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The Obama Administration Needs Ruthless Yuppies
From: Duval Culpepper
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Young Urban Professionalism needs to be in vogue again

  • Added: Nov 05, 2008
  • Length: 02:56
This I Believe - Sufiya Abdur-Rahman
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Sufiya Abdur-Rahman believes being black is beautiful and not a condition she has to rise above.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KBGA 89.9 FM


  • Added: Sep 22, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
Hope in '08? What About Hope in '68?
From: PRX PromCom
Series: Promise Commentaries
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Why are so many sixties radicals so passionate about Obama?

Bought by WDCV, Jenka Soderberg, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 01, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
KERA Commentary: Popular Vote
From: KERA
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Proposal for changing voting system for U.S. President

  • Added: May 06, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
Women's History Month: "Don' t be a Marshmallow!"
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary noting that few women are more deserving of special attention during Women's History Month than farm worker leader Dolores Huerta.

Bought by KGLP and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 2
A Union That Made Black History
From: Dick Meister
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The pioneering Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters played a major role in the struggle of African Americans for equal rights.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WDBM, and WEZU


  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 3
One of Labor's Greatest Leaders
From: Dick Meister
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Few leaders have left a greater legacy than labor leader Jack Hall, a major figure in the transformation of feudalistic Hawaii into a democratic st...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2007
  • Length: 04:43
The Labor Legacy of John Steinbeck
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary noting that author John Steinbeck was one of the best friends American workers ever had.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 04:18
A Remarkable, Forgotten Leader
From: Dick Meister
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This commentary notes that although now largely forgotten, labor leader Lou Goldblatt was one of America's most influential leaders of any kind.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 04:13
The Steelworkers' Fight for Existence
From: Dick Meister
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This commentary is about the fierce steelworkers strike of 1919 that was one of the key events leading to the mass unionization of American industry.

Bought by KZYX and WDBM


  • Added: Sep 13, 2007
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 2
Gloria Estefan: 90 Millas
From: Joyride Media
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New one-hour radio special dedicated to Cuba's musical diaspora, and its rich heritage that continues through its most prominent exiled artists.

Bought by KMUW, Harford Community Radio, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Sasha Abramsky: America: a Prison Nation
From: KUOW
Series: Speaker's Forum
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Sasha Abramsky says America is a prison nation. He says that, thanks to twenty-five years of policy changes, prisons are the American story. Abram...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Aug 06, 2007
  • Length: 49:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Bloody Labor Landmark
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the Homestead strike, one of the most violent and most significant in labor history.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jul 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
A Howl for Literary Freedom
From: Dick Meister
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It was 50 years ago this summer that a judge rejected attempts to ban poet Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" as obscene and virtually ended government book-b...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
"Familiar" by Team Morgan Park High School
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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African-American history is repeating itself - how can we break the cycle? Morgan Park High School is in Chicago, IL.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
Commentarty: Shame on Baseball -- They Left Out Lefty Again
From: Dick Meister
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Despite his extraordinary career, Lefty O'Doul has again been bypassed for admission to Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Mar 04, 2007
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
"The Working Stiff -- That's Who!"
From: Dick Meister
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A tribute to labor leader Harry Bridges on trhe 17th anniversary of his death,

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Mar 01, 2007
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
Six Days When Seattle Stood Still
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the Seattle general strike that broke out 88 years ago.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Jan 20, 2007
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: Sit Down! Sit Down!
From: Dick Meister
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This commentary celebrates the 70th anniversary of the fledgling auto workers union's spectacular victory over mighty General Motors.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Jan 20, 2007
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
Dancing in the Rain: The Oakland General Strike
From: Dick Meister
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a commentary marking the 60th anniversary of the Oakland general strike, one of the very few general strikes in U.S. history.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
The Man Who Didn't Die
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary marking the anniversary of the execution of Joe Hill, one of the most enduring and influential of American symbols.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Nov 05, 2006
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
Minerals and Moon
From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
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An unconventional and wrong-headed telling of European history (Napoleon and Hitler) and the space race.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Studs Terkel
From: This I Believe
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Acclaimed oral historian Studs Terkel believes when it comes to action, there is strength in numbers.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, KBGA 89.9 FM, KZYX and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 7
Active Voice Radio Interview: Mark Klempner- Dutch Holocaust Rescuers
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
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Mark Klempner is the author of The Heart Has Reasons- Holocaust Rescuers and their Stories of Courage. We explore Mark's process of meeting the Res...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2006
  • Length: 19:19
From WWII to Iraq War: U.S Veterans on War and Peace
From: Miae Kim
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Four U.S. veterans share their views on war. An eighty-three year-old World War II veteran, two Vietnam War veterans, and a Gulf War veteran tell ...

Bought by KZYX, Marfa Public Radio, New England Public Media, and WDNA


  • Added: Mar 24, 2006
  • Length: 27:16
  • Purchases: 4