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As part of our water week series, we explore flooding in America's heartland.

What are the financial, logistical, and emotional costs of having to leave your home to get an abortion?

At the start of the 20th century, only the most privileged could afford to go to college. Today, millions of students pursue higher education, but collectively they owe $1.7 trillion in debt.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anne Hull grew up in the rural interior of Central Florida during the 1960s and '70s. Her memoir evokes a land of perfect citrus, and the cruel costs of its harvest.

Two studies have outlined the staggering financial, social and healthcare toll of America's gun violence epidemic. The groups behind the study hope the cost will spur legislative and cultural change.

What does it actually mean to be poor? And how do people fall below the poverty line?

The NFL draft is set to bring hundreds of thousands of fans to Pittsburgh this week. The school district plans to pivot to remote learning in response to overcrowded transportation systems.

According to a poll from NPR and PBS last month, abortion is the second most important issue for voters after inflation.

In Scrapper, a plucky 12-year-old girl is living on her own, making rent money by stealing bicycles.

The Writers Guild of America has gone on strike against major Hollywood studios after both parties were unable to agree on a new contract. Picketing started Tuesday afternoon in New York and L.A.

It's been a wild couple of years, and in California prisons, it was no different. We experienced lockdowns and quarantines, death, friendship, and love. Get ready for a brand new season of Uncuffed!This season, we'll hear about how some unexpected letters during the pandemic changed everything for a family divided. We'll listen up close as some our friends take big life steps, and others finally get their freedom. And always, we'll continue to bring you deep conversations about our lives inside San Quentin and Solano State Prisons.

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Transcripts are available within a week of the episode coming out, at www.kalw.org/podcast/uncuffed

Around one in five American adults use alternative financial services rather than traditional banks - and pay a high cost.