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S2 Ep 1: Help young people grow up healthy

From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two

Caption: Friday Lunch Club having ice cream. , Credit: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch

The best ways to prevent young people from getting addicted don’t necessarily focus on the drugs themselves (forget “Just say no.”) Research shows ...

New York Grand Jury to Hear Explosive 9/11 Evidence

From: John Shuck
Series: Beloved Community

David Meiswinkle and Barbara Honegger of The Lawyers' Committee for 9/11 Inquiry, and Richard Gage AIA, of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth ...

Bought by 'The Sea'

Can we sell cattails -- and save wetlands?

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Harvester amid the cattails, Credit: Sam Corden

Researchers are harvesting invasive cattails, and seeking commercial uses for them

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO

The Challenge of ALS

From: Avery Hall

Caption: In eye-popping plaid pants and a pea-green jacket, Dr. Bedlack wears positivity into his office at the Duke ALS clinic., Credit: Avery Hall

ALS: a heartwrenching medical quandary for both doctors and patients. As research progresses, one local doctor takes a positive approach.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

A Surprising Profession Where Diversity is Lagging Behind

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism

They are supposed to mold and inspire minds, but that may some argue that will be difficult while 80% are white.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

The Aftermath of an Ellis Act Eviction

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: San Francisco's North Beach where Marla Knight has lived for 48 years, Credit: Daniel Schwen

Marla Knight is packing up her home of 48 years. She’s been evicted from her North Beach apartment because the owners are converting it to tenancie...

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Sweden's “Open Doors” for Syrian Refugees…at a Perilous Risk

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: migrants arriving on the island of lampedusa in august 2007. pictures taken by Sara Prestianni and taken from storie migrante., Credit: Noborder network

When it comes to embracing refugees, Sweden is known to be among the friendliest countries in the EU. The problem is getting all the way to Sweden....

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Women in Combat

From: War News Radio

On January 24, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta lifted the ban on women serving in combat roles in the military. War News Radio reporter Amy DiPie...

Drought Keeps Oklahoma Pilot Grounded

From: StateImpact Oklahoma

Caption: Harold Blackledge, a 79-year-old agricultural pilot, stands in front of his 1975 Piper Pawnee Brave in one of his hangars at the Watonga Regional Airport. The drought — the worst he’s seen — has dried up aerial spraying work in Oklahoma, he says., Credit: Joe Wertz

The drought that settled into Oklahoma last year is getting worse. And it’s hurting business owners such as Harold Blackledge, an agricultural pilo...

Eric Schwartz And His Experience in Azerbaijan

From: Joshua Noonan

Eric Schwartz talks a about his life in Eurasia, the differences between social media in the Caucasus the United States and his experiences as a me...

Teens and Illegal Guns: Overview

From: Y-Press
Series: Teens and Guns: Illegal Uses

In the last decade in Indiana, about 130 murders were committed by teens, and 79 percent of those involved a firearm. After a Y-Presser lost her co...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio

Shame On Holland Again

From: Anton Foek

In Nederland willen we eerlijk en open met elkaar omgaan. Maar als het aan het Openbaar Ministerie ligt wordt daar grof en oneerlijk onderscheid i...

Ex-convicts struggle to enter bleak job market

From: Patrick De Oliveira

The economic crisis has made it difficult for everyone to find employment, but ex-convicts have been hit harder than the rest.

WNR: Trouble for Palestinian Iraqis

From: War News Radio

From "Men in the Sun" (May 1, 2009): War News Radio reports on Palestinian Iraqis who struggled to escape persecution in Iraq.

Cokie Roberts interview

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio

Montana Public Radio News Director Sally Mauk interviews NPR Senior News Analyst Cokie Roberts

Men in the Sun

From: War News Radio

Caption: An Iraqi Palestinian family at a camp on the Syrian-Iraqi border., Credit: Associated Press / UNHCR

News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

On Patrol with the Mexican Army

From: Lorne Matalon
Series: The Mexican Army, Drug Cartels and US Aid

Mexican Army Mission in Sinaloa and Durango States

Mexico's "Narco-War" Escalates

From: Lorne Matalon
Series: The Mexican Army, Drug Cartels and US Aid

Cartels and Army Square off in Tijuana

Roundup At The Little Book Cliffs Range

From: Amy Marsh

A look at BLM round-ups of wild horses and whether they are necessary

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX

Green Card Applicants Protest

From: Michelle Chang

One export from China that American businesses can?t get enough of are highly-skilled workers, especially those in the high tech industry. Workers ...