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Minnesota Native News: Flanagan addresses grief, White Earth deals with homelessness and a new exhibit about canoes opens at the U

From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News

Caption: A model of a Microneisan outrigger canoe is part of the Why Canoes? exhibit., Credit: Univeristy of Minnesota Twin Cities

This week on Minnesota Native News, White Earth works to deal with homelessness, Flanagan addressed a grieving state and a new exhibit celebrates i...

Bought by WDSE, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KSRQ, KVSC and more

Minnesota Native News: Farms, Sacred Sites and Police Navigators

From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News

This week on Minnesota Native News we check in on a Native coalition’s work on the federal farm bill, more fallout from the Minnesota legislative s...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMSU, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, WDSE and more

These immigrant parents fought to save their Redwood City school — and won

From: Lee Romney

Caption: Familes of Fair Oaks Community School in Redwood City protest their school closure , Credit: Gloria Rangel

The growth of charter schools has led to declining enrollment at traditional public schools across California -- and in some cases to school closur...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Hawking Campaign Swag: How I spent my summer vacation

From: Leslie Griffy

Selling campaign hats, t-shirts and buttons is big business. The guys behind the sales are having summer adventures - and their politics may surpri...

Bought by WABE

Secrecy in the Sunshine Era

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

In the 1970’s, a series of laws ushered in a so-called “sunshine era” of government transparency. A new book examines the dark side of the Sunshine...

Bought by KENW, WABE, and KPVL

How one Bay Area city is causing national controversy with local gun control

From: Liz Pfeffer

Caption: Former Sunnyvale Mayor Tony Spitaleri leading a City Council meeting last January when the new gun ordinance went into effect., Credit: Liz Pfeffer

Sunnyvale, California doesn't have a history of violence, so why does the mayor want to make a safe city safer?

A New Orleans Skate Park Comes With A Water Management Plan

From: WWNO

Caption: A rendering of the 'Sunny Side' section of Parisite Skate Park, Credit: Emilie Taylor / Tulane City Center

There are many ways to handle neighborhood flooding, beyond pumping stations and sewers. Some cities have realized that skate parks, of all places,...

Managing Menhaden: A New Plan For 'The Most Important Fish In The Sea'

From: WWNO

They’re called bunker up north, and Pogies here in the South, and are sometimes referred to as “The Most Important Fish In the Sea”. These are the ...

With New Focus, Episcopal Church Of Louisiana Addressing A History Of Racism

From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson

Caption: Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori is the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church., Credit: Laine Kaplan-Levenson

The Episcopal Church of Louisiana spent the past year making plans for a new ministry, aiming to address its history of racism, as well as other fo...

7th Ward Residents Await the Return of Circle Food Store

From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson

Caption: the iconic exterior of Circle Foods on St Bernard and Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans, Credit: Laine Kaplan-Levenson

More than eight years after it flooded and closed due to Hurricane Katrina, the Circle Food Store on the corner of Claiborne and St Bernard Avenues...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix

The Elusive Digital Stradivarius

From: David Schulman

Caption: Data from 12 different locations let violinmaker Joseph Curtin digitize a violin's sonic fingerprint., Credit: David Schulman

The sound of a fine acoustic violin is deviously hard to mimic. But a leading maker now has a digital prototype designed to sound the equal of a St...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, Troy Public Radio, Hark! and more

Digital Detox

From: John L Myers

Spending too much time on Facebook or compulsively checking your smartphone might seem innocuous. But, as more people find it difficult to put the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio

Fighting Homophobia in the Classroom

From: Anny Celsi

Caption: The cast of Creating Bias-Free Classrooms, Credit: Gloria Juang

Teens in Los Angeles use live theater to battle homophobia in the classroom.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KRZA, and New Hampshire Public Radio

A Sea Change in the New England Funeral Business

From: Katherine Perry

They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...

Best of Class 2010

From: War News Radio

Caption: Baghdad's famous Al-Rasheed Street, Credit: AP

News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Best of Spring 2010

From: War News Radio

Caption: American armored trucks used on patrol in Anbar province., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.

News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Newmarket: Birthplace of American horseracing faces threat to 350-year tradition

From: Liz Ruskin

Stand on a street corner at dawn in Newmarket, England and you'll see a spectacle unique in the world: 3,000 racehorses parade through town every d...

The Art of Peace - Sudan Radio Project

From: War News Radio

A program from our sister studio, the Sudan Radio Project.

Cashing In on Fear

From: NPR Economic Training Project

A North Carolina businessman makes a living selling a pill that might save your life in a nuclear meltdown. In his line of work, fear is good for b...

Bought by EconomyBeat Podcast and KUOW