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Progress and Pain Points in National Crisis Line's First Year

From: Tradeoffs

It’s been one year since 988 — the country’s new mental health crisis line — went live with hopes of transforming crisis services in America. So fa...

Medicare’s Prescription Drug Plan Makeover

From: Tradeoffs

Caption: Therese Humphrey Ball has struggled to afford her multiple sclerosis medications since her diagnosis in 2003., Credit: Jamie Kelter Davis for Tradeoffs

An overhaul of Medicare’s prescription drug benefit will lower costs for seniors while changing incentives for insurers and drugmakers.

The Future of the AIDS Memorial Quilt

From: KSFP
Series: Civic

The AIDS Memorial Quilt is displayed in San Francisco. "Civic" hears from activists and officials about future plans for combating AIDS.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.

The Personal and Political Fight to Keep Abortion Legal in Michigan 2-Way

From: Tradeoffs

A personal and political fight to keep abortion legal in Michigan is in full swing — in the courts, on the campaign trail, at the ballot box this N...

Bought by WFHB

Call 311 about tents? Here’s what homeless people and advocates say happens

From: KSFP
Series: Civic

What happens in San Francisco if you call the authorities about a tent encampment in your neighborhood? We're told they will be offered shelter and...

Waiting for Justice in Nome, Alaska

From: Native Voice One

Caption: Clarice “Bun” Hardy stands on the beach with her dog in the Native Village of Shaktoolik, Alaska. Hardy, a former 911 dispatcher for the Nome Police Department, says she moved back to her village after a sexual assault left her feeling unsafe in Nome. , Credit: AP Photo/Victoria Mckenzie

Even after the initial trauma, invasive medical exams, and difficult police questioning, a woman in Nome who reports sexual assault must also confr...

Bought by High Plains Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis

The Pemature Death of Boo Gilkie

From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line

June 7th marks the one year anniversary of the death of Clinton Gilkie, and so we devote our June 2nd and June 16th episodes of Kite Line to his st...

Where Richard Becomes Bianca: Inside Miss Vera's Crossdressing Academy

From: George Bodarky

Miss Vera’s Finishing School for Boys Who Want to be Girls bills itself as the world’s first crossdressing academy. We spend time with its founder,...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Loki_Wounded at the Front

From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL

Standing Rock Water Protector Loki talks about his extraordinary experience at the Front

Loki_Militarized DAPL

From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL

Standing Rock Water Protector Loki talks about his experience at the Front with Militarized DAPL Police

Summer Learning Series: Ambitious Program Gears Up To Push Middle-Schoolers Past High School

From: WBHM
Series: Summer Learning Lifts Graduation Rates

Caption: A view from the balcony: the Young Musicians Camp ensemble plays everything from classical to “All About That Bass” at the University of Montevallo. , Credit: Dan Carsen

Fewer reading materials in the home. Less access to camps or museums. Those are some of the reasons “summer learning loss” disproportionately affe...

Is braille relevant in a digital age?

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: "Read" in braille, Credit: ARTWORK BY ANGELA JOHNSTON

Marco Salsiccia is a huge movie buff. He owns hundreds of DVDs. They fill his small apartment in the Sunset District. Some are piled on his dining ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

The Future of Coal

From: The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment

Caption: A coal terminal in Eastern Kentucky., Credit: Photo: Reid Frazier

Can the Appalachian Mountains recover from centuries of mining? What will happen to the thousands of coal miners projected to lose their jobs in th...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio

In Kentucky, a Prairie Made by Coal

From: Reid Frazier

Caption: Up to a million acres of strip-mined land have been de-forested., Credit: Photo: Reid Frazier

More than a million acres of strip-mined land—an area the size of Rhode Island—are now deforested in Appalachia.

Bought by WMMT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix

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

How is U.C. Berkeley addressing sexual assaults on campus?

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Student activists Sofie Karasek and Meghan Warner, Credit: Liz Mak

On the state level, California is working to address the issue of sexual assault on campus. In September, the state passed a new “Yes means Yes” la...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix

Reuniting Children With Deported Parents Brings Extra Scrutiny

From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Removed: The Realities Of Deportation

Caption: Deported parents with children who are wards of the state in the U.S. are sometimes able to visit with their children at the border in Tijuana., Credit: Jill Replogle

One in four deportees have a U.S. citizen child left behind. As they struggle to prove to U.S. social workers and the courts that they can take car...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

American Children In Mexico Face Educational Challenges

From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Removed: The Realities Of Deportation

Caption: Support group meeting for foreign students and their parents at the Biblioteca Benito Juárez in Tijuana., Credit: Joel Medina

In the last two years, more than 205,000 parents of American citizen children were deported from the United States. That means a new influx of Amer...

A Revolving Door For Deported Children

From: Fronteras Desk
Series: Removed: The Realities Of Deportation

Caption: A drawing by the American child of deported parents in Tijuana., Credit: Beth Caldwell

The majority of the 400,000 people deported from the U.S. in 2012 were adults, many with criminal records, but minors are sometimes caught up in th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Italian Tailors: An Age-Old Tradition Unravels

From: Nancy Greenleese
Series: Made In Italy...For Now

Caption: Paola Gueli is one of a dwindling number of tailors in Italy, a country renowned for its tailoring tradition. , Credit: Luigi Fraboni

Skilled tailoring is a dying art. Many of the best tailors hail from Italy where the tradition is unraveling due to a lack of training opportuniti...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Following Seas

From: Alex Lewis

Caption: An aerial view of North Beach Island where five cottages were demolished by the federal government.

In late 2011. the federal government decided to demolish five old seaside cottages on Cape Cod that were at threat of being washed away due to coas...

Bought by PRX Remix