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In South Texas, Luring Dropouts Back By Sending Them to College
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour
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Hoping to stem a high school dropout crisis, one Texas superintendent is luring many students back to school by giving them a taste of college cour...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 08:00
Gang Member-Turned-Ph.D. Mentors Youth on the Fringes
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour
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Victor Rios says he has lived two lifetimes. In his first, he was a gang member, juvenile delinquent and high school dropout. Now, he's a sociology...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 08:54
California Photographer Captures Young Faces of Juvenile Detention
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour
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Photographer and University of California, Santa Barbara professor Richard Ross has spent five years documenting juvenile detention facilities thro...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 05:46
In Indiana School District, Dropouts Have Tech Alternative to Regular Classroom
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour
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In Shelbyville, Ind., Melissa Lakes and the Student Achievement Center provide at-risk students with technology-enhanced hands-on learning. But it ...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 08:56
8th-Grade Journalist Spotlights Violence in School, Hopes Obama Will Notice
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour
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How does violence affect students' ability to learn? That's what eighth-grader De'Qonton Davis and his classmates set out to investigate as part of...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 09:04
Undergraduate Research in the Hard Sciences at Miami
From: Joe stampson
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A deeper look into the recent news of the Goldwater Scholarship Award being given to Prashant Rajan, and using that as a vehicle to further explore...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:05
Whitebark Pine, Grizzlies, and an Ecosystem on the Brink
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Caption: Yellowstone flyover 2, Credit: K. Gourlay
Whitebark pine trees, once a feature of the mountainous west, are under attack. Nearly two-thirds have died from beetle attacks and other causes, h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
Insider Perspectives
From: War News Radio
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News and features and the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Inside "Occupy Wall Street" in NYC: Who Are The People Camped There. Where Are They Coming From?
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a documentary snapshot of the hundreds of people camped out at NYC's Zuccotti Park that attempts to go beyond simple slogans to the varying...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2011
  • Length: 32:50
Vancouver Olympics: Part 2 – Civil Liberties & The Deal with the Devil_SHORT
From: Adam Vaughn
Series: 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Caption: Protest @ Vancouver Olympics, Credit: CBC News
A look at how the British Colombian government has enacted Olympic-related legislation to quell protest and dissension. Critics claim these new by...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
Vancouver Olympics: Part 3 – Olympic Legacies & A Declining Community
From: Adam Vaughn
Series: 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Caption: Homes Not Games
Vancouver Olympic organizers promised legacies - improvements to the community. They promised their nearly 9 billion dollar investment would pay h...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Vancouver Olympics: Part 2 – Civil Liberties & The Deal with the Devil_LONG
From: Adam Vaughn
Series: 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Caption: Olympic civil liberties suppression, Credit: UBC
A look at how the British Colombian government has enacted Olympic-related legislation to quell protest and dissension. Critics claim these new by...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 13, 2010
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 1
Vancouver Olympics: Part 1 - Aboriginals & Canada's Dirty Secret_LONG
From: Adam Vaughn
Series: 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Caption: No Olympics on Stolen Native Land, Credit: http://6nsolidarity.wordpress.com
Many of British Columbia's aboriginal groups say the Olympics have allowed the government to take their land in the name of the Olympic Games. The...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2010
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 1
Struggling Company Goes Out of Way to Help Laid Off Workers
From: NPR Economic Training Project
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Charlotte-area small business Tyler 2 Construction is putting laid-off workers on "attached unemployment" and still paying their health insurance b...

Bought by Michigan Radio Economy Special and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 23, 2009
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 2
The Real Slumdog Millionaires of Dharavi
From: The Stanley Foundation
Caption: Laundry day in Dharavi, Credit: Kristin McHugh for the Stanley Foundation
Kristin McHugh visits Mumbai's sprawling Dharavi neighborhood, Asia's largest slum featured in the Oscar winning film "Slumdog Millionaire."

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 1
India's Global Desire
From: The Stanley Foundation
Caption: India Gate, Credit: Kristin McHugh for the Stanley Foundation
Keith Porter reports on the global ambitions of the world's largest democracy.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 08:49
Mumbai: Post 26/11
From: The Stanley Foundation
Caption: Mumbai's Taj Hotel - March 2009, Credit: Kristin McHugh for the Stanley Foundation
Simon Marks examines the aftermath of "26/11," India's equivalent to America’s 9/11.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 07:52
India Rising
From: The Stanley Foundation
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A special documentary program from the Stanley Foundation, KQED Public Radio and KUT Austin.

Bought by KWIT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGBH Radio Boston, WYSO, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15