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Immunocompromised in a COVID Weary World
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Lindsay Ryan, an immunosuppressed physician explains what navigating her life – and her workplace – is like in this COVID-fatigued world.
An immunosuppressed physician explains what navigating her life – and her workplace – is like in this COVID-fatigued world.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 14:43
  • Purchases: 1
Tim Cronin's Bid For Town Councilor At-Large
From: Emily Schario
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23-year-old Tim Cronin is running for Town Councilor At-Large in Weymouth, Massachusetts and he has a secret he doesn't want anyone to find out.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law Episode #65: Commuting Cops
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Laws that required cops to live in the cities they patrolled were common in the early 1900’s and still exist in the United States today. However, s...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:08
  • Purchases: 1
Counselors Without Borders
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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From the forest fires in California to child soldiers in Uganda, survivors of disasters are receiving a new kind of aid. Counselors Without Borders...

Bought by KENW, PRX Remix, and WXDU


  • Added: Aug 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 3
Veterans in the Classroom
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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With the end of the War in Iraq, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned home, and many of them are going to college. Two writing professors ha...

Bought by KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 4
Graduation rates show signs of ethnic disparities
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
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For Lincoln native Alex Pickerel, the reasons for dropping out of high school went beyond merely not liking school. A series of bad turns in his li...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:21
Detroit Tackles Dropout Crisis By Engaging Students, Parents
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan has called Detroit, where four out of 10 children don't graduate from high school, "arguably, the worst school dist...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 09:01
As Poorest U.S. City, Reading Also Struggling With High Dropout Rate
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour
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One city's struggle to regain its economic footing is also tied to significant problems in its schools. Jeffrey Brown reports from Reading, Pa., as...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 10:27
'Reclaim Your Future': Vegas Aims to Change Odds for High School Dropouts
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour
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Trying to entice wayward students back to class in Las Vegas, Chaparral High School Principal David Wilson led teams into communities to knock on d...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 07:57
Engaging Students With Learning Differences Early On
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour
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Students with learning differences are twice as likely as their peers to drop out of high school, according to the National Center for Learning Dis...

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 1
Driver's License Incentives Used in Some States to Keep Teens in School
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour
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A growing number of state legislatures are using driving privileges as an incentive to keep students from dropping out of high school. States' laws...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 07:20
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
The Sound of Blindness
From: Radio K
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Without sight, the blind must rely on the soundscapes around them to navigate through a world of audio overload. To truly experience this world, Pr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 3
Hazing
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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An expert on hazing is looking at ways to prevent this dangerous initiation ritual from happening on campus. Kelley Libby reports.

Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 2
A Local Texas School with a Global Focus
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Caption: Teacher Kevin Gillion gives Spanish lessons, Credit: Ruxandra Guidi
Against a backdrop of failing public schools throughout the state of Texas, there is a new program at Austin High School showing new initiative. It...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 2