New Visions, New Voices

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New Visions, New Voices is a Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)-funded initiative that produces a series of short -form programming aimed at bringing more diverse voices to public radio.  In the months ahead, New Visions, New Voices will also provide longer form programs that explore in- depth issues in education, technology, politics and more.  New Visions, New Voices will tap into some of the nation’s most important emerging voices to offer public radio the rich, varied voices that are necessary for public radio’s reach to its evolving diverse audiences. 

Series

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6 Pieces

This is American Achievers: Lovers of Freedom with Charles S. Dutton. They may have been revolutionaries from different stripes, but these men and women fought for equality for all who called America home.

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36 Pieces

Internationally renowned education professor Pedro Noguera, Ph.D. provides cogent, provocative analyses of the most pressing Education Matters. Both through commentaries and weekly three-to-five-minute vignettes, Noguera engages parents, teachers, school administrators, policymakers and other education stakeholders on the vital education issues facing the nation.

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8 Pieces

Latinos are the largest and fastest growing minority group in the country. Though many are recent immigrants, Hispanics have been living in America as far back as the 16th century, even before settlers from England. How has the the American narrative been shaped by Latinos, and how will they continue to shape it? We bring you stories of the Hispanic/Latino American experience, past, present, and future.

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19 Pieces

Widely revered as an expert in the fields of race, gender, politics, and policy, Avis Jones- DeWeever, Ph.D., merges her interests to examine how they intersect within the larger culture.

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19 Pieces

Highlights from the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s (NMAAHC) Civil Rights History Project, a joint effort of the Library of Congress and NMAAHC to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals—many who are unheralded—who participated in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s.

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10 Pieces

Georgetown University professor and social critic Michael Eric Dyson weighs in with searing commentary on the hottest issues of the day.

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24 Pieces

The Buck Series is a 24-part audio series narrated by award-winning filmmaker, author, and professor, MK Asante exploring themes addressed in his critically acclaimed memoir, Buck.


Pieces

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Common core standards have been adopted by 44 states across the country, but questions remain about its implementation. A fourth-grade math and sci...

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  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 2
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We know America's dropout crisis exacts a heavy toll on America's future, but why have attempts to address it failed? Education Matters contributor...

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  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
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In this commentary, Dyson addresses the historic biases with regard to lighter and darker complexioned blacks, and how best to move past the patho...

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
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In this commentary, Dyson explores the reasons behind the disparity in prison sentencing between black and white men for the same crimes, and why i...

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
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When the male-dominated Texas legislature was poised to pass a bill that would have essentially shut down each of the state’s remaining clinics off...

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
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When the Supreme Court struck down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, the majority did so with an eye toward the past and a distinctly blurred vie...

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Though much of America has become distracted by the Paula Deen case, we still have a significant problem when it comes to speaking openly and hones...

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Jones-DeWeever speaks with Jon Greenbaum, chief counsel and senior deputy director of the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, to learn m...

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  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
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The U.S. Supreme Court recently handed down a decision that essentially eliminated Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Jones-DeWeever speaks with J...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Rev. Joseph E. Lowery discusses New York Times v. Sullivan, the case in which he was a defendant along with Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph Abernathy, an...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WVAS, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 8