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How Americans Make Race
From: Hold That Thought
Series: American Identities
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Whether looking at the 1920s or 2013, people's behavior and attitudes toward race are often influenced by factors beyond their own experience and c...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2013
  • Length: 15:45
Roberto Clemente
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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The first Latino elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame and only the 11th player in baseball history to amass 3000 hits in his career, Roberto Clemente...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Nov 14, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Where is Amarildo de Souza?
From: Free Speech Radio News
Caption: Amarildo de Souza, Credit: Facebook
Missing laborer in Brazil highlights disappearances amid police crackdown in favelas

  • Added: Aug 17, 2013
  • Length: 04:58
Partners in the Struggle
From: Making Contact
Caption: Rumbidzai Dube, Daria "DJ" Hudson, Ingrid Cruz, Leehee Rothschild, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
What does it mean to be an ally in a political movement? From white Americans in the civil rights era, to Israelis in Palestine, to Latino-American...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Latitude News Podcast #9 — Mexican, undocumented...Mormon?
From: Latitude News
Caption: The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah. , Credit: Cookiecaper
A personal story from a growing demographic

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 15:09
  • Purchases: 1
Sustaining Activism
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Emma Sokoloff-Rubin & friends
This is the story of a father-daughter research team who spent 10-years studying the Brazilian Women’s Movement of the 1980s.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with Luis Alberto Urrea. Sunday, March 25th, 2012.
From: Words On A Wire
Series: Words On A Wire (Best Of)
Caption: Luis Alberto Urrea
Luis Alberto Urrea discusses his latest book "Queen of America," and his alternating relationship to prose and poetry. He also talks about his expe...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 14:31
Latitude News Podcast #7 — From War on Drugs to legal weed, where will the U.S. lead the world next?
From: Latitude News
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A short, strange history of marijuana in the U.S., Mexico and everywhere else

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 15:06
  • Purchases: 1
Racial Justice Report Card
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
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jim justice speaks with Gerald Hankerson and Teresa Clark of Washington Community Action Network (CAN!), Clint Weckerly of SeaMar, and Rev. Josefin...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 27:59
In the Shadow of the Wall: From Gaza to Arizona
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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From Palestinian farmers to shootings at the US and Mexico border; living in the shadow of the wall.

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
From the Jaws of Victory
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Cesar Chavez
Professor Matt Garcia has written the most comprehensive history ever of the meteoric rise and precipitous decline of the United Farm Workers, the ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
"I'm From"
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by K W Reinsch, Flickr
Carlos Vigil, from the YouthWorks program in Santa Fe, NM, wrote this poem-rap about growing up poor in New Mexico.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
Addiction
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by @Doug88888, Flickr
Fernando Palacios, a junior at Capital High School, shares this exquisite poem about addictions to prescription pill.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Gang Injunctions: Problem or Solution?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sagnicthe Salazar , Credit: Oakland Local/EKAphotography
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
Behind the Truck Stop: The Story of Vado-Del Cerro
From: Kent Paterson
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A half-hour radio documentary that examines the history and culture of a New Mexico border town. The piece explores issues of inter-ethnic relation...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
A Conversation with Julia Alvarez
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Writer Julia Alvarez discusses how her life as a reader led to her life as a writer and the rich source material she finds in her family's immigran...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 22:05
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Luis Alberto Urrea
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Author Luis Alberto Urrea talks about the inspiration for and writing of his novel Into the Beautiful North, which takes place from Sinaloa, Mexico...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:54
  • Purchases: 1
Whose Newsroom is This? The US Media and Race
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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A discussion on the history of race and the American Media, from the 2011 National Conference on Media Reform, featuring Democracy Now’s Juan Gonza...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 28, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Family Tree
From: Littleglobe
Caption: by Josephnovak33 on Flickr
"Family Tree" is a short piece written and produced by Andres Ortiz. His piece is a journey into Ortiz's unknown family history. Growing up being...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 1
Smuggling For Christmas (A Postcard From Mexico)
From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen
Caption: Carmen in Mexico
In this 1999 essay, Carmen Delzell talks about smuggling toys and gifts across the US border into Mexico to give to the people in the village where...

Bought by KUT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 18, 2010
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 3
Living in Limbo
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: Gabriela Cubillos prepares tamales in her home. , Credit: Eroyn Franklin
In our final segment, producer Jessica Partnow follows the story of one family living in immigration limbo in Auburn, Washington.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, XRAY.fm, KISU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 6
A Big Change in My Life
From: Children's PressLine
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In an ESL class, everyone is new to the country. They're learning a new language, new customs... But what's it like to learn English in a class whe...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2010
  • Length: 06:49
When Are These Wars Going To End?
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
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An update on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Arizona and the Controversial SB 1070 Law
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
Caption: Arizona Governor Jan Brewer
A closer look to the SB 1070 bill.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 1
The Local Aftermath of Bush-Era Workplace Immigration Raids
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We go to Postville, Iowa and Laurel, Mississippi--two communities where the largest workplace immigration raids happened in 2008.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 20, 2010
  • Length: 14:53
  • Purchases: 1