PRX - Pieces for Topic: African-American
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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
If there is no such thing as biological race, why do we have race-specific drugs?
- Added: May 15, 2023
- Length: 54:18
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
From: When We Fight, We Win!
The continued closures of our public schools and high-stakes testing illustrate the institutionalized racism embedded in our educational system. Ji...
- Added: Aug 02, 2020
- Length: 58:23
Season 1, Episode 14
Here’s what it’s like when you’re released from prison. You’re given a $20 debit card and a bus ride home. You need housing, ...
- Added: Jul 29, 2020
- Length: 09:21
Season 1, Episode 1
Louisiana, unlike many of its Deep South neighbors, restores voting rights to citizens with felony convictions after they have...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 28, 2020
- Length: 06:15
- Purchases: 1
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
Great Lakes states have produced several influential African-Americans in the sciences. There’s astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson – he’s from New ...
Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WSKG and more
- Added: Feb 16, 2018
- Length: 03:41
- Purchases: 7
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
Artist Dread Scott is known for his political work. His latest exhibit in Brooklyn is ruffling a few feathers over its depiction of police brutali...
- Added: May 23, 2008
- Length: 04:00
A new lending product offers quick cash for the holidays but comes with a hefty price tag
Bought by KVMR
- Added: Dec 18, 2006
- Length: 03:25
- Purchases: 1
The Black Belt of the Deep South stretches from Virginia to Texas. It got its name from the dark, rich soil that made cotton production a highly p...
- Added: Dec 11, 2006
- Length: 07:09
A 44-year-old disabled man is confined to a nursing home for ten years while he hunts for affordable housing.
Bought by KPFA
- Added: Dec 08, 2003
- Length: 08:41
- Purchases: 1
