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One in four homeless people are veterans. There are approximately 800 homeless veterans on San Francisco’s streets.Experts in the field believe the...
- Added: Mar 23, 2015
- Length: 09:07
The gravel edge of the railroad tracks that backs on to a warehouse wasn’t the end of the line for Marshawn Lewis and his neighbors. In fact, they’...
- Added: Mar 23, 2015
- Length: 03:07
When most people are on their way to sleep, San Francisco’s Homeless Outreach Team, or SF HOT, is just beginning its graveyard shift.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 04, 2015
- Length: 07:34
- Purchases: 1
A 29 minute weekly program of news features and interviews.
- Added: Jan 23, 2015
- Length: 29:00
A news report from Nell Abram in Tampa on Williams-Yulee v. the Florida Bar.
- Added: Jan 20, 2015
- Length: 02:58
On this show we bring you an update on some of the stories we’ve covered this year. We’ll go to a protest to talk to advocates calling for an end t...
- Added: Dec 17, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Just over the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, a few miles from Muir Woods, lies Muir Beach. The beautiful and peaceful waterfront is a favorite...
- Added: Oct 22, 2014
- Length: 06:13
Sunnyvale, California doesn't have a history of violence, so why does the mayor want to make a safe city safer?
- Added: Aug 01, 2014
- Length: 06:15
Protests against the tech industry’s impact on housing have grown in number and variety. They’ve been personal, with individual tech executives bei...
- Added: May 21, 2014
- Length: 05:23
Debate over Boulder's zoning laws raises questions about housing co-ops
- Added: Jan 09, 2014
- Length: 05:05
Aristotle said there are three kinds of friendships—those of utility, pleasure, and virtue. But what about Facebook friendships? One scholar is stu...
- Added: Sep 30, 2013
- Length: 02:39
- Purchases: 2
In an age of big data, even police departments are getting in on the action. In Los Angeles, the LAPD are using software for what they call “predic...
Bought by Troy Public Radio, Hark!, WTIP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KQED
- Added: Jul 29, 2013
- Length: 06:37
- Purchases: 5
New Bedford Harbor ranks among the worst harbors in the country for surface oil spills. Harbor officials and environmental groups can’t even agree ...
- Added: Jun 03, 2013
- Length: 06:50
The National Rifle Association started its Women on Target program in 2000. According to their website, they’ve trained over eighty thousand women...
Bought by KUER and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: May 27, 2013
- Length: 07:31
- Purchases: 2
Vietnamese fishing communities are still finding themselves grounded by the BP oil spill, one of the largest environmental disasters of the century...
- Added: Mar 22, 2013
- Length: 10:20
- Purchases: 2
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...
- Added: Mar 11, 2013
- Length: 06:37
A look at the issues affecting the various people of our planet
- Added: Dec 16, 2012
- Length: 27:30
This week on War News Radio, “Peace News in Wartime”, we discuss the role of Morocco in the Arab Spring. Then, we learn about the process of establ...
- Added: Dec 12, 2012
- Length: 30:01
In California, there are hundreds if not thousands of people practicing criminal law though they’ve never passed a bar exam. They don’t wear suits....
- Added: Oct 12, 2012
- Length: 14:10
- Purchases: 2
Members of the Parkside community and Vernon triangle met on Feb. 29 to discuss the future of the former Fairfield public library. The building, de...
- Added: Mar 01, 2012
- Length: 04:09
For the past twenty years, Shepherd's Clinic in Baltimore has provided comprehensive health care to the uninsured -- without any government funding...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 30, 2012
- Length: 07:01
- Purchases: 1
Alzheimer’s is the incurable disease that destroys memory, speech and function. Scientists say the number of Americans with Alzheimer's may triple...
Bought by KOSU, WNYC, KQED, KZYX, and Maine Public Radio
- Added: Nov 18, 2011
- Length: 58:30
- Purchases: 5
37 million Americans are college dropouts. What wlll it take to get them back? (8/25/2011)
Bought by WMUU-LP, WTIP, KWIT, and NPR Illinois
- Added: Aug 26, 2011
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 4
The American Dream is that each generation will do better than the last. But the families of auto workers no longer have that expectation. As Detro...
- Added: Jun 07, 2011
- Length: 06:15
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...
- Added: Apr 14, 2011
- Length: 05:46
