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When you see a barricade, do you feel safe?

From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions

Slow Streets' hit a bump in Oakland and turned into something better.

Bought by WFHB

This "Bad Child" Became a Judge With a Passion for Justice, Poetry, and Decency

From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned

Season 1.5, Episode 3 Retried Judge Calvin Johnson was a lot of firsts, including the first elected African American judge in New Orleans. Johnso...

How are the record number of people returning from Louisiana prisons making their way in the world?

From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned

Season 1, Episode 14 Here’s what it’s like when you’re released from prison. You’re given a $20 debit card and a bus ride home. You need housing, ...

Dr. Hassan Tetteh: It Took Perseverance to Keep Going

From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues

Caption: Dr. Hassan Tetteh, Credit: Shefik

Perseverance - Dr. Hassan Tetteh is a board-certified surgeon specializing in thoracic surgery, critical care, heart and lung transplantation, rese...

Episode 1: Welcome to Watershed!

From: Justin Glanville
Series: Watershed Cleveland

Caption: Dawn Arrington, Credit: Angie Hayes

Welcome to Watershed, a podcast about life in a group of neighborhoods on the East Side of Cleveland.

Crossing East: Relations

From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series

Caption: Ellen Choy-Asians4BlackLives, Credit: Brooke Anderson Photography

Crossing East: Relations is one-hour documentary special produced by Dmae Roberts, executive producer of MediaRites’ Crossing East series with Roby...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and Georgia Public Broadcasting

Life of the Law #90: Kids Doing Life

From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law

The US Supreme Court issued a series of decisions that teens can’t be sentenced to death and they can’t be given an automatic life sentence without...

Bought by KRZA

On the Other Side of the Myth: A Conversation with Michelle Alexander and Tim Wise

From: Chris Moore-Backman
Series: Bringing Down the New Jim Crow

This second installment in the series titled Bringing Down the New Jim Crow features the first ever dialog between legal scholar Michelle Alexander...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KFOK-LPFM, and WDSE

Oscar Grant and Police Accountability

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

We take a look at the Police killing of Oscar Grant in Oakland, and the debate over who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio

An Imperfect Revolution: Voices from the Desegregation Era

From: American Public Media
Series: American RadioWorks: Black History

The 1970s saw a tidal change in American race relations: for the first time, large numbers of white, black and other children of color began attend...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, WUFT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WBHM, Troy Public Radio and more

Breaking Through the Blue Wall of Silence

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Oakland protestors lay in the position Oscar Grant was in when he was killed, Credit: Andrew Stelzer

Who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong—the police chief or the people? Cities across the country are creating civilian oversig...

Bought by KVSC