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Dolores Huerta Merits Our Highest Honor
From: Dick Meister
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President Obama has rightly honored activist Dolores Huerta.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:58
Food trucks threatened by crime in Oakland
From: KALW
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Oakland is known for its food trucks, which serve everything from tacos and tamales to West African cuisine. But few know that this latest culinar...

Bought by NPR Illinois and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2012
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 2
Algunos residentes del Valle temen a las evacuaciones más que a los huracanes
From: Texas News Service
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Alamo, TX – Para marcar el inicio de la temporada de huracanes (1o de junio), líderes de la comunidad del Valle del Rio Grande y organizaciones def...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:09
StoryCorps NTI: Clairene Terry and Raul Bravo
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Clairene Terry and her former student Raul Bravo
Raul Bravo tells his former high school automotive teacher, Clairene Terry, how she inspired him to stay in school.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WEZU, WTJU, KMUD, KUOW and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
Scene of the Crime
From: Paul Bieber
Caption: Little girl in Nuevo Milenio
In Colombia, where evidence is marred by politics, emotion and time, conclusions are hard to come by.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 29, 2010
  • Length: 10:56
  • Purchases: 1
Three Loud Voices For Farm Labor
From: Dick Meister
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It's Hispanic Heritage Month, an excellent time to honor three of the most important Hispanic labor leaders in US history - Cesar Chavez, Dolores H...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2010
  • Length: 08:04
Expanding the Northwest Detention Center
From: Seattle Globalist
Caption: Northwest Detention Center, Credit: Alex Stonehill
April 16, 2009 - On any given day, 30,000 people are being held in detention centers across the country. With plans to expand the Northwest Detenti...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 08:36
Day Laborers
From: World Vision Report
Series: Stories from the World Vision Report
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Arizona’s new immigration law has focused attention on immigration once again. Since debate on the controversial law began, there have been report...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:31
Living in Limbo
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: Gabriela Cubillos prepares tamales in her home. , Credit: Eroyn Franklin
In our final segment, producer Jessica Partnow follows the story of one family living in immigration limbo in Auburn, Washington.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, XRAY.fm, KISU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 6
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
Doble discriminación en trabajadores migrantes en EEUU
From: Francisco Vázquez Mendoza
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Trabajo realizado por investigador del Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico Administrativas de la Universidad de Guadalajara, dan como result...

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2009
  • Length: 08:34
  • Purchases: 1
This Is Why I Drove
From: Ben May
Series: [Chapters from] The Great American Novel
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Tales of a taxi driver in the after hours of the night

  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 15:05
Si Se Puede
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Song/Story
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An oral history account of the successful workers' sit-in at the Republic Windows and Doors factory in Chicago in December of 2008, the first Ameri...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 21:57
  • Purchases: 2
Trabajando Para Nada (Working for Nothing)
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
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Robo de Salarios en Amecia (Wage Theft in America)

  • Added: May 20, 2009
  • Length: 27:49
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
A Hidden Community
From: Liz Jones
Series: A Village Away from Home
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A look at how an indigenous Mexican migrants adapt to city life.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 08:58
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
Nuevo South
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
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An un-narrated portrait of a Southern town in transition

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KPFA


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 30:12
  • Purchases: 2
An Immigrant's Perspective
From: Robynn Takayama
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
The Deadly Heat of Summer
From: Dick Meister
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Summer's heat is posing serious dangers for the farmworkers who harvest most of our fruits and vegetables.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2008
  • Length: 03:19
Commentary: An Honor Long Due Cesar Chavez
From: Dick Meister
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It's been 15 years now since the death of farm union leader Cesar Chavez -- way past time to make his birthdate of March 31 a national holiday.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2008
  • Length: 03:22
Women's History Month: "Don' t be a Marshmallow!"
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary noting that few women are more deserving of special attention during Women's History Month than farm worker leader Dolores Huerta.

Bought by KGLP and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 2
Greeley, Colorado: A Divided City
From: Caroline Harding
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How hispanic labor helped build a city, and the divide that exists there

  • Added: Jan 02, 2008
  • Length: 26:48
Workers: Tobacco's Other Victims
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary about the miserable pay and working and living conditions of tobacco harvesters.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:02