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Part 3: Green movement pivots toward minorities
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: New Faces, New Issues
Caption: A few members of Outdoor Afro Cleveland, including Smith-Woodford (holding sign), Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Part 3 of series -- The Great Lakes region is home to millions of people of different races and ethnicities. But diverse backgrounds – and issues ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WBFO, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WOSU and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 7
Part 2: Flint water crisis a turning point for Green movement
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: New Faces, New Issues
Caption: WT Stevens replaces a pipe under a Flint street, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Part 2 of series -- Historically, the environmental movement hasn’t always been welcoming to people of color – and issues that are important to the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WBFO, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 8
Part 1: Environmental groups slow to seek out minorities
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: New Faces, New Issues
Caption: Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir at Yosemite in 1903, Credit: Library of Congress
Part 1 of series -- When you think of the environmental movement, what comes to mind. Preserving the wilderness in national parks? Or guaranteeing ...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WXXI Rochester, WBFO, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 8
Can drownings be eliminated on the Great Lakes?
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Lifeguards performing a drill at Silver Beach County Park, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
With lifeguards, warning signs, 911 phones and education efforts, beaches across the Great Lakes are preparing for emergencies. But how effective a...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUK, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 8
Great Lakes drownings hit small Michigan county
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Waves crash against pier near Silver Beach, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Berrien County, Mich., is a tourist destination because of its beautiful beaches and 50 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline. But the community also ha...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUK, WXXI Rochester, WCPN and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 7
Deadly currents -- why they hit the Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Silver Beach County Park in St. Joseph, Michigan, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Since 2002, powerful currents in the Great Lakes have caused more than 150 drownings, researchers say. A look at the science behind the currents.

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRVO Public Media, WMUK, Delta College Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 9
Ohio mother mourns son taken by Lake Erie current
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Melissa Zirkle with a picture of Jermaine, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Melissa Zirkle grew up near Lake Erie, but didn't learn about the dangerous currents in the Great Lakes. She lost her son to a powerful current in...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUK, WCPN, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 7
Are childhood mental illnesses related to strep?
From: Julianne Hill
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This two-part series examines the debate by world-class scientists if a connection between tics, Tourette's, obsessive-compulsive disorder and ext...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 20:30
North City Gangs Getting Younger, More Violent
From: Adam Allington
Series: Block by Block: Street Gangs in St. Louis
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teenage gangbangers responsible for spike in St. Louis murder rate

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 2
Immigration 2007-2008
From: KUT
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A year of in-depth immigration stories produced by NPR's Latino USA.

Bought by KUNM, KXOT Public Radio, KUT-HD, Marfa Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: May 22, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Part Three: in the home
From: KUOW
Series: School Ready: changing early learning in Washington state
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Kids at home are off policy makers' radars

  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 06:42
Part Two: the Ratings Game
From: KUOW
Series: School Ready: changing early learning in Washington state
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Childcare funding structure is broken

  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 06:11
Part One: the case for change
From: KUOW
Series: School Ready: changing early learning in Washington state
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the state and private funders are poised for change

  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 06:12