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Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: International Court of Justice Orders Israel to Prevent Acts of Genocide i...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Jan 31, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: ‘After the Dust Settles and Tears Dry in Gaza, We’re Going to Have Lots of...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Nov 08, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Only a Ceasefire and De-Escalation Can Stop the Rising Civilian Death Toll...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WFHB, and WETS


  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Michael Partain (left) and Jerry Ensminger, long-time activists for people harmed by Camp Lejeune water, speak outside the Raleigh, N.C. federal courthouse after a hearing. Hundreds of thousands of plaintiffs are expected to join the case., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
Federal judges overseeing the massive litigation hope to keep cases from dragging on for years. As many as a million people were exposed to contami...

Bought by KTEP, Texas Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KUT, and KRPS


  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Recruiters and other Virginia National Guard soldiers talk with fans at a July 2022 minor league baseball game in Fredericksburg. Any Virginia resident can collect a finder's fee up to $750 for referring somebody who becomes a National Guard recruit., Credit: Virginia Guard Public Affairs
The referral bonuses are designed to boost recruiting at the National Guard, which fell thousands of troops short of its goal last year.

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KPBS, Texas Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2023
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: The concert band of the 42nd division of the New York Army National Guard performs holiday music at Warrior Ranch in Calverton, N.Y. Dec. 3, 2022., Credit: Desiree D'Iorio / American Homefront
The National Guard fell about 9,000 troops short of its goal in 2022. Some states are improving their outreach and incentive plans to try to counte...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KPBS, Texas Public Radio, and KUT


  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Timely, In-Depth, Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Ukraine War Underscores Urgent Need for Nuclear De-escalation; Climate Act...

Bought by RADIOLEX, WETS, and WKPW


  • Added: Mar 09, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Employees at the VA Medical Center in Grand Island, Nebraska take part in a December 2020 employee vaccination event. The VA now is ordering more than 100,000 of its health care workers to get vaccines by mid-September or risk losing their jobs., Credit: A Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System
The Department of Veterans Affairs said its frontline health workers must get vaccinated by mid-September or they'll lose their jobs.

Bought by WRFA-LP, KCUR, KJZZ, North Country Public Radio, Texas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2021
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Contrary to GOP Talking Points, Medicare For All Will Reduce Costs for Al...

Bought by KMXT and WKPW


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Humanitarian Crisis Continues in Syria's Eastern Ghouta Region; Devastatin...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WRIR, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Kristin Glasgow (left) and Karen Offutt (right)
In the late 1960s, Karen Offutt was a patriotic teenager who got chills whenever she heard the “Star-Spangled Banner.” At 18, she dropped out of nu...

Bought by WDBM, WVBI-LP, and WEZU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2017
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Women Activists Call on Trump to Initiate Regional Peace Talks with North ...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Michael Yandell tells his wife, Amy, about being exposed to sarin gas while serving in the U.S. Army as a bomb disposal technician in Iraq.

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: May 01, 2017
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Waiting in line for nylon stockings at Stansfield Knitting Mills and ration stamps.
On this episode of Culture Clique, we bring you part seven of Voices of the Past Cemetery Discovery Walk 2014, sponsored by the Winona County Histo...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 12:45
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we bring you part six of Voices of the Past Cemetery Discovery Walk 2014, sponsored by the Winona County Histori...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 16:06
Caption: Recruiters for the U.S. Marines canvass shopping plazas, high schools and job fairs for potential soldiers., Credit: Alexandra Kanik/PublicSource
In robust economic times, America’s armed services have had to hustle to recruit qualified soldiers. But when civilian unemployment is high and th...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Dec 06, 2013
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Elizabeth Olson and her colleagues at the Veterans Crisis Line, the only national suicide prevention hotline for service members, talk about helpin...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Sep 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Marie Jeanne, one of Congo's hundreds of thousands of women who are a victim of sexual violence.
Lawmakers in the U.S. want to leverage our consumer power to bring change to the Congo. The question is: do they stand a chance of making a differe...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 14:32
  • Purchases: 1
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As 2013 approaches, we look at some of the important issues we've covered in 2012: from domestic workers struggling for respect, to the consequence...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Gold from a days work by an artisanal miner in Kaniola in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Credit: By Sasha Lezhnev - Enough Project
This is the first episode in a mini-series covering the impacts corporate supply chains have on labor standards and human rights. We explore how re...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2012
  • Length: 16:00
Caption: Paul Crowley (L) and his friend Anthony Bravo Esparza (R)
Paul Crowley talks with his friend and fellow veteran Anthony Bravo Esparza, who calls himself "Dreamer," about the free haircuts he gives in a VA ...

Bought by WEZU, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KMUD, and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:50
  • Purchases: 4
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88-year-old Frank Curre remembers serving on the U.S.S. Tennessee during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WDBM, WVBI-LP, WEZU, KUER and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 10
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Geoffrey is a guy with his feet in a couple places. He attends school full time, works two jobs, takes care of six siblings and a daughter, and ha...

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 2
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From "Discouraged Workers" 8/27/2010: War News Radio reports on young Iraqis’ struggle to find work.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2010
  • Length: 07:07
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From "State of Privilege" 7/30/2010: War News Radio investigates the 2006 kidnapping of Ammar Al-Saffar, an Iraqi deputy minister of Health.

  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: 08:06