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¿QPM? S7 Ep. 5 Latinos & Health Care Rights
From: WNIN
Series: ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?
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During the pandemic, Cleveland officials and local health care providers took too long to get translators for Spanish speaking COVID-19 patients. T...

  • Added: May 29, 2022
  • Length: 19:19
¿QPM? S7 Ep. 4 Latinos & Freedom of Speech
From: WNIN
Series: ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?
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Our collaborator at Cicero Independiente investigates active measures being taken by local government there to suppress Latinos' freedom of speech.

  • Added: May 29, 2022
  • Length: 20:05
¿QPM? S7 Ep. 3 Latinos & Education
From: WNIN
Series: ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?
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We go back to Schuyler, Nebraska to learn whether educational equity is being achieved there. We found that while changes are happening, more is ne...

  • Added: May 29, 2022
  • Length: 15:35
Best of the Best 2020: Towards a Better World
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
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In this episode, we meet extraordinary people who are fighting the system, working to make transformative change and seeking a better world, for th...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, WRVO Public Media, New England Public Media, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
Farm Worker to Farm Owner
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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There’s a shift happening in American agriculture that has been hard to spot. Farm workers have entered mainstream consciousness through coverage o...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Why A Father Fears His Son’s Mental Illness Could Lead To Deportation
From: Side Effects Public Media
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When José moved his family to the U.S. from Mexico nearly two decades ago, he had hopes of giving his children a better life. But now he worries a...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2019
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
Stopping the Gentrification Train
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Evans Station Lofts
Making neighborhoods sustainable makes them desirable and rising prices push old residents out. Community land trusts in Denver CO and Burlington ...

Bought by WFHB, KGNU Community Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jan 10, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Indice de Suicidios entre Latinos. / Latino suicide rates
From: Cesar Chavez Foundation
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La Psicologa Millner habla sobre la incidencia de sucidios entre la comunidad Latina. / Psychologist Millner explains how common suicide is within ...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2018
  • Length: :30
Part 3: Green movement pivots toward minorities
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: New Faces, New Issues
Caption: A few members of Outdoor Afro Cleveland, including Smith-Woodford (holding sign), Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Part 3 of series -- The Great Lakes region is home to millions of people of different races and ethnicities. But diverse backgrounds – and issues ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WBFO, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WOSU and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 7
What the Heck is Grog??
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: The Wine Fellers Radio Program
Caption: The Wine Fellers
Learn About the History of Grog! Also Go Behind the Scenes of a Wine Party Cruise with Captain Jerry! The Wine Fellers is an upbeat, good chemist...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
Puerto Rican Americana: Nuyorican Bicycle Clubs in Brooklyn
From: Jack D'Isidoro
Caption: Roberto proudly shows off his bike in front of the original headquarters of the Puerto Rican Schwinn Club near Knickerbocker Ave. in Bushwick., Credit: Jack D'Isidoro
The Schwinn bicycle has a rich history in New York’s Nuyorican communities. In many of these enclaves, you’ll find members of riding clubs showing ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2016
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
Life of the Law #77: Harris County USA
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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All over the country, critics argue that ID laws discourage voter participation--particularly among poor and minority voters. This is particularly ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 24:44
Life of the Law #75: UnDACAmented
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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In 2012 President Obama took matters into his own hands. His administration signed a memo addressing all branches of the Department of Homeland Sec...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 23:50
New Orleans Reconstruction Workers Fight to Remain
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Immigrants and supporters march down Poydras Street in New Orleans on July 10., Credit: Jasmin Mara Lopez
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Southern Gulf Coast. Reconstruction after Katrina drew thousands of people from India, Bra...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #41 - Who Owns That Joke?
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Comedian Carlos Mencia is notorious for stealing other comics’ jokes. But he’s never been sued—in fact, there are almost no lawsuits in comedy. On ...

Bought by KVSC and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 18:43
  • Purchases: 2
A Journey through Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
From: Gianluca Tramontana
Caption: A Favela in Rio
Journalist Gianluca Tramontana takes you through the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, introduces you to their people, examines their history and explores...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:13
  • Purchases: 1
Favela Ghost Town
From: Gianluca Tramontana
Caption: Favela mural saying: "The destruction of my community for the cup", Credit: Gianluca Tramontana
Gianluca Tramontana takes us to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and shows us around a favela ghost town in the shadow of the Maracana soccer stadium.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2013
  • Length: 08:05
A documentary on race, neighborhoods, schools, and kids in Michigan
From: Michigan Radio
Series: State of Opportunity
Caption: State of Opportunity from Michigan Radio
If you think we live in a post-racial world…think again: statistically speaking, being born Black or Latino or Native American is associated with s...

  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 50:27
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
Expanding the Northwest Detention Center
From: Seattle Globalist
Caption: Northwest Detention Center, Credit: Alex Stonehill
April 16, 2009 - On any given day, 30,000 people are being held in detention centers across the country. With plans to expand the Northwest Detenti...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 08:36
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
What Ever Happened to the Buena Vista Social Club?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The "Buena Vista Social Club" CD and documentary film were hits, but may have created some myths about Cuba and the musicians themselves. Independe...

Bought by KQED, KRZA, WGBH Radio Boston, and KGLT


  • Added: Apr 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Hazelton: How Mayor Lou Barletta Helped to Divide this small working class Pennsylvania town
From: Melissa Townsend
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In 2006 Mayor Lou Barletta cracked down on Latino residents new to the predominantly white working class town of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Many new L...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2008
  • Length: 11:46
Teen Pregnancy - Part 2 - A Peer Response
From: Karen Brown
Series: Teen Pregnancy - A Crisis, A Response, A Reality
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Part 2 in series on teen pregnancy -- a peer-centered response to the problem.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:36
Teen Pregnancy Part 1 - A Community Crisis
From: Karen Brown
Series: Teen Pregnancy - A Crisis, A Response, A Reality
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First of a series on teen pregnancy in Western Massachusetts -- a candid look at the problem by those on the frontline.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:02