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Can You See the White? (Part 1)

Airs at: Fri, 08/03/2018 at 10:00am - 10:15am
Produced for:  Valley Views
Faith is a white woman who reflects on personal and societal events that shaped her life’s journey to racial justice and equity awareness.  I asked Faith to be on the show because she and I have had many conversations about race that may be inspiring to listeners.  I admire... Read more

The War on Reproductive Rights

Airs at: Sun, 07/29/2018 at 12:00am - 12:30am
Produced for:  Century Of Lies
This week on Century of Lies we hear from Lynn Paltrow, founder and executive director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women, and Dorothy E. Roberts, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and author of Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and th... Read more

Criminalization of Pregnancy

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2018 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  Prison Pipeline
Discussion about the Supreme Court, reproductive rights, and the efforts by some to use the criminal justice system to control people's lives and health featuring Lynn Paltrow with National Advocates for Pregnant Women, and acclaimed scholar of race, gender, and the law Pro... Read more

Makani Themba on Russia-Phobia, Police Brutality & the Kidnapping of Immigrant Children

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2018 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
  Voices of Resistance from the Nation's Capital Makani Themba on Russia-phobia, police brutality, the kidnapping of immigrant children and the movie 'Sorry to Bother You'...Gerald Horne on the BRICS Summit..Headlines on the Youth Climate March, #RedforFeds federal workers... Read more

Press**Watch for 7/26/18

Airs at: Thu, 07/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Presswatch
ICE: the struggle is just beginning Read more

Ken McDouall - Prison Librarian (Part 2)

Airs at: Wed, 07/25/2018 at 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Produced for:  Off The Shelf
In this segment, I conclude my conversation with Ken McDouall, library associate at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) in Gig Harbor, Washington. We talk about censorship of library materials, the qualities of a successful prison librarian, and how Ken feels... Read more

Say Her Name! NIA WILSON

Airs at: Thu, 07/26/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
  A white man in Oakland fatally stabs a Black woman and injures her sister on Sunday evening, July 22. Eighteen-year-old Nia Wilson died at the scene, her 26-year-old sister Letifah Wilson was hospitalized. The incident took place on the platform of the BART train, the Ba... Read more

Human Rights: Fracking and Climate Change with Sandra Steingraber

Airs at: Mon, 07/30/2018 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Produced for:  Locus Focus
Last May the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal, an internationally recognized Civil Society public opinion tribunal functioning independently of state authorities, held a special session in Corvallis, Oregon, on the human rights impacts of fracking and climate change On this epi... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for July 23, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this show, and we hear: 1. West Virginia teacher and organizer Nicole McCormick talks with the Old Mole's Bill Resnick about what went into the successful strike there. 2. Elizabeth Theil, Vice President of Portland Association of Teachers, explains how... Read more

Janus and Portland Teachers

Airs at: Mon, 07/23/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with Elizabeth Theil about Portland Public Schools. Elizabeth Theil is currently the Vice President of Portland Association of Teachers.  Read more