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Caption: Justin Peebles, 32, stands outside his apartment building in Wausau. He is epileptic and unemployed and has been waiting for services from the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation since April., Credit: Tegan Wendland/Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
The findings from a new Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism report show that despite the opportunity to solve some of these problems, the...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 03:16
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Some are saying there is a skills gap in Indiana – that there are manufacturing jobs available but not enough skilled workers to fill them. Corresp...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 09:48
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Despite the success of small businesses in Goshen, Indiana, the city's poverty rate increased by 13.3 percent in the last few years. Reporter John...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 03:59
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Paul Eisenstein of TheDetroitBureau.com says the big three automakers, Chrysler, GM and Ford, have record-breaking profit sharing bonuses. But that...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 07:09
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This week on Interchange, host Trish Kerle speaks with Carrol Krause, author of Showers Brothers Furniture Co: The Shared Fortunes of a Family, a C...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 57:34
Caption: A truck in Harlan, Ky., proclaims its support for coal and coal miners., Credit: Erica Peterson/WFPL
Coal is embedded into the culture and image of Eastern Kentucky, but the industry is declining in the region. And it's declining permanently. The c...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2013
  • Length: 18:17
Caption: The Voice for Working People
International Human Rights Day, Chicago Teachers, and More!

  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
Caption: The Voice for Working People
News from Detroit, Connecticut, and DC.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
Caption: The Voice for Working People
News for December 2-6th.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
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McDonald’s workers nationwide are asking for an increased minimum wage, to fifteen dollars an hour.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2013
  • Length: 09:05
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WFHB News Director Alycin Bektesh brings us a protest that happened this afternoon, starting at the Indiana University Sample Gates and concluding ...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2013
  • Length: 08:34
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On Saturday August 3rd, The Bloomington City Council hosted a reunion of figures who were influential in the 70s Labor Movement of Bloomington.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 56:33
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You're listening to Culture Clique, and our series on the Winona State University Winona Works Project. With interviews conducted by students from ...

Bought by KSRQ and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 25:55
  • Purchases: 2
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Julie Eaton is the captain of the Cat Sass. She spends 6 months of the year on the water, and is ready to haul in a union.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Dairy producers, their workers from Mexico and interpreter Shaun Duvall stand outside the Nelson Creamery in west central Wisconsin., Credit: Laurel Morales
Across the country in rural America one in two new neighbors is Latino, according to a recent study. And that's an adjustment for some communities.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Rosenow has two barns this size. Each houses about 300 cows. Two decades ago dairymen in Wisconsin discovered they had to grow in order to survive shrinking profit margins. , Credit: Laurel Morales
The Senate’s immigration reform proposal offers a fast track to citizenship for agricultural workers so that they can “continue to do the vital wor...

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 04:02
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He insults me every week so I call and confront him. Then music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. From the golden age a Amer...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:54:08
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Kelley Libby reports on a new study that shows bringing your furry friend to the office can have health benefits.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 06:10
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Plans for a new, seven-story Hyatt Place hotel in downtown Bloomington have drawn questions and criticism since they were announced this summer and...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 09:32
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Daniel Ross talks about being a volunteer firefighter while serving time in a minimum security prison.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 4
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Hugh Sinclair traveled to several continents while working for numerous banks, agencies and institutions, and saw microfinance from the ground up. ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
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One final day of contract negotiations remains between Mitchel, Indiana factory C&M Conveyor and the newly formed United Steel Workers Union at the...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 09:15
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DENVER - The 2012 National Farmworker Health Conference begins today in Denver, marking the 50th anniversary of the Migrant Health Act.

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:37
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It’s not even the crime that counts sometimes. It’s that little box on an application that asks you to reveal if you have a criminal history. Chec...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
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A look back at some of the most important issues of 2011: Attacks on organized labor, the Egyptian revolution, and the struggle to address climate ...

Bought by KHNS, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KMUN


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3