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Family Watch

by Steve Zimmer

• September 1, 2015

Steve Zimmer lives in New York, but he didn’t always live in a big city. When he was a kid, Steve and his family moved from one small town to another, and you know how…

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Block Boss

by Kaitlin Prest

• August 25, 2015

[Encore presentation of Episode 6 from January 29, 2013] On every city block, there are rules. Some are unspoken, some require friendly reminders, some are enforced by the law. There are people who take it…

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Three Strikes

by Clemmie Greenlee

• August 18, 2015

Clemmie Greenlee works at Eden House in Uptown New Orleans, the first shelter for sex-trafficking victims in Louisiana. The center opened in October 2012. You can read more about Clemmie here. “I was born a…

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Water Rights

by Jason Albert

• August 11, 2015

[Encore presentation of Episode 21 from November 19, 2013] In the Western United States, water law is based on what seems like a simple principle: “first in use is first in right.” In other words, first…

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Skatepark

by Skylar Fein

• August 4, 2015

“I crawled through the underbrush, then I popped out into a beautiful, green clearing in the middle of the city. And in the center of it, about 20 young people were mixing concrete in big…

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No Lawyers Allowed

by Alisa Roth

• July 28, 2015

On the afternoon of June 30, 2003, Derrick Hamilton was escorted downstairs to face his fate, at a disciplinary hearing at Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York. The hearing officer was Jim Kennedy, a…

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Outside The Womb

by Michael Sullivan

• July 14, 2015

Couples who want babies but can’t have them naturally are increasingly turning to surrogacy instead of adoption. And in many countries, the business of providing surrogates is big business. Thailand was a popular destination until…

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The Bear

by Kalila Holt

• June 30, 2015

When I first meet Frank Abramovitz, he’s wearing a leather Harley Davidson hat and jeans that are a little too short. He has bright blue eyes and a gold hoop in his ear. He’s 75…

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The Trauma Room

by Annie Brown

• June 16, 2015

When I met Deborah, she had just come home from a prison in upstate New York. Deborah, which is not her real name, had cycled in and out of prison for nearly 30 years, mostly…

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Oswald is Still Dead

by Ashley Cleek

• June 2, 2015

Lee Harvey Oswald was murdered before he could stand trial for the assassination of JFK. But that hasn’t stopped people from trying to get him into a courtroom, over and over again.