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American Heaven
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: McBurney YMCA 2012
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18-year-old Radio Rookie Reporter, Danielle came from the Congo when she was 13 years old, leaving her mother and the life that she knew behind in ...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 07:27
FACING POVERTY III
From: Youth Media Project
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In Youth Media Project's Facing Poverty show students reflect on their own personal experiences of poverty. Hosts Savannah Chapman and Chloe Espin...

Bought by KUNM and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 29:49
  • Purchases: 2
San Francisco races to house homeless veterans in 100 days
From: KALW
Caption: Stephen Hancock reads in his new apartment in San Bruno, Credit: Mariel Waloff
Finding an apartment in San Francisco these days is an uphill battle on any kind of budget. Among those who find it most difficult are chronically ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2012
  • Length: 09:53
A Little Bit Happy
From: Joanna Solotaroff
Caption: Wanda and her family, Credit: Joanna Solotaroff
There are approximately 500 homeless families living in Cape Cod. Joanna Solotaroff interviewed Wanda and her three children to find out what it me...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2012
  • Length: 07:43
The Olympic Games: Who Wins?
From: Making Contact
Caption: Torch Blocked at Downtown East Side, Credit: AMANDA ZEIDERS / Pittsburgh Indymedia
The Olympic Games have grown into a multibillion dollar industry. But with that growth comes concerns about the negative effects of the event on t...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, Marfa Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KVSC


  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
Occupy: From Encampments to a Movement
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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‘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: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Veterans of Occupation: From Iraq to Wall Street
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Veterans Join Occupy Wall Street, Credit: Iraq Veterans Against War
On this edition, we bring you the voices of Veterans from Occupy Wall Street and a special report on veterans returning home from war and the strug...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
HOMELESSNESS (I Wanna Go Home)
From: BRICK CASEY
Caption: HOMELESSNESS (CD Cover)
Every year 600,000 families with 1.35 million children experience homelessness in the United States, making up about 50% of the homeless population...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 03:38
Linda Contes and Evelyn Williams
From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
Caption: Ms Evelyn Williams, Credit: Michael Premo
Two first-person stories about the struggle for home. With mounting hospital bills, Linda Contes and her husband struggle to make mortgage payments...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 10, 2011
  • Length: 11:11
  • Purchases: 1
Lorenzo Diggs and Joseph Ferdinand
From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
Caption: Lorenzo Diggs, Credit: Michael Premo
Two first-person stories about the struggle for home. Lorenzo Diggs takes us inside the harrowing conditions of the Bedford-Atlantic Armory shelter...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 10:11
  • Purchases: 1
Rob Robinson and Beverly Corbin
From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
Caption: Young man walking in Brooklyn, Credit: Michael Premo
Two first-person stories about the struggle for home. Shortly after being promoted and relocated from New York to Miami, Rob Robinson is laid off a...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 13:07
  • Purchases: 1
Where We Gonna Go?
From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
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Two first-person stories from seniors about their struggle for home. A senior citizen, who wishes to remain anonymous, grapples with living in New ...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 12:13
  • Purchases: 1
Maisha Morales and Jabir Suluki
From: Rachel Falcone
Series: Housing is a Human Right Storytelling Project Vol. 1
Caption: Children playing in Brooklyn, Credit: Michael Premo
Two first-person stories about gentrification and the struggle for home. Maisha Morales and her 10-year-old son Anthony talk about how her successf...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 08:11
  • Purchases: 1
Attention Homes
From: Rachel Sapin
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Attention Homes is committed to the youth of this community, to changing lives, and to reuniting families in difficult times. Their community-based...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 03:09
Off The Bus
From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen
Caption: Carmen Delzell, c. 2000
Carmen Delzell gets of a bus in Texas at 4am. She's coming back from Mexico with $5.00 in her pocket. She puts her bags in a shopping cart and re...

Bought by KUT, Public Radio Remix, and KCRW


  • Added: Nov 24, 2010
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 3
Crazy John
From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen
Caption: Carmen Delzell, c. 2000
Carmen Delzell was homeless for a couple of years in the early 1990's. This piece was produced in 1996, after she got on her feet and was living i...

Bought by KUT, KGLT, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Nov 24, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 3
Tent City
From: Eliza Ridgeway
Caption: Tent City resident Lantz Rowland has camped at religious sites across the greater Seattle area., Credit: Eliza Ridgeway
Religious Seattle residents are taking an in-your-face approach to housing the homeless.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 15:01
Homelessness: It Could Happen to Anyone, Even My Dad
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Caption: Iris and her dad, Robert
When Blunt member Iris SanGiovanni was eight years old, her dad became homeless for six months after her parents divorced. A few years later, she h...

Bought by WSLR, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSFR, WMPG, Public Radio Remix and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 9
It Wears You Down
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A profile of a man trying to get out of homelessness.

Bought by WMPG, WAMC, KUOW, and CKMO


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 4
Tanya Ward: A Triumph Over Addiction
From: Lisa Albert
Caption: Tanya Ward, Credit: Lisa Marie Albert
Tanya Ward shares her experience of recovery from the disease of addiction. In and out of jail from the age of 16, a life on the run, living on one...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 16, 2009
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 1