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An interview with Stan Clawson of Art Access, a nonprofit that increases accessibility in the arts through opportunities for artists with disabilit...
- Added: Mar 20, 2024
- Length: 05:26
What happens when we push back against injustice? When we stand up for what we think is right? Does the Constitution protect us? All of us? From th...
Bought by WJCT, WSGE, WFHB, WUGA (part of GPB), WYAP and more
- Added: Sep 13, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 7
There’s an undeniable problem with our criminal justice system, but one organization offers some hope. To date, The Innocence Project has exonerat...
Bought by KENW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: May 27, 2016
- Length: 03:33
- Purchases: 3
-Deridre Enright, who was the law expert featured in the podcast Serial and is director of the University of Virginia Innocent Project. She speaks ...
Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, KEDT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WTJU
- Added: May 27, 2016
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 5
Lisa De Bode got curious about how homeless women deal with menstruation, so she wrote a story on it. Then, things started to change.
Plus, Jake l...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Apr 28, 2016
- Length: 16:50
- Purchases: 1
The body of legendary Native American athlete Jim Thorpe rests in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania...but some members of his family say he should be dug up...
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 24:46
- Purchases: 2
Since its beginning in 1991, the Seattle Hempfest has become an international rallying point for marijuana legalization advocates, and never more s...
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 07:41
Stephen Downing is a retired LAPD Deputy Chief and an executive board member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition or LEAP. He spoke with CRN’s B...
- Added: Aug 06, 2014
- Length: 09:01
Having survived the most recent episode of Gridlock by the skin of the Nation's teeth, we beyond the Beltway need to put our collective relational...
- Added: Oct 19, 2013
- Length: 03:26
Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill talks cover-ups, blow-back, and fun & games in Saddam’s Iraq.
- Added: Jun 19, 2013
- Length: 16:43
"Updating your truth" is a term not much used these days. We read that somebody "denied", "vetoed", "denounced", "maintained", "refused to consider...
- Added: Jun 15, 2013
- Length: 04:07
ARAPAHOE COUNTRY, Colo. - Tents and makeshift stores selling holidays goods have popped up throughout Colorado in the past few weeks leading up to ...
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 01:45
CASPER, Wyo. - A federal study of the use of silica in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in oil and gas fields found that workers are sometimes ov...
- Added: Jun 26, 2012
- Length: 02:07
CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. - Scientists say the waters are rising fast off the coast of North Carolina as a result of climate change. A new report publish...
- Added: Jun 26, 2012
- Length: 01:53
PHOENIX - Opponents of Arizona's SB1070 law say Monday's Supreme Court ruling is a first step in defeating the entire law.
- Added: Jun 26, 2012
- Length: 02:15
DENVER - It's supposed to be the first review of cell-phone safety standards in 15 years by the FCC, but some people say the planned review does no...
- Added: Jun 26, 2012
- Length: 01:45
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Michigan parents who have seen the YouTube video of seventh-grade boys harassing an elderly school bus monitor in New York ma...
- Added: Jun 25, 2012
- Length: 02:01
DENVER - Good news for more than 121,000 Colorado families: Health insurance companies will be paying rebates of about $227 per family thanks to th...
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 01:40
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - A fresh push to pass a bill that would allow North Carolinians with concealed-carry permits to bring handguns into the state's re...
- Added: Jun 19, 2012
- Length: 01:40
WASHINGTON - Monday was the first day for the Supreme Court to release its rulings for this term, but there's no ruling yet on the constitutionalit...
- Added: Jun 19, 2012
- Length: 01:46
BALTIMORE - Working overtime off the clock, answering employee questions during off-hours, and being classified as a lower-level employee even when...
- Added: Jun 18, 2012
- Length: 01:24
PHOENIX - The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule any day now on the federal lawsuit challenging Arizona's controversial SB 1070 immigration law...
- Added: Jun 12, 2012
- Length: 01:46
DURHAM, N.C. - Cuts to federal programs loom large over North Carolina's Habitat for Humanity chapters. In his proposed budget this year, President...
- Added: Jun 05, 2012
- Length: 01:57
AUSTIN, Texas - Texans today have a rare opportunity to help shape the future of the state's $4-billion-a-year criminal justice system. Agencies ge...
- Added: Jun 05, 2012
- Length: 02:28
NEW CASSEL, N.Y. - A New York law that keeps details of internal police investigations and disciplinary actions sealed is being criticized, especia...
- Added: May 30, 2012
- Length: 02:29
