A U D I O & V I D E O


Hospitals lose 75% of profit in worst economic downturn since the Great Depression	Americans grieve their loved ones as the country passes 100,000 deaths from covid-19	Paying homage to medical workers on Memorial Day as "front lines" has new meaning
Growing calls to defund police would bring more than financial changes to departments	Shortages of Personal Protective Equipment force hospitals to turn to unlikely sources	Groups team up with restaurants to feed health care workers across the country
The emotional toll of the pandemic weighs heavily on health care professionals	Health care workers share gripping observations of the "lonely" days coronavirus patients face	Doctors and nurses describe the front lines of fighting the coronavirus pandemic
Historic Midwest floods from climate change expose fragile ecosystems in Mississippi	Promises to save coal unfulfilled as miners lose their jobs across the country	Election security looms ahead of 2020 as PA district has voting machine issues
Rodney Reed scheduled for death in Texas years after stay prevented his execution	South Bronx hurt by climate change & pollution, residents call it "environmental racism"	Foreign interference making some voters lose confidence amid problems at polls in PA
Bipartisan push in Texas aims to stop death row inmate Rodney Reed's for second time	Work on climate change can lead to abundant future as more young people become activists	Zero Hours in climate crisis: 17-year-old suing Washington state for fossil fuel expansion
Climate crisis affecting young people: 13 year old educates students and speaks at rallies	12-year-old activist: science-based plan needed to address climate crisis around the globe	Students taking lead on protesting climate crisis as school strikes become global phenomenon
Georgetown students push for reparations to address university's dark past	Indiana farmer looks to new ways to grow crops as Trump's tariffs and weather cause harm	Flint's toxic water crisis continues four years after residents found out they were poisoned
Crossing the desert on New Mexico's remote border shows many sides of immigration debate	Inside the Brooklyn jail freeze and rights for the incarcerated inside it	How North Carolina's House race became embroiled in widespread electoral fraud
The fight to restore voting rights led by people with felony convictions in Florida	African-American voters in Iowa feel left out of discussions about elections	The most memorable campaign ad this year came from a tiny Socialist studio in Detroit
Trump's trade war frustrates Tennessee soy and pig farmers looking to sell their products	Toxic red tide ravages Florida coastlines and becomes key election issue in tight races	She didn't vote in 2016 and now she's running for local office in Flint

Jeff Session's last act as attorney general limited criminal justice reform	A wave of African-American women elected to office around Memphis, TN	Puerto Ricans could be the new swing voters in battleground state of Florida

Teenagers will lead the charge and demand change at anti-gun violence March for Our Lives	After explicit photo scandal, Marine Corps grapples with culture of disrespect for women	Here’s why restoring power in Puerto Rico is taking so long and what that means for life there

Dave Chappelle on comedy in the #MeToo moment: ‘We’re all figuring this out’	No smartphones allowed at a performance? That's how Dave Chappelle wants it	Self-awareness is key to self-sufficiency at this job training program
South Africa grapples with contentious reminders of apartheid and colonialism	New contemporary art museum shows off the complex identities of Africa	Puerto Rico's education system in doubt as kids leave in hurricane exodus
‘Hamilton’ creator Lin-Manuel Miranda takes on new role as activist for Puerto Rico	Confederate monument removed by one Kentucky city finds another home	Philadelphia's public art project challenges the meaning behind monuments
Coal miners’ much-needed health care collides with budget showdown	Why one Texas sheriff fears tougher immigration enforcement will make her city less safe	This Baltimore school helps girls step up for college and is featured in documentary
Can a contemporary art mecca anchor this once-industrial town?	A feast of African-American culinary contributions, baked into the South’s DNA	Jason Isbell’s ‘Nashville Sound’ conjures rural Americans and their concerns
Why musicians and fans still flock to Newport Folk Festival after decades	Between this vegan cafe and a ‘Trump’ cafe in Texas, a political chasm	Billy Bragg addresses how old-timey ‘skiffle’ music liberated British rock
Facing outsized stress, Baltimore students learn mindfulness	At Moogfest, the music revolution will be synthesized	Chuck Berry’s final album tops off legacy as rock pioneer
Whitney Biennial artists take a hard look at America, and find ways to connect	After fame, magic and controversy, Ringling Bros. Circus will take its last bow	Depicting colonialism and globalization through art ‘full of contradiction’
For newly named U.S. poet laureate, the power of poetry is opening ourselves to others

Associated Press - APTN Middle East Extra-Horizons

Microbrews spreading craft beer culture across the Middle East	Historic Lebanese hotel struggles amid conflict across the border	Street art exhibit "The Eyes of Gaza" on display in Amman

Syrian refugees make ends meet scaveging garbage	Glossy online magazine caters Arab LGBT community	Art collective brings color to the walls of Amman

Sinkholes swallow the ground as Dead Sea dries up	Syrian hopes passport will lead him to Europe	Sea port threatens to damage virgin Lebanese coastline

AJ+ series on Syrian refugee kids: Stories of education and employment
15-year-old works construction site to help support his family	Young refugees spend spare time learning in community center	Two kids in and out of school, both with dreams for the future



Independent videos

Syrian refugee teens gain confidence by learning the art of capoeira	Climate change in Jordan (in production): A stark picture for the little water left	Women and children discuss fleeing the violence of Syria
The Path to Tahrir- Protest march leads to iconic square in the beginning of Egypt's 2011 Uprising	Beirutis protest against government's weak stance on combating rape	Reviving an old neighborhood in Lebanon: an examintation of unused public space in the capital
Libyan anti-rape advertisement: Encouraging men to support the females in their lives	Palestinians and supporters get to the border in Lebanon but are stopped by Israeli troops
Faith, Prevention and Suffering: HIV/AIDS and Christianity In this documentary I used a children’s board game as a springboard to discuss the challenges Christians and Christian organizations when they attempt to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS and to assist those who are infected. The challenges include issues of human sexuality and the socio-economic conditions exacerbating the spread of the disease, and also the condemnation of homosexual activity and the opposition to condom use. The stigma attached to the disease, however, could be the most comprehensive and difficult dilemma. It stems from a complex psychological fear of the unknown, an aversion to people who are different, and the fundamental drive for self-preservation. Those addressing the disease believe how churches deal with this crisis could determine its viability as a public institution in the 21st century. It was screened at Northwestern University in 2005 and later viewed with a panel discussion and town hall meeting in Chicago for World AIDS Day.	Faith, Prevention & Suffering: HIV/AIDS and Christianity in the US


Staying motivated and inspired as a freelancer	Nabbesh simplifies freelancing in the Middle East

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