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From: Tradeoffs

People leaving jail and prison are at extremely high risk of hospitalization and death. This week, why policymakers from deep blue California to so...

¿QPM? S7 Ep. 5 Latinos & Health Care Rights

From: WNIN
Series: ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

During the pandemic, Cleveland officials and local health care providers took too long to get translators for Spanish speaking COVID-19 patients. T...

¿QPM? S7 Ep. 3 Latinos & Education

From: WNIN
Series: ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?

We go back to Schuyler, Nebraska to learn whether educational equity is being achieved there. We found that while changes are happening, more is ne...

For COVID Patients, Recovery is a Hurdle of Its Own

From: Lucas Woods

Many recovering COVID patients need rehabilitation before they go home. That's stretching inpatient rehab facilities to their limits.

Honor Flight: Recognizing our War Heroes

From: Stephen Grant

Most World War II veterans didn’t receive accolades or experience the infamous New York City ticker-tape parade most Americans are familiar with in...

Bought by WBEZ

Dam removal sparks cultural revival in Akwesasne

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Tony David (right) and an apprentice, Angelo Johnson (left) look out over the water where the dam used to be., Credit: Veronica Volk

Seventy-two dams in the U-S were demolished last year; and hundreds more were removed in the past decade. Most are taken down as part of an effort ...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more

Great Lakes may hold clues to beginning of life on Earth

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Diver prepares to head into waters of Lake Huron, Credit: Ben Thorp

Scientists are trying to figure out how Earth developed an atmosphere rich in oxygen. The answer to this billion-year-old mystery may lie in an unl...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Interlochen Public Radio, WCPN, North Country Public Radio and more

LBJ visit to Lake Erie led to cleaner waters

From: Great Lakes Today

This month marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s visit to Buffalo New York -- a day that helped clean up waterways across the...

Bought by WABE, WCPN, North Country Public Radio, WBFO, and WXXI Rochester

Part Five: Counting The Invisible

From: KBIA
Series: Shortage in Rich Land

Caption: Joe Fox is a resident of Safe Haven in Kennett, Mo., Credit: Bram Sable-Smith

Resources are pretty sparse down here in the Bootheel. No single town has every service to meet the homeless community’s needs. The apartments at S...

Part Two: Desperately Seeking Doctors

From: KBIA
Series: Shortage in Rich Land

Caption: Judith Haggard is one of two nurse practitioners at the Otto Bean Medical Center in Kennett, Mo. The clinic has no full-time doctor so Haggard works with a collaborating physician outside of the SEMO Health Network, which runs Otto Bean., Credit: Bram Sable-Smith

The Missouri Bootheel is a region emblematic of the social and medical problems facing rural Missouri, and really, all of rural America. Life expec...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WABE

The Caffeine Kick That Can Kill You

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism

Caffeine Powder, or the purest form of caffeine, is a very lethal substance in small amounts. Many people do not know about the dangers of the prod...

#ReclaimMLK actions vindicate King’s legacy of civil rights protests

From: Free Speech Radio News

Caption: A die-in near Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade., Credit: Lena Nozizwe

A news report from Santa Monica, California on "Reclaim MLK" actions there.

Ecotourism: A New Catch For Commercial Fishermen?

From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson

There’s a new push to get tourists in New Orleans off bourbon street and into nature. Eco-tourism is the new way to explore Louisiana according to ...

Bought by WABE

Where is Amarildo de Souza?

From: Free Speech Radio News

Caption: Amarildo de Souza, Credit: Facebook

Missing laborer in Brazil highlights disappearances amid police crackdown in favelas

In Amish Country, Fracking Here to Stay

From: Reid Frazier

$Caption: A Chesapeake Energy rig in Carroll County, Ohio, where fracking is taking place in Amish communities. , Credit: Reid R. Frazier$

In Ohio, some of the best pockets of oil and gas in the East run right under Amish country. Reid Frazier found the drilling boom is confronting the...

Amid Theft, Ranchers Scramble to Locate Hay

From: Grace Hood

One of ranching’s most basic materials is in high demand right now. With the price of hay doubling for some smaller operations along the Front Rang...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Aspen Public Radio

Whitebark Pine, Grizzlies, and an Ecosystem on the Brink

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay

Caption: Yellowstone flyover 2, Credit: K. Gourlay

Whitebark pine trees, once a feature of the mountainous west, are under attack. Nearly two-thirds have died from beetle attacks and other causes, h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

"Allen and Tracy"

From: Pat Duggins
Series: "Oil & Water: Recovering from the Spill"

One concern raised by the Exxon Valdez experience is the long term mental health impact, which didn’t hit residents near Prince William Sound until...