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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[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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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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[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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“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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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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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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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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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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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.
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