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Working women have been particularly hard hit by the global recession, in part because of long-standing discrimination.
- Added: Mar 12, 2010
- Length: 03:11
Drawing on his 34 years in office, Lee H. Hamilton offers a unique perspective on Congress, foreign affairs, and the legislative process
- Added: Mar 09, 2010
- Length: 01:47
Drawing on his 34 years in office, Lee H. Hamilton offers a unique perspective on Congress, foreign affairs, and the legislative process.
- Added: Mar 03, 2010
- Length: 01:35
Advocates of teaching labor in public schools have scored an important victory.
- Added: Dec 17, 2009
- Length: 03:19
The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board discusses controversies at her agency.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 54:00
Airline and railroad workers voting on whether to unionize are greatly hampered by peculiar rules that count eligible voters who don't vote as voti...
- Added: Nov 05, 2009
- Length: 02:59
New studies show that the young Americans who will shape our future have been hit painfully hard by today's economic downturn.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 09, 2009
- Length: 04:36
- Purchases: 1
Despite the recession, women workers are close to outnumbering male workers.
- Added: Sep 25, 2009
- Length: 02:36
Dave Zirin and Elizabeth Terzakis take a look back at the history of discrimination against women in sports, and we’ll hear where the long battle f...
Bought by WJCT, RadioStPete Florida, KMXT, 90.5 WSNC, KUT and more
- Added: Sep 04, 2009
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 6
Unions are marking Labor Day with high hopes that the Obama administration will move to finally lessen the severe on-the-job hazards facing U.S. wo...
- Added: Sep 01, 2009
- Length: 04:20
Composer Igor Stravinsky did not necessarily want us to hear or feel emotion in his music. According to conductor Charles Dutoit, Stravinsky was a...
Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
- Added: Jul 27, 2009
- Length: :20
- Purchases: 1
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, or EITI, is the focus of today’s show. First, we hear from Bennett Freeman, who serves on the E...
- Added: May 20, 2009
- Length: 28:27
It's the anniversary of the Ludlow Massacre, one of the most horrific episodes in U.S. labor history.
- Added: Apr 10, 2009
- Length: 04:33
BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Mar 11, 2009
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...
- Added: Mar 06, 2009
- Length: 29:03
A profile of sorts and an exploration of the history and legacy of George W. Bush and the first eight years of a new millennium. A look at what may...
Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and KWIT
- Added: Mar 03, 2009
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 3
From: Chris Goldstein
Chris Goldstein looks at the current economic crisis with Economist Dean Baker who was one of the few credited with predicting our current money me...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jan 21, 2009
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
Chris Goldstein looks at the current economic crisis with Economist Dean Baker who was one of the few credited with predicting our current money me...
- Added: Jan 16, 2009
- Length: 28:40
Ralph Nader is demanding repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act, the chief obstacle to a revitalized labor movement.
- Added: Oct 09, 2008
- Length: 03:47
Thanks to their political allies, U.S. unions are celebrating Labor Day with unusually high expectations of success.
- Added: Aug 24, 2008
- Length: 04:48
The Bush administration continues its refusal to adopt safety regulations that would lessen the workplace hazards that endanger millions of workers.
- Added: Aug 08, 2008
- Length: 03:59
Summer's heat is posing serious dangers for the farmworkers who harvest most of our fruits and vegetables.
- Added: Jul 17, 2008
- Length: 03:19
It's Equal It's Equal Pay Day again, time to remind us of the discrimination that keeps working women's pay far behind that of men.ps workiIt
- Added: Apr 17, 2008
- Length: 02:37
A commentary noting Martin Luther King Jr.'s staunch support of union rights, which he died defending.
- Added: Apr 04, 2008
- Length: 02:58
A commentary noting that union membership is finally growing -- and what must be done to keep it growing.
- Added: Feb 15, 2008
- Length: 04:34
