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Escape from Kabul

From: Mateo Schimpf

In this episode, we unpack the war in Afghanistan, the misguided way it began and the catastrophic way it ended.

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Honor Flight: Recognizing our War Heroes

From: Stephen Grant

Most World War II veterans didn’t receive accolades or experience the infamous New York City ticker-tape parade most Americans are familiar with in...

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Smartphone App Warns Israeli Citizens if Missiles are Headed Their Way

From: A. Randall Wenner

A new smartphone app developed by an American college student and his colleague uses up-to-the minute data from the Israeli Defense Force to warn I...

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Life of the Law #34 - Necessity Defense

From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law

It’s odd to think cannibals, cannabis-growers, Vietnam War protesters, and prison escapees all have something in common. But they do: the necessity...

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Addressing chronic homelessness with permanent supportive housing

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Veterans Commons resident Jesse Breedwolf, 74, Credit: Liz Pfeffer

California has the largest concentration of homeless veterans in the nation, and in San Francisco, it’s likely that more than 700 homeless vets wil...

Life After War

From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Refugees in Puget Sound

Refugees coming to the US have just a few months to find a job and a place to live. And they are 10 times as likely as the general population to su...

A Hug on the Way Home

From: Julia Barton

Caption: Constance Carman says goodbye to a soldier., Credit: Julia Barton

When U.S. soldiers come back home on leave, they fly through a few central airports. For soldiers headed west of the Mississippi River, that airpor...

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Southern Sudanese in Kenya vote for a new country

From: Becky Palmstrom

Caption: A pastor at a Southern Sudanese church in a refugee camp in Kenya., Credit: Becky Palmstrom

As the newest country in the world celebrates, Becky Palmstrom travels to Kenya to hear the prayers and songs of the refugees waiting to return to ...

Army Trains US Soldiers to Speak Arabic

From: Northwest News Network (N3)

The Army is starting to rely less on Iraqi-born translators to manage war relations.

Blue Highways Day Trip #1 - The REAL Health Care Crisis

From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways

There's lots of talk about the health coverage crisis - but the real crisis is that there aren't enough doctors to go around - a report from North ...