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CBC S 1 E 5: COVID by the Numberss
From: WNIN
Series: COVID Between the Coasts
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If you're trying to cover the pandemic in seven Midwestern states, where do you start? WNIN partnered with data scientists from the University of E...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2020
  • Length: 14:47
CBC S 1 E 4: Minneapolis, The Supply Chain
From: WNIN
Series: COVID Between the Coasts
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Mistakes were made in keeping PPE and other essential medical supplies available for health care and emergency workers during the pandemic. Are we ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 21, 2020
  • Length: 21:59
  • Purchases: 1
Minnesota Native News: St Louis County Takes Financial Hit for not Following ICWA Guidelines
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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A state report released this summer found one third of all Minnesota counties are not complying with the federal and state laws aimed at keeping Na...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KVSC, KSRQ, WDSE, WTIP and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 10
Minnesota Native News: Peace at polling places and Bugonaygeshig school gets students connected
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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This week on Minnesota Native News: Ahead of election day there were widespread concerns about voter intimidation at the polls - so we checked in w...

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  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 8
Minnesota Native News: Native GOTV and State Bonding Dollars for Native Agencies
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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This week on Minnesota Native News, Native communities get out the vote and a handful of Native organizations get 10-million dollars in the state b...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KFAI Minneapolis, KSRQ, KVSC, WDSE and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2020
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 10
Slowly and cautiously, the VA is reopening its medical clinics
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Medical personnel care for a patient in the parking garage of the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital in Tampa. Much of the emergency department has been relocated outside., Credit: Ed Drohan / James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
Medical facilities run by the Department of Veterans Affairs are reopening at a slower pace than many civilian health systems. But the VA has recen...

Bought by Colorado Public Radio, KPBS, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 3
COVID-19 has upended the business model of American Legion posts, but Legionnaires are innovating
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Comedian Fernando Sanchez warms up attendees of American Legion Post 397's comedy night Oct. 10. The Monterey Park, Cal. post has turned to events like this to raise money during the pandemic., Credit: Robert Garrova / American Homefront
American Legion posts across the country serve as a community hub for veterans and their families. But the pandemic has put the future of many post...

Bought by KRZA, Texas Public Radio, WUSF, KPBS, and Colorado Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 5
Minnesota Native News: MN Counties are penalized for not complying with ICWA
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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This is Minnesota Native News and I’m Marie Rock. A recent report from the state of Minnesota shows nearly half of Minnesota Counties that border r...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KSRQ, KVSC, WTIP, WDSE and more


  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 11
Uncharted Territory
From: Broken Ground
Series: Season 3: Sea Level Rise
Caption: Children walking in flood water, Norfolk, VA, Credit: Emily Richardson-Lorente
In Norfolk, Virginia scientists battling sea level rise enlist residents to help collect data that could help the city better understand its rising...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2020
  • Length: 32:34
" The Race Is On" UPDATED THURS AUG 27 2020( Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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THIS VERSION ADDS LEBRON JAMES ON POLICE SHOOTINGS AND HURRICANE LAURA MAKING LANDFALL AS A CAT 4. The RNC's Alternate Reality. Jacob Blake of Ken...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KMUN, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 27, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
How are the record number of people returning from Louisiana prisons making their way in the world?
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 14 Here’s what it’s like when you’re released from prison. You’re given a $20 debit card and a bus ride home. You need housing, ...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:21
What does "adult" mean in the eyes of the law? In Louisiana, many work to change the answer.
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 11 The legal system operates very differently for juveniles and for adults. Yet the age at which a person is considered an adult...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 1
A New Orleans rabbi and her congregants are starting new conversations about mass incarceration
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 7 Congregants at a New Orleans synagogue study and educate themselves about mass incarceration and form bonds with formerly inca...

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  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 1
This Louisiana mother waits, and paints, and strives to free her son
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 6 What do you do when a member of your family is locked up for a crime you are sure he didn’t commit? Sheila Phipps paints. She...

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  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 1
If you pass through New Orleans courts, innocent or not, you still have to pay
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 4 The way our criminal justice system works, there’s a significant cost to just being accused of a crime. Innocent or not, one w...

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  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
With so many homeless caught up in the criminal legal system, New Orleans holds court at a shelter
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 3 Last episode, we learned about Louisiana's largest criminal court, New Orleans' Municipal Court. This time we follow Municipal...

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  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 09:06
  • Purchases: 1
The Air Force is under pressure to explain a longstanding racial disparity in punishment
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Risha Grant, an inclusion and bias expert, holds a closed-door discussion with leaders at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. June 30. Throughout the summer, the Air Force has been holding town halls and trainings about racial injustice., Credit: Sarah Brice / U.S. Air Force
Advocates are calling attention to statistics that show Black airmen are brought up for punishment more often than their white counterparts. The Ai...

Bought by KPBS, WUSF, Colorado Public Radio, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 28, 2020
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 4
Minnesota Native News: Native educator shares lessons from Native families distance learning
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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Families and school districts across Minnesota are thinking about what the next school year may look like for teachers, children and families. The ...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMSU, KSRQ, WDSE, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 8
After initially saying it wouldn't, the VA now will remove Nazi symbols from two veterans cemeteries
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A gravestone for a German POW in the San Antonio VA cemetery. The stone is engraved with a swastika and an inscription that references Adolf Hitler., Credit: Military Religious Freedom Foundation
The stones, engraved with swastikas, mark the graves of German POWs who died in the United States during World War II.

Bought by WUSF, Colorado Public Radio, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2020
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 3
Minnesota Native News: Primary Elections Approach, Casinos Reopen and a Superfund Site Stays Put
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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This week on Minnesota Native News, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe elections are coming up on June 9th, some tribes begin to reopen their casinos after c...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KSRQ, KMSU, WDSE, KVSC and more


  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 10
For COVID Patients, Recovery is a Hurdle of Its Own
From: Lucas Woods
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Many recovering COVID patients need rehabilitation before they go home. That's stretching inpatient rehab facilities to their limits.

  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 05:36
More than two-thirds of the military supports transgender servicemembers, study finds
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Marine judge advocate Emma Shinn (left) takes her oath of office from Maj. Rebecca Harvey in 2019.
The UCLA study shows broad support among servicemembers for transgender people in the military. But the military still bans transgender people from...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Texas Public Radio, KPBS, WUSF, KMXT and more


  • Added: May 11, 2020
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 6
Minnesota Native News: Sheltering in Place and Going Online
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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This week on Minnesota Native News we check in with Native leaders whose work has moved online and a couple of online movie recommendations while w...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KVSC, KMSU, WDSE, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
Twin Cities Native Organizations Move Online
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News Featured Stories
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As shelter in place orders continue across the state of Minnesota, many tribes and urban Native organizations are moving their work online. Report...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:47
Dr. Michael Osterholm on Covid-19: "We Will Get Through This But We'll Never Go Back to Normal"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Conversations on COVID-19
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Michael Osterholm, PhD, is director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy and author of the book, Dead...

Bought by KSRQ and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Mar 31, 2020
  • Length: 15:48
  • Purchases: 2

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