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Girls in the U.S. are in the midst of a growing mental health crisis, and schools are on the front line of finding solutions. But will Black and La...
- Added: Sep 15, 2023
- Length: 20:47
Black Americans report higher levels of mistrust in the health care system than white Americans and suffer worse outcomes in everything from matern...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Feb 03, 2023
- Length: 20:23
- Purchases: 1
New economic research reveals how difficult it is for some people to gain wealth in America, even when they do everything right.
- Added: Oct 09, 2018
- Length: 03:08
Women-owned businesses generated over $1.6 trillion in sales in 2017, but they still make up less than 2/5ths of all privately held companies. But,...
- Added: Apr 19, 2018
- Length: 04:20
Mental health is an issue that rarely gets discussed in the black community. For college students of color the issue gets even more difficult.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Dec 08, 2016
- Length: 04:22
- Purchases: 2
Almost 17 percent of the babies born here in Dunklin County are born premature. According to data from the World Health Organization, if this were ...
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 06:10
From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
The Episcopal Church of Louisiana spent the past year making plans for a new ministry, aiming to address its history of racism, as well as other fo...
- Added: Feb 04, 2014
- Length: 05:23
More than eight years after it flooded and closed due to Hurricane Katrina, the Circle Food Store on the corner of Claiborne and St Bernard Avenues...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 12, 2014
- Length: 04:42
- Purchases: 3
From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
Laine Kaplan Levenson reports on continued efforts to use the story of the Angola 3 to combat long-term solitary confinement in prisons.
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 05:39
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