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ST. PAUL, Minn. - A unique program is teaching Minnesotans compassion for the working poor, by putting them in the shoes of those who struggle on a...
- Added: May 22, 2012
- Length: 00:01:37
BISMARCK, N.D. - Poverty rates in the Midwest and Great Plains, including North Dakota, are generally higher in rural counties than in the urban ce...
- Added: May 15, 2012
- Length: 00:01:34
Carlos Vigil, from the YouthWorks program in Santa Fe, NM, wrote this poem-rap about growing up poor in New Mexico.
- Added: May 04, 2012
- Length: 00:01:47
Jennie Arnau - Better Luck Next Time from Occupy This Album
- Added: Apr 26, 2012
- Length: 00:04:06
When one in six Arizonans is on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps), it's big news when a congressi...
- Added: Apr 26, 2012
- Length: 00:02:16
(un)covering the media
- Added: Mar 29, 2012
- Length: 00:05:01
An intimate look into the experiences and motivations of eight current and former AmeriCorps volunteers in Montana.
In celebration of National Ame...
- Added: Mar 29, 2012
- Length: 00:54:29
It’s not even the crime that counts sometimes. It’s that little box on an application that asks you to reveal if you have a criminal history. Chec...
- Added: Mar 06, 2012
- Length: 00:29:01
The story of Trish Hack-Rubinstein, President and Co-founder of the Friends of Fresh and Green Academy, a school for impoverished children in Addis...
- Added: Mar 01, 2012
- Length: 00:28:00
Cleaner cookstoves could save millions of lives and slow global warming.
- Added: Feb 17, 2012
- Length: 00:01:00
From My Life Is True
When Vunetta moved into public housing, she discovered what people meant by "the welcoming committee."
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 00:02:06
Katie Marshall and Lisa Stauffer join Travis Ryder to preview the exhibitions appearing this month at MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids. The mai...
- Added: Jan 12, 2012
- Length: 00:11:52
‘We are the 99 percent’ has become a rallying cry for people uniting to change a system based on greed and exploitation. We’ll look at what it’ll t...
Bought by KHNS and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Nov 23, 2011
- Length: 00:29:00
- Purchases: 2
A profile of Willie - who faced violence and poverty for all of his childhood, but has found refuge in helping kids facing the same challenge.
Bought by KWMR-FM
- Added: Oct 27, 2011
- Length: 00:05:00
- Purchases: 1
Vijay Govindarajan, co-creator of the $300 House Project, discusses the genesis of the idea, how it’s different from mere cheap housing, and his ho...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Sep 25, 2011
- Length: 00:15:12
- Purchases: 1
David Aylward specializes in a new sector called mobile health, which uses cell phone and other communications technology to connect poor patients ...
- Added: Aug 19, 2011
- Length: 00:29:41
As part of our “Women Rising” series, we profile a dynamic partnership between the Women’s Earth Alliance and the Global Women’s Water Initiative: ...
- Added: Jun 30, 2011
- Length: 00:29:00
During this program, Ruth McLaughlin talks with The Write Question producer Chérie Newman about growing up near Culbertson, Montana, and the legacy...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Apr 16, 2011
- Length: 00:29:00
- Purchases: 1
"Although there is no magic bullet, social entrepreneurship unlocks everybody's ability to be a change maker and to participate in the solutions to...
Bought by KFOK-LP
- Added: Mar 04, 2011
- Length: 00:29:45
- Purchases: 1
Professor Michelle Alexander, author of ‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’ makes the case that the US’ criminal ju...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Feb 09, 2011
- Length: 00:29:00
- Purchases: 1
A look into how struggling communities around the U.S. are meeting each others needs, without charity, or even exchanging a dollar.
Bought by KUNM
- Added: Dec 15, 2010
- Length: 00:29:00
- Purchases: 1
Rents have always been high in New York; but since 1994, so called ‘Quality of Life’ policing, and business friendly development strategies have de...
- Added: Dec 01, 2010
- Length: 00:17:01
So-called ‘quality of life’ policing may temporarily decrease crime, but it has harsh consequences for innocent people caught up in the frenzy of a...
- Added: Nov 30, 2010
- Length: 00:29:00
During the housing boom, low-income families were drawn to the suburbs by construction and service jobs, as well as the opportunity to have their o...
- Added: Oct 21, 2010
- Length: 00:15:04
Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmakers Erica Scharf and Christina King of the new film Up Heartbreak Hill.
- Added: Oct 11, 2010
- Length: 00:16:30
