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2023 marked 20 years since the Monsanto Chemical Company settled with residents of Anniston, Alabama. 20,000 people in this town northeast of Birmingham blamed chemicals called PCBs, produced a local factory, for medical problems ranging from cancer to birth defects. Twenty years later, Anniston still bears the scars, and this isn’t the only example of industrial chemicals currently harming Alabamians, with the apparent endorsement of government. APR's news series is titled "Bad Chemistry."
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Alabama voters head to the polls next month. One ballot item could end slavery in the state. Alabama’s constitution still allows forced labor, one hundred and fifty seven years after the thirteenth amendment abolished the practice. That’s not the only lasting impact of slavery in Alabama. APR spoke with the descendants of some of estimated four hundred thousand people enslaved here around the Civil War. Many say they can’t find the burial sites of their ancestors, due to unmarked graves or bad records kept by their white captors. Alabama Public Radio news spent nine months looking into efforts to find and preserve slave cemeteries in the state. APR’s Pat Duggins has part one of our series we call “No Stone Unturned.”
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Please find enclosed Alabama Public Radio’s entry for the PMJA Award for Best Radio Feature Story, titled “When your sex trafficker is family.” The two…
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Alabama Public Radio’s entry for the PMJA Award for Best Long Documentary is titled “Selling Kids: Human Trafficking in Alabama.” The two member Alabama…
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Alabama Public Radio’s entry for the James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism is titled “Selling Kids: Human Trafficking in Alabama.” The two…
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Please find enclosed Alabama Public Radio’s entry for the PMJA award for Best Radio Use of Sound, titled “Selling Kids: Human Trafficking in Alabama.” The…
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Please find enclosed Alabama Public Radio’s entry for the Green Eyeshade Award for Best Radio Feature Story, titled “Changing Mindsets on Sex…
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Please find enclosed Alabama Public Radio’s entry for the Green Eyeshade Award for Best Radio Feature Story, titled “When your trafficker is family.” The…
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Best Radio Public Service "Selling Kids: Human Trafficking in Alabama" APRAlabama Public Radio’s entry for the Green Eyeshade Award for Best Public Service is titled “Selling Kids: Human Trafficking in Alabama.” The two member…
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Alabama Public Radio’s entry for the Green Eyeshade Award for Best Documentary is titled “Selling Kids: Human Trafficking in Alabama.” The two member…
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Please find enclosed Alabama Public Radio’s entry for the Green Eyeshade Award for Best Radio Investigation, titled “Alabama, Human Trafficking, and the…
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Best Public Affairs-- "Selling Kids: Human Trafficking in Alabama" Alabama Public RadioAlabama Public Radio’s entry for the Abby Award for Best Radio Public Affairs is titled “Selling Kids: Human Trafficking in Alabama.” The two member…