PRX - Pieces for Topic: Public Affairs
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The associate director for the California Innocence Project talks about the importance of working to address issues of evidence retention and prese...
- Added: Apr 02, 2018
- Length: 02:00
Eighteen-year-old Tonia Miller was accused of shaking her baby to death. A jury in Michigan convicted the young mother of second-degree murder and ...
- Added: Dec 20, 2016
- Length: 30:58
Beginning in 1907, states in the US began to forcibly sterilize over 60,000 Americans -- people considered by scientists to be “unfit” -- the menta...
Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Added: Mar 22, 2016
- Length: 22:29
- Purchases: 1
All over the country, critics argue that ID laws discourage voter participation--particularly among poor and minority voters. This is particularly ...
- Added: Feb 23, 2016
- Length: 24:44
In 2011 the FBI’s National Gang Intelligence Center released their Gang Threat Assessment, which listed Juggalos as a “loosely affiliated hybrid ga...
- Added: Feb 23, 2016
- Length: 22:45
In 2012 President Obama took matters into his own hands. His administration signed a memo addressing all branches of the Department of Homeland Sec...
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 23:50
We all know this feeling. You're driving. Maybe you're speeding. Maybe you don't think you're doing anything wrong. All of a sudden blue lights fla...
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- Added: Oct 06, 2015
- Length: 15:48
- Purchases: 1
Ever committed a crime? Were you caught? Arrested? Maybe not. Between a quarter and a third of all adults in America were caught and arrested. Now ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Sep 22, 2015
- Length: 14:44
- Purchases: 2
Laws that required cops to live in the cities they patrolled were common in the early 1900’s and still exist in the United States today. However, s...
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- Added: Sep 09, 2015
- Length: 28:08
- Purchases: 1
At disciplinary hearings in prison, inmates are not guaranteed the right to an attorney. In fact, they aren’t allowed to have one at all.
- Added: Aug 03, 2015
- Length: 21:22
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states can prohibit judges from openly asking for money to pay for their judicial campaigns. Life of the Law'...
- Added: May 05, 2015
- Length: 24:30
The internet is anonymous. Except for when it isn't. When someone wants to hurt you, they can find your address and other personal information and ...
- Added: Jan 27, 2015
- Length: 17:03
- Purchases: 3
The Scottsboro Boys are infamous — nine black teenagers falsely accused
and convicted of raping two white women. Last year, the state of Alabama f...
Bought by WJCT
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 23:08
- Purchases: 1
One Chicago factory became a flashpoint back in 2008, when workers occupied the floor for days in protest. Now, those same employees are trying to...
- Added: Sep 05, 2012
- Length: 07:48
