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This popular and prolific children’s picture book creator takes Duck of barnyard fame to the next level—driving the farmer’s tractor. David talks a...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 09:57
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In a Presidential primary that taxes our belief that the purpose of government is to benefit our lives, I remember legislation that Hillary Clinton...

  • Added: May 13, 2016
  • Length: 03:14
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I’m joined by author and educator Jim Horn to discuss his latest book, Work Hard, Be Hard: Journeys Through No Excuses Teaching. Horn explores the ...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:12
Caption: Katie Serio, director of treatment and prevention at the Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse of Livingston County, N.Y., trains a group of school nurses to use the overdose antidote naloxone at Dansville High School., Credit: Michelle Faust
At the start of the year, some school districts are considering whether, they will stock a medication that can reverse an overdose. Since 2001, ove...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 03:14
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For the past year, KBIA has been working on an investigative story about a place in Northeast Missouri called Heartland. It’s a story with threads ...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
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On any given night in Minnesota, more than 4,000 youth and young adults are homeless and on their own. Avenues for Homeless Youth is a safe place t...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:29
Caption: Therese Jacobson of the NWMAC
Northwest Minnesota Arts Council (NWMAC) spokesperson Therese Jacobson shares news of the NWMAC, including a Valentine making event for children, a...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:46
Caption: NWMAC Spokesperson - Therese Jacobson
Northwest Minnesota Arts Council (NWMAC) spokesperson Therese Jacobson shares news of the NWMAC, including a Valentine making event for children, a...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:46
Caption: Family visits at the Alameda County Jail , Credit: Daniel Arauz
Nearly one in ten children in California have a parent in the criminal justice system, but it’s hard to find numbers for individual cities. Experts...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 05:37
Caption: Second grade teacher Pamela Diebel releases her class after the lockdown drill., Credit: Rhian Miller
Every time news of another school shooting hits the headlines, so does the debate about how to keep children safe. After the shootings at Sandy Hoo...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 10:14
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Today in America, as many as 500,000 children work as hired labor in our fields and orchards. They are among the least protected of all working chi...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A candidate for Wisconsin's 51st Assembly district remembers his son, Peter, who brought so much joy into his life.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 08:19
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As part of the North Carolina teacher Project, Dave DeWitt takes a look at how we evaluate the state’s 95,000 public school teachers.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 06:56
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
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Our State of Opportunity project has been following the story of a little boy named Charlie. His dad was scheduled to be deported this week and his...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 03:19
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We talk to three people who, when affected directly or indirectly by gun violence, have channeled their pain and upset into efforts to address the ...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7
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Jones-DeWeever says that an honest assessment of America's practices and outcomes shows a questionable commitment to loving and valuing children.

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  • Added: May 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Columbine Principal Frank DeAngeles, Credit: Eric Molinsky
Can trauma be healed with architecture and design? Eric Molinsky looks how Columbine, Aurora and Virginia Tech have changed.

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  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 09:42
  • Purchases: 1
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Stockbrokers in Indiana may soon find themselves in trouble at work if they don’t pay legally-required child support. The Secretary of State’s Offi...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 08:43
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Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, JFK, Gordon Cooper, and Judy Collins try to console Big Bird while the unemployment rate on Sesame Street threatens to r...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
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Santa Fe Stories explores school funding and finds a Chinese wall...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
  • Length: 28:27
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Paycheck Fairness Act is up for a vote in the U. S. Senate on Tuesday. The Act points out that nearly four decades after th...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:16
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It's up to us to curtail the widespread use of child labor.

  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 03:49
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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
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TTT’s ANDY DRISCOLL queries four activists dealing in various aspects of the autism spectrum from causal inquiry through treatment and public polic...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 57:35