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From: Elia Powers
Series: Areas of Agreement

The urban-rural divide is growing in the United States. How can disparate communities find common ground?

Lee Plaza, Caregiver

From: Ruxandra Guidi
Series: Surviving California

Caption: Lee Plaza at one of her organizing meetings, Credit: Photo by Rebecca Ressler

Like many low-wage immigrant workers in Los Angeles, Aleja "Lee" Plaza spends her days taking care of the elderly — emptying bedpans, giving sponge...

From the Ground Up

From: Ruxandra Guidi
Series: Surviving California

Caption: Kateri Gutierrez at Collective Avenue Coffee, Credit: Photo by Ben Tran

Like many kids who come from working class immigrant families, Kateri Gutierrez felt a lot of pressure to get ahead. After a brief stint trying to ...

The Young Environmental Activist

From: Ruxandra Guidi
Series: Surviving California

Caption: The Allen Co. drilling site in South Los Angeles., Credit: Photo by Claire Heddles

Generation Z has been called a lot of things: The internet generation. The Instagram generation. And as some say: the activist generation. Claire H...

Research on Lake Erie algae blooms imperiled

From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes

Caption: A piece of walleye head meat before it gets blended with dry ice - the first step in extracting the microcystin toxin from the fish tissue.a, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream

NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 By now, most of us have heard that President Trump wants to eliminate a 300-million-dollar program created t...

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Episode 9: Your Chocolate is Probably African

From: Slow Melt Productions
Series: The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate

There is no chocolate industry without Africa. African cocoa is bountiful and painful, cyclical and dynamic. In this episode, we get two snapshots ...

Part 4: The Homeless Community

From: Julia Caulfield
Series: Homeless in Boulder, Colorado

Members of the homeless community in Boulder, Colorado face institutional barriers to find housing. However, they are still optimistic about the ci...

Part 3: City Programs

From: Julia Caulfield
Series: Homeless in Boulder, Colorado

The City of Boulder is trying to take steps to address the issues surrounding homelessness in the community. They have several programs that are wo...

Part 2: City Rangers

From: Julia Caulfield
Series: Homeless in Boulder, Colorado

With a camping ban in place in Boulder, Colorado. City Rangers are tasked with giving tickets to people they find camping in the open space and mou...

Part 1: Shelters

From: Julia Caulfield
Series: Homeless in Boulder, Colorado

Boulder, Colorado does not have enough beds to support all the members of the homeless community in the city. How are the local homeless shelters w...

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Episode 10: Big Fish, Big Science

From: David Levin
Series: The Loop: Stories from the Gulf

Caption: Biochemist Dana Wetzel dissects a fish exposed to oil in the lab., Credit: David Levin

Scientists at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida, are leading a new experiment that will help uncover the effects of oil spills on fis...

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...

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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...

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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.

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At the Crossroads, Part 4: New Hep C Drugs Promise A Cure, For A Big Price

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: At the Crossroads: The Rise of Hepatitis C and the Fight to Stop It

Caption: The FDA has approved dozens of so-called specialty drugs recently. Most are costlier than standard treatments, and most target a relatively small patient population suffering from a rare condition. But hepatitis C is far from rare. The FDA has approved do, Credit: Jake Harper / RIPR

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. Since then, people with hepatitis C have had limited – and not very...

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At The Crossroads, Part 3: As Old Hepatitis C Treatment Fades Out, New Treatments Stoke Hope

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: At the Crossroads: The Rise of Hepatitis C and the Fight to Stop It

In just a few weeks, another pharmaceutical company will likely win FDA approval for a new drug to cure hepatitis C. That makes three breakthrough ...

At the Crossroads, Part 1: A Tale of Two Epidemics

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: At the Crossroads: The Rise of Hepatitis C and the Fight to Stop It

Caption: Rapid screening test for hepatitis C infection, Credit: Kristin Gourlay

Baby boomers make up the majority of the estimated five million people who have hepatitis C. Most caught the disease – from sharing needles, or a b...

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Future Docs 4: Flirting with Specialties, Treating Real Patients

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs

Caption: Second year medical student Sarah Rapoport, in Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School., Credit: Kristin Gourlay

We're checking in on our Future Docs, Sarah and Peter, who've nearly reached the mid-way point of their second year of medical school. Reporter Kri...

Future Docs 3: The Changing Face of Residency

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs

Caption: Resident Anne Kuritzky begins morning rounds on the surgical intensive care unit., Credit: Kristin Gourlay

After medical school, most doctors go through a kind of on-the-job training called residency. Residency programs have been around for a while, but ...

The Field Trip Podcast: Swimming with Submersibles

From: The Field Trip Podcast

This week, correspondent Teresa Chin takes us on a tour beneath the Monterey Bay to explore the sights and creatures of the deep. Cruise a shipwrec...

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