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Caption: Steven Petrow (R) and Jay Petrow (L) kiss their sister Julie Petrow-Cohen. Julie used New Jersey’s medical aid in dying law after a six-year battle with ovarian cancer., Credit: Courtesy of the Petrow family
A handful of states allow terminally ill people to take life-ending medications prescribed by a doctor instead of waiting for death. This week, we ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2024
  • Length: 21:12
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Ashish Jha shifted from the role of academic theorizing about health policy into a calm, reassuring voice leading the White House’s COVID response....

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 16:54
  • Purchases: 1
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The country’s high rates of pregnancy-related deaths and complications, and the potential impact Biden’s push to expand Medicaid coverage for pregn...

  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 17:33
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More people died from drug overdoses during the first year of the pandemic — over 100,000 — than in any previous year. In response, the Biden admin...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2022
  • Length: 23:30
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: North Carolina Voters Challenge GOP Rep. Cawthorn’s Right to Run for Congr...

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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How do you let people who are fully vaccinated get back to normal life without creating super-spreader events for those who haven’t yet been vaccin...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 04:19
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Black healthcare workers are taking on the mission to inform and hopefully convince more people of color to get vaccinated. We’ll hear where this o...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 03:52
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Domestic workers have been especially hard hit by the pandemic but have been consistently excluded from bills meant to help frontline workers. In t...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 04:10
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COVID “long-haulers” are people who have extended experiences with COVID symptoms that never let up, or keep recurring. The virus is so new that we...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 04:03
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Democrats Fail to Fight For Working Families in COVID-19 Emergency Relief ...

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Data Reveals Alarming Racial Disparity in COVID-19 Deaths Across the U.S.;...

Bought by WKPW and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: The Coronavirus Pandemic Poses Deadly Risks for Both Prison Inmates and St...

Bought by WKPW and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 25, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Want to know how heroin treatment centers in Canada, the Affordable Care Act, President Trump’s new budget, and Henrietta Lacks all fit into one co...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 53:54
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1