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Legally, bail has only one purpose: to guarantee that people show up for their court dates. Bail amounts are set by panels of judges in each county...
- Added: May 12, 2012
- Length: 06:33
Texas has been fracking for years...so what does Ohio's gas exploration future look like?
- Added: May 07, 2012
- Length: 28:30
If Governor Jerry Brown’s tax reform plan passes this November, CSU admissions may not suffer cuts, but state financial aid is still in danger. Gov...
- Added: Apr 22, 2012
- Length: 06:00
Scandal is always with us it seems...2008 a look back at how far we have NOT come!
- Added: Apr 16, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Hydraulic fracturing is a complex issue. Is it more like Satan's ploy to ruin the environment or God's answer to Northeast Ohio's structural unempl...
- Added: Apr 14, 2012
- Length: 28:31
If you’ve lived in San Francisco long enough, you might have noticed that there are fewer yellow school buses crisscrossing the city. State budget ...
- Added: Apr 05, 2012
- Length: 05:25
When you look at the numbers, many long held truths about crime crumble. Like this one: who do you think is more likely to become a life-long crimi...
- Added: Apr 05, 2012
- Length: 25:08
What happens when your land sits on top of a rich natural gas deposit, but you don't own the mineral rights. In Wetzel County, West Virginia, many ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2012
- Length: 07:05
The Occupy Wall Street protests have started a national conversation about how capitalism should work – or if it can work at all. But for all the t...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 06:57
The Occupy Wall Street movement continues to develop in cities around the country and here all around the Bay. Early this morning, San Jose police ...
- Added: Oct 31, 2011
- Length: 10:17
If you’re convicted of committing a felony in California, you can end up in many kinds of prisons. Steal a lot of money in a Ponzi scheme – you mig...
Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Aug 29, 2011
- Length: 05:13
- Purchases: 2
When it comes to US policy toward Israel, there has been one major voice shaping the debate. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee-generally...
- Added: Aug 19, 2011
- Length: 07:12
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Most of us shudder to imagine the impact of another large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for good reason. A spill in future decades could hav...
- Added: Jul 05, 2011
- Length: 04:36
Amnesty has recently attracted criticism, sometimes from those who have been its most committed activists. John Tusa asks if it has lost its way a...
- Added: Jun 22, 2011
- Length: 36:34
News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
- Added: Jun 20, 2011
- Length: 10:42
Last week, a new law debuted that’s supposed to save the state millions of dollars a year. The new law, passed last year, is called “medical parole...
- Added: Jun 06, 2011
- Length: 05:31
As veterans return to school to take advantage of the new GI Bill, many have found that campuses often aren’t ready to handle the administrative de...
- Added: Jun 06, 2011
- Length: 04:55
In Nederland willen we eerlijk en open met elkaar omgaan.
Maar als het aan het Openbaar Ministerie ligt wordt daar grof en oneerlijk onderscheid i...
- Added: Apr 12, 2011
- Length: 07:14
A look into the caste system and how it affects over one billion people every day
Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
- Added: Jan 24, 2011
- Length: 06:48
- Purchases: 1
A look at concerts in the Kennedy White House, narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, Delmarva Public Media, WLPR , KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more
- Added: Jan 18, 2011
- Length: 08:14
- Purchases: 13
A new Crisis Group report examines how the dysfunctional administration of the larger of the country’s two entities has paralyzed its decision-maki...
- Added: Oct 18, 2010
- Length: 07:30
The Youth News Initiative creates a platform for young women of color to give their unique perspective on issues they face in their communities.
- Added: Sep 23, 2010
- Length: 04:50
In Detroit, the price of water is so high that for some, it’s out of reach. In response, citizens have come together to form the Detroit People’s ...
- Added: Sep 16, 2010
- Length: 09:03
A story about how those thick Plexiglas walls come down in an Oakland, California neighborhood as more white folks move in.
- Added: May 08, 2010
- Length: 07:00
Should teachers be paid based on what they teach or what their student learn? Hear Randi Weingarten's answer to this question as well as her though...
- Added: Apr 19, 2010
- Length: 09:38
