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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...

Minnesota Native News: Decisions Pending on Minneapolis Homeless Encampment

From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News

Caption: Joy Friedman with MIWRC hands out snacks to those gathered in the tent camp., Credit: Melissa Townsend

This week reporter Melissa Townsend has the latest on a homeless tent camp in Minneapolis. There are roughly 300 people - mostly Native - in the ca...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMSU, KSRQ, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio and more

Love Canal, 40 years later

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Children protest at Love Canal, Credit: Center for Health, Environment & Justice

This week marked the 40th anniversary of the federal emergency declaration at Love Canal, the New York neighborhood endanger by industrial pollutio...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and North Country Public Radio

Move over Uber -- the Army's testing self-driving vehicles

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Decal on truck, Credit: Kevin Lavery, WKAR

The day of the driverless car is gaining ground...FAST. Autonomous vehicles have caught the attention of Tesla, Uber and Google. Now, add the U.S. ...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCMU Michigan, WMUK and more

Crystal clear Great Lakes may not be so healthy -- here's why

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Lake Superior beach near Duluth, Credit: Dan Kraker, Minnesota Public Radio

Here's a question for you Great Lakes lovers. Which is the clearest lake? You probably guessed Lake Superior. Well, that was true for a long time. ...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Interlochen Public Radio, WBFO, WCPN and more

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 7: Behind Bars, Hep C Takes a Toll on Inmates, and Budgets

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: At the Crossroads: The Rise of Hepatitis C and the Fight to Stop It

Caption: Medium security prison in Cranston, RI, Credit: Kristin Espeland Gourlay

Rhode Island’s prisons are grappling with a dilemma. Hundreds of inmates have hepatitis C. New drugs can cure it. But they’re so expensive the depa...

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

Knight Life Ministry Quietly Strives To Keep Young Men Out of Gangs

From: Candice Ludlow
Series: Gangs in the City

Caption: Second Presbyterian - Where Knight Life meets., Credit: Candice Ludlow

Eva Miller was a high school teacher in an inner city high school when she noticed her students needed something more in their lives, so she create...

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

#2: Revisiting Mandatory Recycling

From: KQED
Series: QUEST: Recycling in America

Caption: City recycling worker, Credit: QUEST

Until very recently Philadelphians recycled a dismal five-percent of their trash. But all that began to change a few years ago when the city steppe...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WTIP

Proposed Post Office Closures Spark Anger, Challenge Rural Identity

From: Grace Hood

Small towns across America may soon lose a part of their identity if the U.S. Postal Service has its way. Up to 3,000 post offices are targeted for...

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...