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Without ever knowing it, you may have driven the same routes, passed the same landmarks and used the same rest stops as today’s human trafficking n...

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  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 07:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Helen Morley was an unsung hero in a relatively unknown battle – the grassroots fight for mental health care in Chicago. Her deficits were often he...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:20
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Recently, a man convicted of aiding the prostitution of a young woman who was exploited by over 150 men, was given a 3 week sentence. This sente...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2013
  • Length: 03:45
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The story is about a proposal to mandate sexual assault education for all incoming students that is being considered by the university senate boar...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 02:01
Caption: STACCATO LOGO , Credit: Judlyne A. Lilly
STACCATO is a weekly 2:30 feature covering events, trends and news in classical music.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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A brutal gang rape on a New Delhi bus has sparked global outrage and national soul-searching in India. Many are calling for the death penalty for t...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:02
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On January 24, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta lifted the ban on women serving in combat roles in the military. War News Radio reporter Amy DiPie...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
Caption: HOST PAM MCKISSICK
Produced for Weekend Edition programming, Pam McKissick Without Reserve is a one-hour talk show that delivers unfiltered commentary on the world of...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 47:15
Caption: Kalpana Pradhan, Kolkata, India
A chaotic system of divorce by folk beliefs and text messages may be nearing its end.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2012
  • Length: 28:44
Caption: Kyndall Goss
Kyndall Goss of Tacoma, Wash. talked with KPLU about healthcare.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: :17
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Too Busy Raising Families to Cast Votes, They Say – Question Comes Up at Convention. From the July 19, 1912 edition of The Washington Herald.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2012
  • Length: 01:53
Caption: Karen Davenport, Credit: Nat'l Women's Law Cntr
Series host Martha Burk interviews Karen Davenport, Director of Health Policy at the National Women's Law Center in Washington DC, on the impact of...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 28:26
Caption: Women working WWII, Credit: Creative Commons
There's a lot of buzz around the topic of female entrepreneurship right now. But the statistics on female business owners haven't changed much late...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 10:50
Caption: Mary-Charlotte Domandi
Radio Cafe host Mary-Charlotte Domandi interviews Elizabeth Cline about her new book, Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion. Cline...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2012
  • Length: 28:35
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HENDERSON, Texas - An east Texas high school senior who reported being raped on campus by a fellow student in 2010 was wronged when she was punishe...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 02:43
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DES MOINES, Iowa - Engineering used to be a career field that appealed mostly to boys - but that's changing. Des Moines Area Community College, Iow...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 01:09
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Crimes of passion are not uncommon, but in the late 19th century, a lower-class woman being acquitted of a high-class murder on an insanity defense...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:17
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LANSING, Mich. - The Violence Against Women Act has been renewed twice with bipartisan support since originally passed in 1994, but this year's rea...

  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:02
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Women would be more physically active if it were more fun, according to a new study.

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:19
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As the Syrian revolution unfolded over the last year, Syrian-Americans have been glued to YouTube - the primary source of information from the war ...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
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Women’s role in the national economy has been a running theme of this year’s election season. Following a newly released White House report from th...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 08:11
  • Purchases: 1
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The second part of our series examines the challanges victims face after being sexually assaulted in the military.

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 1
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Host Lisa-Marie Napoli speaks with the Dean of the Office for Women's Affairs at Indiana University, Yvette Alex-Assesnsoh, and Maren Pink of IU's ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:30
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Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth spoke for a literally standing room only crowd last night at the Ernie Pyle Auditorium in the Indiana ...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2012
  • Length: 01:03:32
Caption: Rear Adm. Wendi Carpenter congratulates Lt. j.g. Carolyn Bloomfield for earning her carrier qualifications during the Women in Aviation Conference.
Juggling work and motherhood is always hard, but imagine if you were an admiral in the Navy.

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2011
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1