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Pat DugginsVoters in rural Alabama will cast historic votes this November. It’s the first time residents in the newly redrawn Congressional District Two will pick their member of the U.S. House. It took a fight before the U.S. Supreme Court to create the new map to better represent African Americans in Congress. The concern now is over ongoing legal challenges that could flip the map back to a majority of white voters who lean conservative. The APR news team has spent the last nine months looking into issues surrounding the new District Two. -
Taylor Phillips2023 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 Public Radio's podcast on the still unfolding story of the State's "Children of Chernobyl" program. -
The Alabama Public Radio newsroom collaborated with the University of Alabama's Center for Public Television on the still unfolding story of the State's "children of Chernobyl" program. This includes promotional spots like this one on social media for part four of our podcast. -
The Alabama Public Radio newsroom collaborated with the University of Alabama's Center for Public Television on the still unfolding story of the State's "children of Chernobyl" program. This includes promotional spots like this one on social media on part three of our podcast. -
The Alabama Public Radio newsroom collaborated with the University of Alabama's Center for Public Television on the still unfolding story of the State's "children of Chernobyl" program. This includes promotional spots like this one on social media for part 2 of the podcast. -
Alabama Public Radio and the University of Alabama's Center for Public Television used vintage video to promote part 1 of the podcast "When Vanya Came Home." -
Next week marks thirty five years since the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster. The 1986 explosion in the Soviet nation of Ukraine sent radioactive fallout drifting north over the neighboring country of Belarus. That’s where families in Alabama stepped in. During the years 1999 and 2000, over two hundred Belarusian children were flew to the State for medical treatment and a chance to get away from the shadow of Chernobyl. Alabama Public Radio and the University of Alabama's Center for Public Television collaborated for close to two years to tell this story. This may have been twenty years ago, but the family connections still appear strong. -
Alabama faces Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl semi-final game ahead of this season's college football championship. The Crimson Tide defeated the Fighting… -
Please find enclosed Alabama Public Radio’s entry for the PMJA Award for Best Radio Series, titled “Alabama Human Trafficking.” The two member Alabama… -
Best Investigative "Alabama, Human Trafficking, and the Web" Alabama Public RadioPlease find enclosed Alabama Public Radio’s entry for the PMJA Award for Best Radio Investigation, titled “Alabama, Human Trafficking, and the Web.” The… -
(OPP, Ala.)-- Multiple festivals are taking place across the state as Alabama celebrates its bicentennial. But there is an event that takes place every…
