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More people died from drug overdoses during the first year of the pandemic — over 100,000 — than in any previous year. In response, the Biden admin...
- Added: Jan 27, 2022
- Length: 23:30
Dr. Roger Kligler had been fighting prostate cancer for 14 years before he got the news: it's terminal. With no more treatment options, Roger sued ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Nov 23, 2016
- Length: 07:40
- Purchases: 1
Here in the Bay Area, rents are rising, and housing inventory is shrinking. It’s forcing many here to decide -- either you have to leave the area c...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Oct 02, 2015
- Length: 07:42
- Purchases: 1
In one of America's most expensive cities, there's a fringe political party whose name sums up their concerns: The Rent is Too Damn High. That city...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 04, 2015
- Length: 06:27
- Purchases: 1
There are at least 7,000 homeless people in San Francisco each night, and only enough shelter space to house a small fraction of them. This is one ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 04, 2015
- Length: 06:37
- Purchases: 1
How do neighborhoods develop distinct identities? Why was San Francisco’s North Beach an enclave for poetry, for example? Or the Castro a haven for...
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 07:06
One in four homeless people are veterans. There are approximately 800 homeless veterans on San Francisco’s streets.Experts in the field believe the...
- Added: Mar 23, 2015
- Length: 09:07
For over a decade, Oakland has attempted to abate the illegal dumping of mattresses, electronics, furniture, and other large items onto city street...
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 07:20
More than 2.7 million minors in America live with a parent in prison. Studies show that the majority of incarcerated parents reside over 100 miles ...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 06:18
At the age of 51, William Bennett was one of the oldest people in California who could claim that. But in June 2013, eight months after leaving pri...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 07:25
Bennett and Porter do their cooking in a shared kitchen that’s part of a transitional house in West Oakland. But they met many years ago.
“Well, w...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 10:42
At the Telegraph Hill Neighborhood Center, two dozen residents of North Beach come on a recent Tuesday night to hear from neighbors who have experi...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 08:11
Tenants are facing a tough time in San Francisco. The city has some of the nation’s highest rents and laws like the Ellis Act have made evictions f...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 22, 2014
- Length: 08:29
- Purchases: 1
If you live in the neighborhood, Huntington Park in San Francisco’s Nob Hill, it's a great place to relax, read a book, or, as Haris Butt says, bri...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 21, 2014
- Length: 05:48
- Purchases: 1
In San Francisco’s Tenderloin, getting healthy fare often isn’t an option. Without a full service grocery store in the neighborhood, residents rely...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 14, 2014
- Length: 05:45
- Purchases: 1
Protests against the tech industry’s impact on housing have grown in number and variety. They’ve been personal, with individual tech executives bei...
- Added: May 21, 2014
- Length: 05:23
It’s a Tuesday evening in Oakland’s City Hall. A group of people ranging in age from their 20s to 50s are sitting, many in front of their laptops. ...
- Added: May 17, 2014
- Length: 04:54
The number of older Americans working full time has been rising steadily for years. Many work because they have to. Some work because they want to ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 07, 2011
- Length: 03:50
- Purchases: 1
School on Wheels is a non-profit program located in Los Angeles which pairs volunteer tutors to homeless students.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and CKMO
- Added: Mar 11, 2009
- Length: 03:09
- Purchases: 3
