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They Fired on us Like Rain
From: Ife Fatunase
Series: Rights & Wrongs
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In 2023, Human Rights Watch researcher Nadia Hardman came across a letter the United Nations had sent to the government of Saudi Arabia expressi...

  • Added: May 31, 2024
  • Length: 31:13
In a Game of Chicken with the Wisconsin Supreme Court, GOP Legislators Pass Somewhat Competitive Redistricting Maps in Effort to Avoid Truly Fair Maps
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
In a Game of Chicken with the Wisconsin Supreme Court, GOP Legislators Pass Somewhat Competitive Redistricting Maps in Effort to Avoid Truly Fair M...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Are We A Democracy Or A Republic?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit
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Is the US a democracy or a republic? And why do we only have two dominant political parties?

Bought by KSKA and Vermont Public


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 51:32
  • Purchases: 2
Gerrymandering
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit
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The line between fairly splitting a state into voting districts, and purposely grouping voters to give one party an advantage.

Bought by KSKA, WKSU, and Vermont Public


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 3
How Secure Are Our Elections?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit
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A wave of recent legislation across the country promised to make our elections "more secure." Where did this suspicion of our voting process come f...

Bought by KSKA and Vermont Public


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 51:31
  • Purchases: 2
Disinformation, Misinformation, and Propaganda
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit
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In preparation for the upcoming election, we’re going to talk about lies, manipulation, and confusion.

Bought by KSKA, WHFR, and Vermont Public


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 3
But Next Time Part 2: Language Justice and the Road to Recovery After Disaster (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: But Next Time hosts Rose and Chrishelle pose for a photo with members of indigenous language radio show, Radio Autóctona Indigenista on KBBF., Credit: Leah Mahan
This week we continue delving into community-rooted disaster relief in California. From building mutual aid networks, to translating emergency mess...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 12, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Special Report: Deciding the Fate of Democracy in North Carolina
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this special report, we examine anti-democratic election law and a legal case — Moore vs. Harper — which is to be decided this term by the US Su...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK and more


  • Added: May 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
She's Beautiful When She's Angry (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We present the documentary, She's Beautiful When She's Angry, a reflection on the rise of the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States, bet...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Dan Bazile: People Will Be People
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Dan Bazile, Credit: Shefik
Revolution - In March 2004, Dan Bazile joined the news team at WNYT (a television affiliate of NBC), where he anchors "Weekend Today". Prior to tha...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2020
  • Length: 02:04
When The State Stopped
From: WITF
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Documenting the first two months of unprecedented events due to the coronavirus pandemic in Pennsylvania.

Bought by 90.5 WESA and WLVT


  • Added: May 18, 2020
  • Length: 52:27
  • Purchases: 2
Immigration Case Management Instead of Detention - Lorri in Austin
From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas
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Retired lawyer Lorri in Austin volunteers to help immigration organizations and asylum seekers in Central Texas. Lorri objects to how ICE and for-...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 19:00
  • Purchases: 1
Opposing Children's Detention Centers - Marina from the Rio Grande Valley
From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas
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Marina is a pediatric nurse from Austin and the Rio Grande Valley who deeply opposes the detention centers for children crossing the Texas-Mexico b...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 26:01
The American Tapestry of Immigrants - Ana in Austin
From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas
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Recent violence in El Paso made Ana in Austin reflect on immigrants in America. She talks about what she has learned living and working at the bor...

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 17:17
  • Purchases: 1
How to Take Action in Politics - Lisa in Austin
From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas
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Lisa from San Antonio and Austin describes how she has been involved in politics since she was a kid, and how she is especially involved now. She ...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2019
  • Length: 11:31
Needs of Rural Texans - Michelle in Bastrop County
From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas
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Michelle from Bastrop County discusses increasing political participation among rural Texans. She wants better government representatives who meet...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:07
Life of the Law #115: Ten Hours to Twenty Years
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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It all started out as a plan to steal some comic books, sell them and split the cash. That was before a busted lip, a heart attack, and federal pro...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:34
Episode 5: In and out of the biggest mental health facility in Los Angeles
From: KCRW's Independent Producer Project
Series: Off The Block
Caption: LePriest Valentine, Credit: George Lavender
Meet LePriest Valentine, who kept winding up in the only sanctuary he could find after getting out of jail: Skid Row.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, PRX Remix, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 1: Life on a million dollar block
From: KCRW's Independent Producer Project
Series: Off The Block
Caption: Kelly Cotton walks through the Westmont neighborhood with her kids, Credit: George Lavender
One small neighborhood of Los Angeles accounted for thousands of bookings into county jail over a five year period.

Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 3
Life of the Law #74: Overruled
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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In the U.S., juries are often seen as democracy in action. Twelve men and women are asked to hear an entire case, and ultimately, decide another pe...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 23:13
Life of the Law Episode #61: Outside the Womb
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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The law isn’t actually written in stone. It morphs and changes with the times. What happens when laws change all of a sudden and people find themse...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2015
  • Length: 19:32
Life of the Law Episode #60: The Bear
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Bounty hunters are kind of like human bloodhounds. They’re dogged. They won’t stop until they get who they’re looking for. Frank Abramovitz is a bo...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 20:22
Life of the Law Episode #57: Drag.net
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Amateur sleuths armed with their own laptops, public information and a lot of spare time are working alone and in groups to crack criminal cases. S...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KVNF, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 24, 2015
  • Length: 32:30
  • Purchases: 4
Prison fellowship aids in recovery
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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We all have people in our lives who exist on the periphery of our everyday routines--people like the bus driver who takes us to work, or the cashie...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
Learning to Live Together - the Future, hopes and fears
From: Mike Hally
Series: Learning to Live Together - Conflict and Peace-building Northern Ireland
Caption: Northern Ireland murals in Belfast, Credit: Mike Hally
Political journalist Peter Geoghegan looks at the state of reconciliation and peace-making in Northern Ireland over a series of five short reports ...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1