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A new VA policy covers fertility treatments for more vets, but some are still excluded
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Amber Bohlman served as a logistical vehicle operator in the Marine Corps from 2005-2009. She and her partner Peter Folsom tried to conceive for years. While the VA has expanded its IVF eligibility to include couples who aren't legally married, Bohlman is, Credit: Courtesy Amber Bohlman
The VA now pays for IVF treatment for unmarried and LGBTQ veterans. But they still must prove their fertility problems are service-related.

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  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
As Congress repeatedly flirts with government shutdowns, military families face crisis fatigue
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks with troops at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana on Feb 23, 2024. Since Johnson became Speaker in October, Congress has dealt with multiple government shutdown threats as the House has struggled to pass long-term, Credit: Seth Watson / U.S. Air Force
Each threatened shutdown can lead to stress in the military community about missing paychecks and losing access to federal programs.

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  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 7
Healthy Grief - A conversation with Dr. Karen Kramer
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Roadmap to Emotional Intelligence
Karen has written about grief in a way that will help people find healthy ways to come to terms with losses that matter to them. We all are challen...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 53:22
The military is opening more childcare centers, but thousands of kids remain on waitlists
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: At the newly-built childcare center on Marine Corps Station Miramar in San Diego, all of the classrooms open to outdoor age-appropriate playgrounds., Credit: Carlos Castillo / KPBS
Staffing shortages and a lack of facilities have contributed to the long waits for childcare, though the situation has improved somewhat since the ...

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 8
A Seat in Soho: Thien Tran
From: Samuel Robinson
Caption: Thien Tran, Credit: Orlando Gili
'A Seat in Soho: Thien Tran' is a firsthand profile of long-time Soho, London resident Thien Tran. In this poignant piece, Thien discusses the chal...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 10:00
For the first time in decades, military academy cadets will be allowed to become parents
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: New cadets in West Point's class of 2027 arrive at the military academy for Reception Day June 26, 2023., Credit: Eric Bartelt / U.S. Military Academy
In 2021, Congress reversed a policy that blocked students with dependents from continuing their studies at the highly competitive military academie...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 5
Raising Baby in a Toxic World
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Author and children's health expert Patti Wood talks about the challenges of raising a child in a world filled with chemical and other toxins.

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 2
A new federal law lets military spouses with professional licenses transfer them across state lines
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Military spouses meet prospective employers at the MilSpo Career Expo at Fort Bragg, N.C. in September 2022., Credit: Audra Satterlee / U.S. Army
The law’s backers say it will cut red tape so spouses can continue their careers without interruption. But it’s not clear yet exactly how the law w...

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  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 9
The Navy has beefed up mental health care for sailors dealing with 'rude awakening' of military life
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The Navy opened the Embedded Mental Health Clinic at Naval Base San Diego in October. Twenty providers work at the clinic, which serves thousands of sailors. , Credit: Andrew Dyer/American Homefront
After two deadly collisions and a cluster of suicides, the Navy is providing more mental health counseling to sailors where they work.

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  • Added: Apr 24, 2023
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 6
Can AI help predict military suicides? The VA is funding a project to find out.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Dustin Millado, a veteran who worked in the Army Criminal Investigation Division, is now a digital forensic examiner for Stop Soldier Suicide’s Black Box Project., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
The project is using artificial intelligence to analyze data from smartphones, laptops, and other devices of people who take their own lives.

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 8
A Pentagon-appointed committee says easy access to guns on military bases leads to more suicides
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Anthony Muhlstadt participates in exercises aboard the USS Bataan March 7, 2020. Muhlstadt was a 23-year-old Marine Corps sergeant when he died by suicide November 19, 2021, at Marine Corps Base Twentynine Palms in California., Credit: Kaitlin Rowell / U.S. Navy
The independent committee is calling on the Defense Department to make personal firearms harder to buy and access on base.

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 7
The Navy's waiting list for child care is getting shorter, but it still numbers more than 5000
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Julianna Byron feeds lunch to children in October 2020 at the Navy's Sewells Point Child Development Center in Norfolk, Virginia. The Navy had just reopened the facility after a renovation., Credit: Marissa Vermeulen / U.S. Navy
The Navy is building more on-base childcare centers and launching new programs to help sailors and their families. But advocates and parents say it...

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 6
The Emotion Roadmap Successfully Planning for A Special Holiday Gathering
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
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Emotion Roadmap explained with an example from a caller, Jim, who wants to make sure his new partner, and his son and daughter, who are all meeting...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2022
  • Length: 23:29
Two Revolutions, Many Secrets (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Wilson Dairy Restaurant / Helen Zia as baby with Mom Bing
In the midst of our stress and trauma dealing with the sometimes harsh realities of life, its hard to imagine what stories we will ultimately tell ...

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  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
An ‘insane’ housing market is hitting military families hard when they have to move
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Lisa Koroma and her family moved to this Colorado Springs subdivision after her husband was transferred to Fort Carson. She said their rental home here costs more than the monthly housing allowance her husband receives from the Army., Credit: Lisa Koroma
A recent study found military families are spending more time and money to find places to live when they change duty stations.

Bought by WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 17, 2022
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 4
With steady paychecks and a nomadic lifestyle, military personnel are frequent targets for scams
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: New York Assistant Attorney General Deanna Nelson (right) assists a soldier after leading a presentation about identity theft at Fort Drum, New York in 2017., Credit: U.S. Army
AARP says military families and veterans are almost 40% more likely than civilians to become victims of scammers, and 80% of the attacks specifical...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KWMU St. Louis, WRFA-LP, KPBS, KTEP and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 7
The military is offering to transfer troops affected by anti-LGBTQ laws, but the process isn't easy
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Service members and guests - including Space Force Command chief master sergeant John Bentivegna (center) - attend the Air Force LGBTQ Pride celebration at the Pentagon on June 6, 2022. This image has been altered to obscure security badges. , Credit: Eric Dietrich / U.S. Space Force
Military families can move to new bases if they're stationed in states with laws hostile to LGBTQ people. But families who try to take advantage of...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 4
The Army suicide rate is at its highest level in years. Plans to reduce it are getting mixed reviews
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Malia Nemetz, an Army retiree who is now Fort Leonard Wood’s Suicide Prevention Manager, gives a mini-presentation to soldiers, family members, and civilian employees during the base’s Resiliency Fair, part of the effort to improve mental health and reduc, Credit: Jonathan Ahl / American Homefront
Soldiers are dying by suicide at the highest level since 9/11, and while some bases are trying do more to help prevent suicide, critics say its not...

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2022
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 7
Her son was killed in Afghanistan last year. This is her first Memorial Day as a Gold Star mother.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Cheryl Rex,right, is comforted by her mother, Clarinda Montsuoka, near the grave of Rex's son at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Orange County, California. Lance Corporal Dylan Merola was killed in Afghanistan in August 2021., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
Cheryl Rex's son Dylan was among the last American victims of the Afghanistan war. In the months since his death, she's visited his grave almost ev...

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  • Added: May 24, 2022
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 2
More than a three-day weekend: A small movement tries to return Memorial Day to its original meaning
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Nassau County, N.Y. Executive Bruce Blakeman shows a video of the Israeli Memorial Day moment of silence. Blakeman is calling for a similar county-wide initiative on Long Island. , Credit: Desiree D'Iorio / American Homefront
Leaders in Long Island, New York want people to pull their cars off the road and stop what they're doing for two county-wide moments of silence to ...

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  • Added: May 23, 2022
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 3
The Supreme Court will decide if Guardsmen and reservists can sue states for employment violations
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Former Texas State Trooper LeRoy Torres reviews legal paperwork with his wife Rosie in their Robstown, Texas home in 2019. Torres resigned from his job after returning home from Iraq in 2008. He said the state refused to make job accommodations for a disa, Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront
When National Guard members and reservists deploy, a federal law is supposed to preserve their civilian jobs and benefits. But in some states, gove...

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  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 3
Inconsistent military domestic violence policies allow troops with criminal histories to buy guns
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A memorial honors the victims of a 2017 mass shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A federal judge ruled that Devin Kelley might not have been able to buy the weapon he used in the shooting if the military had reported his cri, Credit: David Martin Davies / Texas Public Radio
More than four years after a former airman killed 26 people at a rural Texas church, advocates say the military still needs to do more to prevent v...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2022
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 4
Military families often have to move every few years. Critics say it's disruptive and unnecessary.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The following language must be included in any online post of this story, and the language is encouraged for on-air use: "This story was produced by the American Homefront Project, a public media collaboration that reports on American military life and v, Credit: Eric Schmid / St. Louis Public Radio
Constant and sometimes sudden moves can disrupt military families' finances and cause challenges with their children’s schools and medical care.

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 6
'I feel like we’re punished': Military spouses face employment barriers when their family relocates
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: In an August ceremony, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signs a law that makes it easier for military spouses to get professional licenses. The bill signing ceremony took place at Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut., Credit: Office of Gov. Ned Lamont
Spouses who work in professions that require state licenses often hit roadblocks when they move to a new state. A few states are trying to streamli...

Bought by KUT and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 2
A new survey found isolation and frequent moves are harming military teens' mental health
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: 17-year-old Matthew Oh, whose father is in Army intelligence, has moved eight times. He said his family's latest move to South Korea was "a very dark time.", Credit: Sarah Oh
The study of military dependents found more than 40 percent reported low mental well-being, often because of separations and a lack of connections ...

Bought by KPBS, North Country Public Radio, Texas Public Radio, KCUR, KPCC and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 6

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