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For some veterans, underwater adventures bring solitude and therapeutic benefits

Caption: Shawn Campbell helps Justin Herris get back on the boat after a dive at the Circle of Heroes military memorial off the coast of Clearwater, Fla., Credit: Stephanie Colombini/American Homefront

A growing number of programs try to treat PTSD by getting veterans into nature, even deep under the sea. But there's little scientific evidence tha...

Bought by KPBS, WOUB, Texas Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and Colorado Public Radio

Replicas of Columbus ships stir protests

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Protest in Oswego, N.Y., Credit: Payne Horning

Two replica Christopher Columbus ships are sailing across the Great Lakes this summer, offering visitors a chance to learn about the famous explore...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio, WFIU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXXI Rochester and more

Michigan town raises money online to clear harbor

From: Great Lakes Today

With its harbor closed because of silt and other sediment -- and no help in sight from the federal government -- the town of Leland found an unusua...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, and WBFO

“Steelhead Alley” brings a bump to Great Lakes economy

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Patrick Robinson goes to catch a fish in Elk Creek, Credit: Elizabeth Miller

As winter sets in, Americans who live along the Great Lakes are bundling up. But another season is underway – and it brings an economic bump to an ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, and WCPN

Inside Richmond's Immigration Detention Center

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Danielle Gabriel and her daughter stand vigil outside West County Detention Facility., Credit: Photo by Stephen Southern.

Every month, Alex Aldana stands in protest in front of the West County Detention Facility in Richmond. It’s a medium-security jail that holds men a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

New law gives undocumented Californians a chance to apply for driver’s licenses

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: People wait for their numbers to be called inside the San Jose Driver's License Processing Center, Credit: Angela Johnston

Rosa Santos is leaning over a pile of forms and documents in the corner of the San Jose’s new DMV. I meet her along with her friend. They’re both a...

Why are there anti-Muslim ads on our public buses?

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Earlier this fall San Francisco Muni buses displayed an ad that may have upset you. Or angered you. Or made you feel threatened. The Muni ad was pa...

Shopping with Seafarers

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Dheeraj Singh trying on sunglasses at Old Navy in Emeryville, Credit: Julie Caine

Dheeraj Singh is the first officer on a container ship that makes regular runs from China, to California, to Japan, and back again.

Digital Detox

From: John L Myers

Spending too much time on Facebook or compulsively checking your smartphone might seem innocuous. But, as more people find it difficult to put the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio

Kentucky Bourbon Gains Wider Appeal

From: Louisville Public Media

Caption: Wild Turkey's Jimmy Russell, Credit: Rick Howlett

Kentucky's signature distilled spirit--bourbon--is surging in popularity in the U.S. and abroad.

Newmarket: Birthplace of American horseracing faces threat to 350-year tradition

From: Liz Ruskin

Stand on a street corner at dawn in Newmarket, England and you'll see a spectacle unique in the world: 3,000 racehorses parade through town every d...