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Treating America’s Opioid Addiction: Part 1
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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The Narcotic Farm and the Promise of Salvation

  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 32:11
Special Report: Whose Economy Is It? Ours
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Our city's economy – what is it for? New York's has been very good at piling up profits and building tall buildings. But all that private profit ha...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 28, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Army Has A Message For Soldiers: Even Where Marijuana Is Legal, Don't Use It
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A poster at Fort Carson, Col. reminds soldiers that even though recreational marijuana is legal in Colorado, it's prohibited under military rules., Credit: Dan Boyce / American Homefront
Recreational marijuana use is now legal in ten states, but it remains off-limits to service members ... and some military communities don't want it...

Bought by KRZA, KPBS, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Texas Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 6
‘Crime-Free Housing’ Rules Spread In Illinois
From: Illinois Newsroom
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Many communities in Illinois have rules that say renters can lose their housing if someone in the home is connected to a crime. City leaders who ba...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2019
  • Length: 04:26
After success in Florida, the use of virtual reality to treat PTSD is expanding
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Therapist Keith Smith demonstrates virtual reality equipment at the University of Central Florida. Smith uses virtual reality to help treat veterans' post traumatic stress disorder., Credit: Stephanie Colombini / American Homefront
The University of Central Florida is using virtual reality to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. It's worked well enough that the Pentagon will ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, North Country Public Radio, KPBS, Colorado Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2019
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 7
The Air Force is trying new strategies to battle a constant problem: Birds on airfields
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Wildlife biologist Kory McLellan shoots off pyrotechnics to scare birds away from the airfield at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa., Credit: Mariette Adams / U.S. Air Force
Fireworks, drones, and habitat relocation projects are among the ways that Air Force biologists are fighting the expensive and potentially deadly p...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, KPCC, Colorado Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 6
The Pentagon has settled a lawsuit over allegedly defective earplugs. Now veterans are suing, too.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Gen. William J. Gothard (right) receives a spent shell casing as part of his 2014 retirement ceremony at Fort Jackson, S.C. Gothard says his 36 years of service left him with hearing loss and tinnitus., Credit: Shantelle Campbell / U.S. Army
The settlement with earplug manufacturer 3M has focused attention on service-related hearing loss, one of the most common health problems among vet...

Bought by KPBS, WUSF, Texas Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KPCC and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2019
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Pregnancy to Prison Pipeline: Media Matters
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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As the President sounds off about holy babies born and unborn, we talk about the ongoing criminalization of women who happen to get pregnant. What ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and KDNK


  • Added: Feb 13, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Minnesota Native News: Nibi and the life it supports
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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This week on Minnesota Native News, tribes across the state work together to present a clear path forward to protect wild rice and AICHO in Duluth ...

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


  • Added: Jan 23, 2019
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 11
Follow Up on the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
From: The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Series: ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk
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Congress enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 which doubled the estate, gift, and generation skipping transfer tax exemption. Hear more about ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2018
  • Length: 05:34
Most veterans who kill themselves are 55 or older. The VA is trying to learn why.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: 76 year old Army veteran Robert Neilson writes notes of encouragement to fellow veterans who have contemplated suicide. He's struggled with mental health issues since he left the Army in the 1960s., Credit: Matt Bowler / KPBS
Veterans are about twice as likely as non-veterans to die by suicide. But the majority of those suicides are among veterans aged 55 or older -- who...

Bought by WUSF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, North Country Public Radio, KRZA, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 13, 2018
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 5
Medical foster homes can be an option for elderly veterans, but the VA won't pay for them
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: At a medical foster home near San Antonio, caregiver Tiffany Graves (left) sets out art supplies for Rose Witherspoon, a World War II veteran., Credit: Carson Frame/American Homefront
For thousands of elderly veterans, long term care means living in a nursing home or institutional care setting. But some have found a much homier o...

Bought by WUSF, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, North Country Public Radio, KPBS and more


  • Added: Dec 10, 2018
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 7
Minnesota Native News: Healing & Homelessness in Minneapolis
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
Caption: It's late fall in Minneapolis and a tent encampment is still home to roughly 200 people.
4 people have now died at the homeless encampment in Minneapolis. The site - also called the Wall of Forgotten Natives for the many Native reside...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KMSU, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KVSC and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2018
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 11
In an outdoor recreation program, veterans find healing and friendship
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Jesus Guzmán (right) and fellow Higher Ground veterans participate in a team-building exercise during a hike in Big Bear, Cal., Credit: Libby Denkmann/American Homefront
At "recreational therapy" camps, outdoor activities and mindfulness help veterans with PTSD, sexual trauma, and other issues.

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  • Added: Oct 25, 2018
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 7
Rising Green From the Ashes
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Wildfire victims rebuild all solar, all electric homes with help from their community energy program. Hear one family's story, learn what makes a h...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WFHB, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
As medical marijuana becomes more accepted, veterans urge the VA to prescribe it
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Janine Lutz displays her Memorial Wall, which she built with photos of veterans who killed themselves. She said the VA's policy shunning medical marijuana is leading to needless deaths., Credit: Julio Ochoa/American Homefront
Though medical marijuana is legal in most states, the Department of Veterans Affairs will neither recommend nor prescribe it because of a longstand...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, North Country Public Radio, KPCC, and KPBS


  • Added: Sep 04, 2018
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 5
As America's veterans grow older, the VA faces a long-term care crisis
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Participants in Oxnard Family Circle's Adult Day Healthcare program get transportation to and from home on weekdays., Credit: Libby Denkmann/American Homefront
The number of veterans in the VA healthcare system who are 70 or older is expected to grow 30 percent in the next eight years.

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WUSF, KMUD, and KPBS


  • Added: Aug 21, 2018
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 5
They were recruited into the military, but non-citizen troops now face an uncertain future
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The first Navy sailors to participate in the MAVNI program take their oath of citizenship in this 2010 file photo. MAVNI has been controversial since it began in 2008., Credit: Scott Thornbloom / U.S. Navy
From 2009 to 2016, the Defense Department recruited more than 10,000 non-citizens into the armed forces. Now some say they're being discharged with...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, KMUD, North Country Public Radio, WUSF and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2018
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 6
Minnesota Native News: Farms, Sacred Sites and Police Navigators
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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This week on Minnesota Native News we check in on a Native coalition’s work on the federal farm bill, more fallout from the Minnesota legislative s...

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


  • Added: Jul 04, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 10
VA issues long awaited veteran ID card, but it comes with an ad on the back
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The VA is now mailing ID cards to veterans who apply for them online. The cards include the logo of Office Depot, which is paying the cost to print and distribute them through 2020.
Congress mandated the card in 2015, but provided no funding. So the VA struck a deal with Office Depot.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, KPCC, KMUD, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 6
In L.A., homeless vets now can sleep in their cars at the VA
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Army veteran Adam John Halvorsen and his girlfriend, Angela Del Castillo, were the first participants in a Safe Parking Program on the West Los Angeles VA campus., Credit: Libby Denkmann/American Homefront
In the first program of its kind in the nation, the West Los Angeles VA has opened its campus to veterans who sleep in their cars. Officials say it...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, Texas Public Radio, WUSF, and KMUD


  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 5
When veterans die without loved ones, these volunteers make sure they have a send off
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A bugler plays Taps at Bay Pines National Cemetery as veterans stand at attention for their fellow former service members who died without close relatives., Credit: Bobbie O'Brien/American Homefront
Memorial Day is set aside to remember those who died in military service. But a group of military veterans in Florida works all year to commemorate...

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  • Added: May 24, 2018
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 6
VA partners with food banks as more veterans struggle to afford food
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Vietnam-era veteran Diane Fike selects vegetables at the Austin, Tex. VA food pantry. Studies have found a growing number of veterans are food insecure, including many who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan., Credit: Carson Frame/American Homefront
More than 1.4 million veterans of all ages rely on government food assistance, but food insecurity is disproportionately common among post 9/11 vet...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WUSF, KPBS, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 5
As the Army grows more diverse, it faces a shortage of chaplains
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Lt. Col. Khallid Shabazz leads Friday prayer for the Muslim community of Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Shabazz is the Army's first division-level Muslim chaplain., Credit: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch / American Homefront
The military has made progress diversifying its chaplain corps. But it faces a shortage of chaplains of all faiths.

Bought by KRZA, WUSF, and KPBS


  • Added: May 07, 2018
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 3
Facing unique mental health challenges, female veterans are killing themselves more often
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Deana Martorella Orellana's mother, Laurel Martorella (left), and Orellana's sister, Robin Jewell, hold her Marine Corps photo. Orellana killed herself a year after leaving the Marines. She had agreed to undergo counseling the day she died., Credit: Jay Price/American Homefront
Female veterans are nearly 2 1/2 times more likely than their civilian counterparts to kill themselves. Advocates say women's mental health challen...

Bought by KGUA, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KRZA, WUSF and more


  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 8

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