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She's Beautiful When She's Angry (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We present the documentary, She's Beautiful When She's Angry, a reflection on the rise of the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States, bet...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Growing up too soon: When kids and teenagers are caregivers for disabled veteran parents
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Lara and Trey Garey stand at the bedside of Tom Garey, an Air Force veteran with advanced ALS. 19-year-old Trey has spent much of his teenage years caring for his father at their home in Cedar Park, Texas., Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront
More than two million American children and teenagers live with a wounded or ill veteran. Many help with the veteran's care and face challenges lik...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KPBS, KRPS, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2022
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 6
Peter Lee on Obamacare, Covered California and Where We Go Next With Healthcare
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Peter Lee, outgoing Executive Director of Covered California, Credit: Photo used with the permission of Covered California
This week, we speak with Peter Lee who has led Covered California, the state’s Affordable Care Act health benefit exchange, for a decade. As he pre...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 18:08
The FDA Super Bowl
From: Tradeoffs
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Every 5 years, the FDA has to renegotiate billions of dollars in user fees with the drug and medical device companies it regulates. Congress has to...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 18:33
Underfunded and understaffed, some state veterans homes are turning residents away
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Amanda Eldridge, a certified occupational therapist assistant, works with a veteran at the state-run St. James Veterans Home in St. James, Missouri., Credit: Brian Munoz / St. Louis Public Radio
Labor shortages exacerbated by the pandemic have left facilities around the country with empty beds, even though veterans are on waiting lists hopi...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KTEP, Texas Public Radio, KPBS, KRPS and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 6
Answering the Call, Part 1: America’s New Mental Health Crisis Line
From: Tradeoffs
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Starting July 16, 2022, anyone in the U.S. experiencing a mental health crisis will be able to dial 988 for help. We explore what it will take for ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 25:04
  • Purchases: 1
Moving away from 'draconian' health measures, the Navy is hoping to manage COVID-19 for the long term
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Sailors man the rails on the flight deck of USS Abraham Lincoln as it deploys Jan. 3 from San Diego., Credit: Jett Morgan / U.S. Navy
Strict restrictions aboard Navy ships - put in place after a major COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 - have been eased, as the Navy tries to balance safety...

Bought by KRPS, Texas Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KUT, KWMU St. Louis and more


  • Added: Jan 27, 2022
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 6
Harm Reduction’s Road From Fringe to Federal Drug Policy
From: Tradeoffs
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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
Medicare’s Unprecedented Alzheimer’s Drug Decision
From: Tradeoffs
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In early January, Medicare took an unprecedented step to restrict patients’ access to the first new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 ...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 22:47
More Vietnam vets now qualify for disability benefits, but it may be years before they see the money
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Vietnam Veteran Jim Scott, who now volunteers for the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network, shared his story at the 2018 Bladder Cancer Think Tank. Scott attributes his disease to his exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam., Credit: Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network
Veterans suffering from certain medical conditions became eligible for "presumptive" VA disability benefits last year. But the claims they're filin...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis, KRPS, WRFA-LP, North Country Public Radio, KPBS and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 7
California opens a dedicated prison yard for veterans, hoping camaraderie helps rehabilitate them
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: More than 100 incarcerated veterans attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony in May 2021 for one of the nation's largest prison units dedicated exclusively to former service members. The veterans hub in Soledad, California is designed to provide unique rehabilita, Credit: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
California incarcerates nearly 7,000 military veterans scattered throughout 34 different prisons. Now, the state is planning to house them together...

Bought by KRPS, WRFA-LP, KPBS, KUT, Texas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2021
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 6
Despite a defeat in Congress, advocates say they'll keep pushing for women to register for the draft
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Female Marine Corps recruits line up during boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. The first class of female recruits arrived at San Diego in 2021, ending almost a hundred years when the boot camp accepted only men., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
Congress dropped a controversial measure that would require women to register for the Selective Service. Men are required to register once they tur...

Bought by KPBS, WRFA-LP, KRPS, KMXT, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 14, 2021
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 7
National Guard troops are arresting migrants in Texas. Critics say they're not qualified to do it.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The governor of Texas is continuing to ramp up his controversial border security initiative. Texas National Guard troops have been deployed to Mexican border to help law enforcement agents arrest migrants who enter U.S. illegally. As Carson Frame report, Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront
Texas Governor Greg Abbott continues to ramp up his controversial border security initiative. The state has sent troopers and National Guard member...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KUT, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 3
"Inside The Statue: The Inside Story...50 Years Later
From: Paul Fischer
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DEC 26TH IS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCCUPATION OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY BY VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR. THIS IS THE DOCUMENTARY PRODUCED E...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 57:50
For these veterans, poetry and prose help treat the moral injury of war
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: George Pettigrew leads a virtual Reader's Theater event for Kansas City veterans. Among those who read their original works Heather Smoot, who served in the Air Force., Credit: Missouri Humanities
In Kansas City, the Moral Injury Association of America sponsors a writing group that’s worked with thousands of veterans and family members since ...

Bought by KPBS, KUT, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, and KCUR


  • Added: Dec 02, 2021
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 5
The process of replacing Confederate names on military bases has begun, but likely will take years
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: At a Sept. 14 virtual town hall meeting, Fort Bragg Curator and Archeologist Linda Carnes-McNaughton, Retired Major General Rodney Anderson, and Fort Bragg Garrison Commander Scott Pence listen to comments from citizens about possible new names for the ba, Credit: City of Fayetteville, N.C. via Facebook Live
A federal commission is soliciting ideas to rename Fort Bragg, Fort Hood, Fort Rucker, Fort Lee, and several other military posts named for Confede...

Bought by KRPS, WRFA-LP, KPBS, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 01, 2021
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 4
A study shows PTSD carries a stigma for veterans - regardless of whether they suffer from it
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America erected this window display in New York City as part of a 2015 PTSD awareness campaign., Credit: IAVA
Fewer than 20 percent of veterans suffer from PTSD, but most Americans think the disorder is far more common.

Bought by KRPS, KLCC, KCUR, KPBS, WRFA-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 7
'He just wanted to serve his country': A widow mourns one of the last troops to die in the Afghanistan war
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Alena Knauss stands in the laundry room of her North Carolina home, which she's been renovating and re-tiling. She placed the initials "R" and "A" in the tile for herself and her husband Ryan, who was killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan August 26. , Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
More than 2,400 U.S. service members were killed in the Afghanistan war. The Pentagon said Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss - who died from injuries ...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KPBS, Texas Public Radio, and KCUR


  • Added: Aug 31, 2021
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 4
For veterans starting college, "Academic boot camps' ease the transition to the classroom
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: English Professor Hilary Lithgow leads a discussion among about a dozen veterans and active-duty troops at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill during the Warrior-Scholar Project's 2021 "Academic Boot Camp.", Credit: Ira Wilder / UNC-Chapel Hill
The Department of Veterans Affairs has partnered with the Warrior-Scholar Project, a non-profit group that runs the camps at major universities aro...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KPBS, KCUR, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2021
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 4
The VA is mandating vaccines for its health care employees, but enforcement may be a challenge
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Employees at the VA Medical Center in Grand Island, Nebraska take part in a December 2020 employee vaccination event. The VA now is ordering more than 100,000 of its health care workers to get vaccines by mid-September or risk losing their jobs., Credit: A Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System
The Department of Veterans Affairs said its frontline health workers must get vaccinated by mid-September or they'll lose their jobs.

Bought by WRFA-LP, KCUR, KJZZ, North Country Public Radio, Texas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2021
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 6
Their unit lost dozens of Marines in Afghanistan. Now, survivors struggle with the war's legacy.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Former Marine Marcus Chischilly cares for his daughter at their San Diego home. Chischilly was a member of Darkhorse Battalion and lost his left leg in Afghanistan in 2010., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
The Darkhorse Battalion, based at Camp Pendleton, is the Marine unit which suffered the highest percentage of casualties during the 20 year war.

Bought by WRFA-LP, KJZZ, KCUR, KRPS, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 02, 2021
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 5
A Perfect Storm for Depression
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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All across the country, life is inching towards a pre-pandemic normal, but the mental health impact of the pandemic will cast a long shadow. This s...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2021
  • Length: 04:26
The military's plan to reform its response to sex crimes likely will take years to enact
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Lynn Rosenthal, chair of the Pentagon’s sexual assault independent review committee, speaks to the media July 2 about proposed changes in military sexual assault and harassment investigations., Credit: Jackie Sanders / Department of Defense
President Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin have endorsed major changes in how the military handles sexual assault and harassment cases. But...

Bought by KPBS, WRFA-LP, KRPS, KCUR, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2021
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 5
Tiny Home projects are expanding, offering homeless veterans independence and security
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The first Veterans Community Project campus in Kansas City, Mo. features 49 tiny homes for homeless veterans. The organization hopes to have similar villages in eight cities by the end of 2022., Credit: Chris Haxel / American Homefront
In cities nationwide, groups addressing veteran homelessness by replacing the traditional shelter model with tiny homes.

Bought by WTIP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KJZZ and more


  • Added: Jul 08, 2021
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 7
Public Health Under Attack
From: Celine Gounder
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During the pandemic public health workers have been threatened, and in some cases, been the targets of violence. This misdirection of anger has led...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 03:21

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