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The growth of charter schools has led to declining enrollment at traditional public schools across California -- and in some cases to school closur...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jun 09, 2018
- Length: 09:36
- Purchases: 1
Unless Congress acts to save the DACA program, the last permit will expire on March 5, 2020. This week on Life of the Law… we share Luis’s story an...
- Added: Oct 25, 2017
- Length: 33:45
This is a story about how leaders of charities and organizations that help people in poverty, are joining together to help lower poverty. A couple ...
- Added: Dec 16, 2015
- Length: 03:42
Gianluca Tramontana takes us to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and shows us around a favela ghost town in the shadow of the Maracana soccer stadium.
- Added: Jul 25, 2013
- Length: 08:05
A Review of the Latest Documentary from HOOP DREAMS' Steve James
- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 02:00
Drug violence continues to claim lives in Mexico. Just last weekend more than 40 people were killed in Ciudad Juarez - ground zero in the drug war...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Feb 25, 2011
- Length: 05:09
- Purchases: 2
In Colombia, drug-trafficking paramilitary groups terrorized the country for many years. The violence displaced more than 3.5 million people. Then...
Bought by WBEZ
- Added: Feb 11, 2011
- Length: 08:59
- Purchases: 1
Grant Fuller tours a Cacao Farm.
- Added: Feb 11, 2011
- Length: 05:23
There are plenty of hungry passengers on El Chepe. That’s the train that takes tourists through the breathtaking scenery of the Copper Canyon in n...
Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon
- Added: Feb 11, 2011
- Length: 03:51
- Purchases: 1
In northwest Mexico, the indigenous Tarahumara people are famous for their long-distance running ability, developed over thousands of years of remo...
- Added: Jan 28, 2011
- Length: 04:25
Tequila is made from the agave plant. But there’s another drink made from agave.
And it might be better for you. It’s called pulque. It’s a mild...
Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 03, 2010
- Length: 04:45
- Purchases: 3
Jupiter. That’s the name the 20-year-old Guatemalan has in his pocket as he leaves his mountain town. He will travel 3,000 miles, cross the U.S. ...
- Added: Nov 19, 2010
- Length: 04:10
You know about illegal immigrants who swim across the Rio Grande to get into Texas. But down on Mexico's southern border with Guatemala it’s the R...
Bought by WBEZ
- Added: Sep 24, 2010
- Length: 04:21
- Purchases: 1
Story: Every day, hundreds of Central American migrants ride on top of Mexican freight trains bound for the US border. Kids and teenagers often att...
- Added: Sep 17, 2010
- Length: 12:34
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
Immigration reform is on the agenda in Washington this week. While politicians debate the issue, four undocumented high school graduates are about...
- Added: Apr 30, 2010
- Length: 05:58
Visit any toy store and you'll see a dizzying array of models – from simple wooden blocks to complex child-size cars with gadgetry. What are ofte...
Bought by KGNU Community Radio and KUOW
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: 04:07
- Purchases: 2
Mexicans remember what it was like to go through a devastating earthquake. One hit Mexico City 25-years ago. So rescue workers from Mexico have r...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 22, 2010
- Length: 04:55
- Purchases: 1
Mexico City got an early Christmas gift this year: the Guinness world record for the tallest, artificial Christmas tree. It stands in a traffic c...
- Added: Dec 18, 2009
- Length: 03:52
Sixteen hundred miles north of Haiti, on a busy street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, you can hear a tidal wave of drumbeats tumble out a third floor...
Bought by WBEZ
- Added: Dec 10, 2009
- Length: 05:09
- Purchases: 1
In Mexico City, pirated CDs are sold everywhere. Even on the subways. Vendors there have found an innovative way to sell to captive audiences. T...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Dec 04, 2009
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 1
A guinea pig is a furry little rodent many families in the US keep as a household pet. If you’ve ever had one, you might want to take a deep breath...
- Added: Jun 19, 2009
- Length: 04:02
Have you ever seen ceviche on a menu and wondered exactly what it was, or how it was made? The World Vision Report’s Cynthia Graber got an impromp...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: 03:33
- Purchases: 2
Mexico is slowly getting back to normal after the swine flu pandemic shut down schools, shops and businesses. The people worst hit by the closures...
- Added: May 08, 2009
- Length: 06:05
As drug violence in Mexico ratchets up, President Obama says hes going to increase border patrols in the southern US. This is only one of many mea...
- Added: Mar 26, 2009
- Length: 05:26
- Purchases: 3
