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Since 2014 the department of justice and President Obama have been working to right the wrongs of the war on drugs. Through Clemency, Obama has com...
- Added: Jul 26, 2016
- Length: 15:28
In the mid-90’s, Dr. Mark Rosenberg was leading gun violence research at the CDC. Republican Arkansas Congressman Jay Dickey, the NRA’s so-called '...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and XRAY.fm
- Added: May 20, 2016
- Length: 37:50
- Purchases: 3
Deb Noethe lost her son, Garret, to a heroin overdose in 2014. She shares the story of his addiction.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Apr 22, 2016
- Length: 16:46
- Purchases: 1
Beginning in 1907, states in the US began to forcibly sterilize over 60,000 Americans -- people considered by scientists to be “unfit” -- the menta...
Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Added: Mar 22, 2016
- Length: 22:29
- Purchases: 1
All over the country, critics argue that ID laws discourage voter participation--particularly among poor and minority voters. This is particularly ...
- Added: Feb 23, 2016
- Length: 24:44
In 2011 the FBI’s National Gang Intelligence Center released their Gang Threat Assessment, which listed Juggalos as a “loosely affiliated hybrid ga...
- Added: Feb 23, 2016
- Length: 22:45
In 2012 President Obama took matters into his own hands. His administration signed a memo addressing all branches of the Department of Homeland Sec...
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 23:50
Anelise Moon-Schruder, 24, is part of a movement of white people who are coming together to reflect on their privilege. As a young woman raised in ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 30, 2015
- Length: 04:29
- Purchases: 2
Mack Hopkins has been apart of the Seattle floating home community since 1968. He’s seen the community go from affordable homes to million dollar o...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Dec 29, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
We all know this feeling. You're driving. Maybe you're speeding. Maybe you don't think you're doing anything wrong. All of a sudden blue lights fla...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 06, 2015
- Length: 15:48
- Purchases: 1
“When I was incarcerated, I had no intention of falling in love. I wasn’t looking for it...Then one day our hands touched.”
- Added: Sep 29, 2015
- Length: 08:56
Ever committed a crime? Were you caught? Arrested? Maybe not. Between a quarter and a third of all adults in America were caught and arrested. Now ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 22, 2015
- Length: 14:44
- Purchases: 2
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
Some people police their yards. Some people police their streets. And some people get together to police their neighborhoods. If you've ever been p...
- Added: Sep 01, 2015
- Length: 10:04
At disciplinary hearings in prison, inmates are not guaranteed the right to an attorney. In fact, they aren’t allowed to have one at all.
- Added: Aug 03, 2015
- Length: 21:22
- Added: May 26, 2015
- Length: 08:48
- Purchases: 1
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states can prohibit judges from openly asking for money to pay for their judicial campaigns. Life of the Law'...
- Added: May 05, 2015
- Length: 24:30
Last year, when the St. Paul Public Library vacated a building in East St. Paul, another venture moved in—and its dynamic focus is spelled out in i...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and XRAY.fm
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 06:01
- Purchases: 2
The internet is anonymous. Except for when it isn't. When someone wants to hurt you, they can find your address and other personal information and ...
- Added: Jan 27, 2015
- Length: 17:03
- Purchases: 3
The Scottsboro Boys are infamous — nine black teenagers falsely accused
and convicted of raping two white women. Last year, the state of Alabama f...
Bought by WJCT
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 23:08
- Purchases: 1
Making It Work Radio Season 1-Episode 2 with Elisabeth Bolaza, Sex Educator and Activist
- Added: Nov 18, 2014
- Length: 22:46
This piece was produced for the 2nd Annual KCRW 24-Hour Radio Race, by Vanessa Lowe and Kent Sparling. It made it to the top ten finalists out of ...
- Added: Oct 21, 2014
- Length: 04:09
Interview With Jennifer Gonzalez, Girlfriend Of A Cook County Jail Inmate. Interview conducted by Hugo Antunez for 96 Acres. Audio produced by Voc...
- Added: Oct 16, 2014
- Length: 08:20
Behind drawn shades in a brightly lit room downtown, dispatchers for the Los Angeles Police Department answer 9-1-1 calls and send officers to thei...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 29, 2014
- Length: 03:46
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Mar 27, 2014
- Length: :02
