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Under President Obama more than 1 million people have been deported from the United States. Immigration officials claim that many of those being d...
- Added: Oct 12, 2012
- Length: 30:00
This second installment in the series titled Bringing Down the New Jim Crow features the first ever dialog between legal scholar Michelle Alexander...
Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KFOK-LPFM, and WDSE
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
You’ll hear the creative and inspiring voices of young thinkers and writers. This show features the collaborative work of Youth Media Project withi...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Dec 20, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
UB40 went on to become one of the world's biggest reggae acts - but their debut album "Signing Off" still stands as one of their most influential r...
- Added: Dec 02, 2011
- Length: 49:05
News and features on the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.
- Added: Sep 16, 2011
- Length: 29:00
In this news feature, Arts and Cultural Heritage producer Jeff Carmack visits with Justin Michael, Executive Director of the Green Band of St. Clou...
- Added: May 20, 2011
- Length: 27:00
This documentary examines the volatile issues that are tearing at social fabric of the state of Wisconsin.
Its Republican governor is determined...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Apr 20, 2011
- Length: 31:58
- Purchases: 1
About one in four adults in the United States suffers from a “diagnosable mental disorder” in a given year – that’s according to the National Insti...
Bought by KMUN, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and WSKG
- Added: Feb 22, 2011
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 3
Graffiti left on a troop transport ship by soldiers heading to the Vietnam War, found accidentally, is salvaged by a couple on a decade-long campai...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and NPR Illinois
- Added: Aug 03, 2010
- Length: 55:00
- Purchases: 2
An imposing brick building on Airport Way at the edge of the International District housed detained immigrants from 1931 to 2004. It was once known...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 16, 2010
- Length: 08:58
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 15, 2010
- Length: 29:00
This past November, Maine voters repealed a law legalizing gay marriage. Supporters on both sides of the issue were backed by strong religious con...
- Added: Jan 06, 2010
- Length: 06:03
- Purchases: 2
Jim Leach, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, speaks at the National Press Club
- Added: Dec 18, 2009
- Length: 54:01
The footage you are about to see is poignant, heart-wrenching, and often a direct result of U.S. foreign policy.
- Added: Dec 09, 2009
- Length: 12:09
The war in Afghanistan is increasing the likelihood that American civilians will be killed in a future terrorist attack.
- Added: Dec 09, 2009
- Length: 11:14
Eight years have passed since Laura Bush declared that "because of our recent military gains, women are no longer imprisoned in their homes" in Afg...
- Added: Dec 09, 2009
- Length: 10:51
President Obama has committed 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan. This decision raises serious questions about troops, costs, overall mission, and e...
- Added: Dec 07, 2009
- Length: 11:46
An exploration of underage prostitution in Oakland, California
- Added: Feb 09, 2009
- Length: 20:45
Hear some of the great African American poets who have lived and worked in Chicago.
Bought by KPIP-LP, KZYX, WRGY, WLPR , KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more
- Added: Jan 12, 2009
- Length: 58:46
- Purchases: 23
A short piece of advice for the next president from NYU's Marcelo Su?rez-Orozco.
- Added: Oct 17, 2008
- Length: 03:09
A short piece of advice for the next president from Glen Westbroek, a middle school teacher.
- Added: Oct 07, 2008
- Length: 01:09
A short piece of advice for the next president from John Wilson, Executive Director of the National Education Association.
- Added: Oct 07, 2008
- Length: 01:42
A short piece of advice for the next president from Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
- Added: Oct 07, 2008
- Length: :36
A short piece of advice for the next president from Eva Moskowitz, Executive Director of the Harlem Success Academy.
- Added: Sep 30, 2008
- Length: 03:26
A short piece of advice for the next president from Dr. Steven Paine, West Virginia's superintendent of schools.
- Added: Sep 30, 2008
- Length: 01:56
