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Bought and Sold
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: Javille Sutton was a 14-year-old runaway when she accepted a ride from a pimp who sold her across the country for the next six years. She was arrested multiple times as a juvenile. She now counsels girls at a horse ranch for young victims of trafficking.
Advocates for kids are pushing for a new approach to combating underage prostitution: treating young people caught up in sex trafficking as victims...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, WRIR, WEKU, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Six Students. Six Months.
From: Katy Sewall
Caption: James, a homeless teen, died in March 2015, Credit: Kaaren Andrews
Six students from one Seattle high school have died from suicide or murder this year. Why hasn't this tragedy been front-page news? Is it because a...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 35:26
Room To Breathe: From Chaos to Peace in the Classroom (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Promotional picture from the Video Project , Credit: Image by: http://www.videoproject.com/roomtobreathe.html
At overcrowded and underfunded public schools across the country high suspension rates are exacerbating existing achievement gaps. Often, chaos in ...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Labels and Discrimination
From: Littleglobe
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In this edition of Audio Revolution students from YMP’s production team explore the theme of labels and discrimination from a variety of angles inc...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 10, 2013
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Killing is the New Fighting
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio's the Best of "What's the New What?"
Caption: Youth Radio reporter Ayesha Walker., Credit: Youth Radio
In an age when handguns are bought and sold for less than twenty-dollars on urban street corners and the price of a human life sometimes seems even...

Bought by PRX Remix and WMNF


  • Added: Dec 08, 2008
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 2