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Part of our Season 3 series on state-level polarization and partisanship.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 26:09
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Learn about the basics of the ballot initiative, the history of how it caught on in the United States, and the pros and cons that she will explore ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 32:45
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Noncitizens in San Francisco are now guaranteed the vote in school board elections, including the upcoming recall election. We speak with some immi...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 26:10
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On this episode of Making Contact, we will look at transgender activism and the call for inclusion and intersectionality in the movement for Black ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KDNK


  • Added: Aug 19, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: a diagram of sex, sexuality and gender, Credit: Robin Hubbard
I Am Because I Am, explores the expansion of gender identity and presumed roles in our society. A look beyond the socially constructed ideas of wha...

Bought by WVAS, KQED, Boise State Public Radio, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Every ten years, the government of the United States of America issues a mandatory census to count the population. The results of the census deter...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 13, 2018
  • Length: 09:25
  • Purchases: 1
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“If it affects one, it affects us all.” State Senator Eddie Melton helps us understand the recently completed Indiana Legislative Session, includin...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: 59:30
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There has been a lot of confusing talk in America since our new president took office this year. One of the confusing opinions is centered on how w...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 32:02
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Spies of Mississippi is a journey into the world of informants, infiltrators, and agent provocateurs in the heart of Dixie. Directed and produced b...

Bought by WVAS, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRIR, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Apr 17, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Plus: Watch Out For Those Hidden Financial Fees, US Manufacturing Is At A Peak...So Where Are The Jobs? Debt In Retirement Might Actually Be A Good...

Bought by WETD, WLRN, KRDP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Both Trump And Sanders Could Cause A Market Crash If Elected, Here's How Much A Home Was Worth The Year You Were Born, A Fool Proof Method To Inve...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WMUU-LP, WQCS, WETD, WLRN and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Clarence Boone and Cornelius Wright welcome special guest Dr. Iris Rosa, who is a professor in Indiana University Bloomington's Department of Afric...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 58:24
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In this episode we try to make clear what the term Neoliberal means and see how it can be applied to the world of the American University, and in ...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 55:53
Caption: Sonj Basha stands in front of Mills Hal, Credit: Angela Johnston
Skylar Crownover is walking me through the lush tree lined streets of Mills College, and through buildings with red clay roofs. Students constantly...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 06:48
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Huge decisions are being made everyday under our noses without us being aware. This includes the student assignment for elementary and middle schoo...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2013
  • Length: 03:42
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This story is about ATC, the Academy of Technology and the Classics charter school which decided to leave the building that many thought would be i...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 20:39
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Nebraska Legislation LB800 combats truancy.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:49
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Teachers are struggling to find solutions to the high school dropout crisis plaguing the nation. As part of our American Graduate Project series, G...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 07:47
Caption: www.theciviccommons.com
Good teachers are akin to saints, so do they need a union contract to protect them?

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:35
Caption: www.theciviccommons.com
Yes we need quality teachers...but do we really know what that means?

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:35
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When students at Furness High School found out that their school was on the School District's list of potential school closures, they were shocked.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 04:57
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Off the Beat takes a look at the astronomical costs of higher education: Where is the money going? Is it worth paying for? AND FOR GOD’S SAKES, WHA...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 40:58
Caption: Opponets of the new curriculum hold up signs during a recent school board meeting , Credit: Emilie Ritter
A new sex education curriculum is creating a controversy in the Rocky Mountain town of Helena, Montana

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Sixteen finalists left in the Race to the Top. Competition is fierce, and the announcement of who will get the funding is rapidly approaching. How ...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 03:15
Caption: Watts Health Center, Credit: www.wattshealth.org
President Obama urged Americans to get tested for HIV this weekend. The Watts Health Center in South Los Angeles tried to encourage HIV screening b...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2009
  • Length: 02:28