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While news stories about youth and guns usually involve death or injury, some Hoosiers believe that when young people learn to use firearms safely...
- Added: Aug 28, 2012
- Length: 03:09
Many foster children live in several homes during a short span of time. All of the disruption has been correlated to poor academic performance.
- Added: Aug 21, 2012
- Length: 02:26
The drought that settled into Oklahoma last year is getting worse. And it’s hurting business owners such as Harold Blackledge, an agricultural pilo...
- Added: Aug 20, 2012
- Length: 03:30
As more and more businesses require employees to have at least a high-school degree, those who do not are getting left behind. In response, public ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 04:49
- Purchases: 1
As part of the NewsHour's American Graduate series, correspondent Spencer Michels reports on Techbridge, an after-school program based in Oakland, ...
- Added: Aug 13, 2012
- Length: 09:42
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
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
Similar to prison guards, police unions advocacy for their members has helped perpetuate cycles of criminalization and incarceration that plague Am...
- Added: Aug 01, 2012
- Length: 09:17
Support, or opposition from a prison guard union can make or break a campaign for office. The most powerful of them all is the California Correcti...
- Added: Aug 01, 2012
- Length: 11:30
Texas has been fracking for years...so what does Ohio's gas exploration future look like?
- Added: May 07, 2012
- Length: 28:30
When you think of climate change, you might think of melting ice shelves. Heat waves. Shrinking habitat for animals and plants. You might not think...
Bought by Aspen Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Apr 10, 2012
- Length: 03:36
- Purchases: 3
If you’ve lived in San Francisco long enough, you might have noticed that there are fewer yellow school buses crisscrossing the city. State budget ...
- Added: Apr 05, 2012
- Length: 05:25
When you look at the numbers, many long held truths about crime crumble. Like this one: who do you think is more likely to become a life-long crimi...
- Added: Apr 05, 2012
- Length: 25:08
TOMS shoes promises that if you buy a pair of its canvas slip-ons, they'll give a pair to a child in need. The company's "Buy One, Give One" busine...
- Added: Mar 15, 2012
- Length: 19:11
- Purchases: 3
Across the nation, the debate about medical marijuana continues, even in the states where its use has been legalized. But in Michigan the controver...
Bought by Vocalo.org and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Mar 06, 2012
- Length: 08:57
- Purchases: 2
Members of the Parkside community and Vernon triangle met on Feb. 29 to discuss the future of the former Fairfield public library. The building, de...
- Added: Mar 01, 2012
- Length: 04:09
For the past twenty years, Shepherd's Clinic in Baltimore has provided comprehensive health care to the uninsured -- without any government funding...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 30, 2012
- Length: 07:01
- Purchases: 1
We remember the remarkable life and amazing career of one of the greatest female performers in music history, the legendary Miss Etta James, who pa...
Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jan 24, 2012
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 2
It’s called a gang injunction. A controversial crime tool strategy that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last reso...
- Added: Dec 06, 2011
- Length: 13:36
Gang injunctions are a controversial crime fighting tool that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last resort for comm...
- Added: Dec 06, 2011
- Length: 29:00
When it comes to US policy toward Israel, there has been one major voice shaping the debate. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee-generally...
- Added: Aug 19, 2011
- Length: 07:12
News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, and more.
- Added: Jul 25, 2011
- Length: 12:56
News and features of the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, and more.
- Added: Jul 22, 2011
- Length: 29:00
News and features on the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.
- Added: Jul 18, 2011
- Length: 08:33
- Added: Jul 01, 2011
- Length: 29:00
