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Is San Francisco a Sanctuary When You Don’t Have Housing?
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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Increases in the number of migrants arriving in San Francisco have stress-tested the city’s shelter system, revealing the dire need for more housin...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
Unheard: The Plight of Mayans Struggling with Addiction in SF
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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The impact of the COVID 19 pandemic led to a rise in fatal overdoses among the tens of thousands of Indigenous Mayans living in the Bay area. That...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
Episode 2: How Puerto Ricans are restoring power to the people through Mutual Aid
From: Tom Llewellyn
Series: The Response
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After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, a group of activists formed a community kitchen to help feed those in need. That community ki...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
After the Storm
From: Aviva DeKornfeld
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In the weeks after Hurricane Maria, Cynthia and Vanessa Melendez were trapped in their village in Humacao, Puerto Rico. They had no water, and were...

Bought by HowSound


  • Added: Dec 01, 2017
  • Length: 07:50
  • Purchases: 1
Texas Standard: The Wall
From: KUT
Caption: The border wall at Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua and El Paso, Texas as seen from the Mexican side., Credit: Lorne Matalon/Marfa Public Radio
Building a wall between the United States and Mexico was a signature plank of Donald Trump's presidential campaign. His win in November is bringing...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 01:01:42
Las Historias Escondidas de Sunland Park
From: Kent Paterson
Caption: Sunland Park, New Mexico, Credit: Samat Jain
In 2011 and 2012, the small New Mexico border community of Sunland Park made regional headlines and national news for its political scandals. Delvi...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
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
La Leche Subió (The Milk Went Up)
From: Megan Martin
Series: Llegando de los Pueblos (Arriving from the Villages)
Caption: "Carlos"
A Migration story: From San Juan Mixtepec, Oaxaca to Portland, Oregon

  • Added: Dec 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:57
We Promise to Kick Butt
From: PRX PromCom
Series: Promise Commentaries
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An exploration of the language of strength and power.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 2
Feet In Two Worlds: La Ruta del Voto Latino - Moya
From: Feet in 2 Worlds
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Divided Attention: Getting Ecuadoran Immigrants to Focus on US Politics

  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 03:59
Bringing Down the Blood
From: Kym Register
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Abortion in Small Town Mexico

  • Added: Dec 01, 2007
  • Length: 15:44
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
"And I Walked..." Stories from the Border
From: Ann Heppermann
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"And I walked" combines voices of border crossers, U.S. Border Patrol, and the haunting words of author Charles Bowden to highlight the plight of t...

Bought by PRX Remix, The Nature Podcast, Western Folklife Center Media, WFUV, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2004
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 7