital media expert Paula Todd; Journalist Luke Malone

  • Added: Jun 18, 2014
  • Length: 56:32

  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:37
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A $25 million federal grant has been awarded to improve math achievement in low-income middle schools across the nation. Ground zero for the progra...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
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For kids in school, Spring Break is offering a much needed respite from the pressures of being a student. Two psychologists are working with a tech...

Bought by KENW and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Mathis twins show high school students that gang life is a oneway ticket to a coffin or a jail cell., Credit: Candice Ludlow
Bryan and Brandon Mathis got involved in the world of gangs and running drugs when they were very young. They tell their story about how they got ...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 09:07
Caption: Teacher Joe Curtis working with a student at Hardy Elementary School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Credit: Emily Hanford
Kids need good teachers. It’s something people know instinctively. But experts disagree over how to measure teacher quality. (8/26/2010)

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, KMUZ, WTIP and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10

  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 1
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A graphic advertising campaign with anti-methamphetamine messages came to Colorado in May. It's part of a multi-year advertising campaign that’s pa...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, Wyoming Public Radio, and KVNF


  • Added: Jul 02, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Like a lot of high school seniors, Mayra Jimenez is weighing her options after graduation, and hoping to be college bound but not broke.

Bought by KVNF, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Michigan Radio Economy Special


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:42
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: school on wheels logo, Credit: www.schoolonwheels.org
School on Wheels is a non-profit program located in Los Angeles which pairs volunteer tutors to homeless students.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and CKMO


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 3