Wrongfully Convicted

Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 23:52 — 33.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSSince 1989, over 3,000 people have been exonerated from prison sentences in the United States after evidence proved they were innocent. But how hard is it […]

White Hands Choir

Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:34 — 20.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSImagine a choir where some singers cannot see and others cannot hear. That’s the concept of a unique project in Venezuela, which shows how – when […]

Climate-Forced Indigenous Migration

Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:04 — 28.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSNavajo Nation people are being forced out. The same is happening in Central America, where the rainy season has become shorter and unpredictable. Farmers, most of […]

Big Story
Big Story – Coca Growers

The decades-long War on Drugs failed. The Colombian government is trying a new approach.

Big Story – Children Of The Border

On the Colombia-Venezuela border, dozens of children relentlessly pursue their education as they dream of a better future. Every day, they brave the indomitable terrain of the La Guajira peninsula to get to school.

Americas Now
Venezuelan Students Crossing

Podcast (americasnow): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:39 — 25.0MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSEvery morning…dozens of kids in western Venezuela leave their homes before 5-am — to embark on an adventurous journey to school. And it’s not just any school… […]

Full Frame
Full Frame: Peace of Art

Across time, artists have utilized their craft to convey a spectrum of emotions, from elation to anguish. Through exhibitions, concerts, and plays worldwide, our profound sentiments find expression. Can moments of adversity also ignite creativity?

Full Frame: Ancient Chinese Art

When archaeologists started excavations in Anyang, China in the 1920s, they found artifacts that had survived thousands of years buried in the ground. They included bronze pots, clay jars and jade jewelry. They also discovered the early stages of the Chinese writing system. A recent […]