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This week, we tackle misinformation and misleading narratives about mail in ballots and the 2020 election with New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2020
  • Length: 49:21
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Though the riots and looting of the George Floyd uprising might seem spectacular or particular to our moment, looting as a strategy of black libera...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump Encourages Armed Vigilante Groups, Leading to Deadly Street Violence...

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Malcolm X photographs Muhammad Ali after his victory over Sonny Liston in 1964. (Photo: Bob Gomel/CC)
Central to the political philosophy of Malcolm X is police brutality – this unaccountable violence undermines any claim that might be made to sugge...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Our show today focuses primarily on liberalism as another version of white supremacy. It has always instructed the oppressed to “go slow” for any s...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2020
  • Length: 59:15
Caption: James Baldwin on the water of the Golden Horn, Istanbul © Sedat Pakay 1965. , Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
In his book Mullen shows how Baldwin’s life is “a bracing testimonial to being the first African-American radical to make his sexuality an integral...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 59:19
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Federal Forces Deployed to Portland Provoke Violence & Rebellion Against I...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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Should there be limits to violence in the service of liberation?

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  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 11
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Today we’re joined by two of the four hosts of the Black Myths Podcast which is produced in Indianapolis: Too Black, a spoken word poet and teachin...

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  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 1
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In the Summer of 2020, we revisit a discussion on police killings of Black people from 2016 after the murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castil...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:03
Caption: Left: Tweety Suazo; Right: Jim Harvey
Juan de Onate is responsible for brutalizing New Mexico’s Indigenous people...hear more about the history of the Spanish colonizer.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Politics, Not Public Health, Drives Policies Linked to Alarming Increase i...

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  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Rev. William Barber Sermon: "America, Accepting Death Is Not an Option Any...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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Caption: George Floyd protests, downtown Indianapolis, 2020-05-29. Credit -Anonymous Indianapolis Social Worker.
While this immense degree of mass uprising is certainly unprecedented in the history of the US, this is not a moment that stands in isolation. The ...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 58:32
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Protests Build Momentum for Police Accountability, Reforms to Address U.S....

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  • Added: Jun 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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KGNU's Claudia Cragg, @claudiacragg speaks here with Daniel E. Dawes, a nationally recognized leader in healthcare law and policy, who has been an ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 28:33
Caption: Ian Haney López, Credit: YouTube
On this edition of Making Contact, acclaimed author Ian Haney López talks about his new book - Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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Rep. James Clyburn speaks with his granddaughter, Sydney Reed, about the lessons he’s learned from success and failure.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 03:04
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In her book, Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence, Kellie Carter Jackson contends that the history of abolitionism, ...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Inex Bordeaux holds up a sign while doing street outreach in north St. Louis to raise awareness about the Close the Workhouse campaign., Credit: Carolina Hidalgo
Five years after Michael Browns death at the hands of a police officer galvanized criminal justice reform activists in St. Louis, they're gaining s...

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  • Added: Jan 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
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John Lewis remembers how Dr. King’s words inspired him to join the Civil Rights Movement.

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Brexit Fatigue a Major Factor in UK Election’s Labor Defeat; Central Park...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Our radio adaptation of the film, The Murder of Fred Hampton, produced by filmmakers Mike Gray and Howard Alk, provides a glimpse into the life of ...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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We don'y just plant the seeds so we can eat the fruit. We plant the seeds so the fruit will be there for generations.

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 1
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Courtesy of the Decarcerated Podcast, host Marlon Peterson hosts a live conversation with Common Justice founder Danielle Sered. Sered’s New Book,...

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1