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A new VA policy covers fertility treatments for more vets, but some are still excluded

Caption: Amber Bohlman served as a logistical vehicle operator in the Marine Corps from 2005-2009. She and her partner Peter Folsom tried to conceive for years. While the VA has expanded its IVF eligibility to include couples who aren't legally married, Bohlman is, Credit: Courtesy Amber Bohlman

The VA now pays for IVF treatment for unmarried and LGBTQ veterans. But they still must prove their fertility problems are service-related.

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Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for April 17, 2024

From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine

Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991

This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Iran, Israel Attacks Distract from Gaza Catastrophe, Risk Regional War; Fa...

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RESISTANCE: THEY FOUGHT BACK -- Paula Apsell Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Paula Apsell talks uncovering history, creating unity, and depicting Jews saving Jews.

Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for April 3, 2024

From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine

This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Abortion and Reproductive Rights are on the 2024 Election Ballot; Activist...

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Three Poems for Hard Times

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: "We are watching the edge of the world, held by a vision, the persistence of breath...", Credit: Susan Cook

"When Loss and Innocence", "What Courage Wears to Bed", "The Meaning of Life". Poems from the author of "Breathing: American Sonnets"

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Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941. Combatants You Never Knew About

From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk

December 7, 1941 was one of the deadliest days in American History. The massive assault on Pearl Harbor drove the American military to do something...

The Legacy of a Peace Camp for Middle-East Girls (from 2012)

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Today on Peace Talks Radio, an encore presentation of our visit with the Creativity for Peace Program (Now “TOMORROW’S WOMEN”), the camp for adoles...

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Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for November 15, 2023

From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine

This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Israel’s Mass Killing of Palestinian Civilians in Gaza, War Crimes and U.S...

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Military spouses say the GOP hold on service member promotions has put families' lives on hold, too

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: At an August 14 ceremony, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin congratulates Admiral Lisa Franchetti, who has been nominated to be the next Chief of Naval Operations. Franchetti is first woman to be nominated as a service chief. but will serve in an acting r, Credit: Chad J. McNeeley / U.S. Department of Defense

Since February, Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville has held up military nominations and promotions to pressure the Biden administration to re...

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Novelist Whitney Terrell

From: New Letters on the Air

Novelist Whitney Terrell talks about his third novel, THE GOOD LIEUTENANT. Terrell was embedded with the military in Iraq, writing non-fiction for ...

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D-day: 150,000 Men, and One Woman

From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk

Two and one-half minute commentary on D-day in 1941, and the only woman who made the landing at Normandy.

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A new federal law lets military spouses with professional licenses transfer them across state lines

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Military spouses meet prospective employers at the MilSpo Career Expo at Fort Bragg, N.C. in September 2022., Credit: Audra Satterlee / U.S. Army

The law’s backers say it will cut red tape so spouses can continue their careers without interruption. But it’s not clear yet exactly how the law w...

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An American Sonnet for The Woman Who Is a Journalist

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: From a buddhist center "...the cellular call, compassion..., Credit: Susan Cook

During National Poetry Month, an American Sonnet to bring us to know better the women journalists of Ukraine.

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A new Pentagon policy helps troops who travel to receive abortions. Republicans want to block it.

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Air Force Major Sharon Arana testified before a U.S. House committee in July 2022 about the challenged she faced as she sought an abortion in 2009 when she was stationed in Alabama. She is concerned that experiences like hers are becoming more common sinc, Credit: C-Span

The Pentagon policy reimburses service members for travel expenses and offers up to 21 days of leave for abortions and fertility treatment.

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V (formerly Eve Ensler): Reckoning with Our Past, Transforming the Future (Suggest- Women's History Month)

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

“Reckoning” is the new best-selling book from V (formerly Eve Ensler), author of “The Vagina Monologues” and founder of V-Day/One Billion Rising, ...

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Storycorps MVI: Diane Evans and Edie Meeks

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Caption: Diane Evans and Edie Meeks at the Vietnam Women’s Memorial in Washington, D.C., Credit: Courtesy of Diane Evans

Diane Evans and Edie Meeks were nurses at the height of the Vietnam War in 1969, and they remember serving next to the front lines--and their decad...

American Veteran: She dreamed of a Marine Corps career, but wasn't prepared for the 'shadow side.'

From: American Homefront Project
Series: 2022 American Veteran

Caption: Sergeant C.J. Scarlet, veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps., Credit: Ronan Killeen

Growing up as the daughter of a Marine, C.J. Scarlet dreamed of following in her father’s footsteps. When she enlisted in 1981, she was part of the...

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Most abortions are banned at military hospitals. Advocates want Congress to change that.

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Nurse practitioner Carmen George conducts an ultrasound at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio Texas, March 11, 2022., Credit: Melody Bordeaux / U.S. Air Force

As states across the country restrict abortion, President Biden and some other Democrats want to ease federal restrictions on the procedure.

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IE: Inside Europe, 8/5/2022

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW

This week on the show: Nuclear threats, war and exit strategies in Ukraine. The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain sets under the Turkey-brokered...

After Dobbs, troops seeking abortions may face long drives, career risks, privacy concerns

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: People on both sides of the abortion issue rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 1, 2021., Credit: Victoria Pickering / Flickr

More than 100 military installations are in states where abortion is now banned.

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The Augurs: Women of an Age

From: New Letters on the Air

THE AUGURS: WOMEN OF AN AGE is a special public poetry reading, featuring a group of women poets, all over the age of 60, sharing their work and vi...

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