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From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts

A rewriting of Black History in 2024 with help from Kamala Harris, W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr, Langston Hughes, Supreme Court Justice Th...

Taking The Reins

From: Rebecca McInroy
Series: American Compassion

Caption: American Compassion, Credit: Bonnie Siegler

The Passage of The Civil Rights Act

Bought by KUT

The End of One South Carolina Gerrymandering Lawsuit, and the Beginning of Another, as the Fight for Fair Maps Continues

From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute

Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report

The End of One South Carolina Gerrymandering Lawsuit, and the Beginning of Another, as the Fight for Fair Maps Continues

Bought by KICI Iowa City

Election-Day Voter Registration Does Help People Vote, But it’s Better to Register Early to Make Sure Your Vote Counts

From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute

Election-Day Voter Registration Does Help People Vote, But it’s Better to Register Early to Make Sure Your Vote Counts

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WUTC, and KICI Iowa City

July marks a milestone you’ve may never thought about, and it ain’t pretty.

From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk

Besides record heat and fireworks on the 4th, July is known for something else: Black Women’s Equal Pay Day. The day in 2024 when Black women’s wag...

Breaking Up with Capitalism: Malaika Jabali on Wisconsin's Discouraged Black Voters

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

As the Republican National Convention comes to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Laura talks with award-winning reporter and author, Malaika Jabali, author of ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KWMR, and WNYE

The Healing Project: An Abolitionist Story (Encore)

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: The Healing Project, Installation View, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 2022., Credit: Photograph by Anita Johnson

Composer, pianist, and vocalist Samora Pinderhughes tells us about The Healing Project. The Healing Project, a fundamentally abolitionist project, ...

Bought by WXDU, KKGX Palm Springs Community Broadcasting, RadioFreePalmer, and KGLP

What is Owed? from GBH News

From: WGBH Radio Boston

In What Is Owed? from GBH News, reporter Saraya Wintersmith seeks to understand what reparations might look like in one of the oldest cities in Ame...

Bought by KALW, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KCBX, WABE, Maine Public Radio and more

Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for May 22, 2024

From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine

Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991

This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: U.S. Students Protesting Israel’s Gaza War Emerge as Nation’s Moral Consci...

Bought by WETS, RadioFreePalmer, and WFHB

Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for March 27, 2024

From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine

This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: The U.S. Finally Has Allowed Passage of U.N. Gaza Ceasefire: What Happens ...

Bought by WFHB and WETS

Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for February 28, 2024

From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine

This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Julian Assange Fights Last Battle to Stop UK Extradition to US; Worldwide ...

Bought by WFHB and WETS

Tulsa's Black History Saturday School

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Ribbon cutting at Tulsa's EduRec Youth Center for Black History Saturdays. , Credit: Credit: Black History Saturdays

When Oklahoma passed a law limiting discussion of race in classrooms, Tulsa activist Kristi Williams rallied the community to create Black History ...

Bought by KMUN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and RadioFreePalmer

Generation Justice celebrates MLK Day with a quote from Dr. Bernice King.

From: Generation Justice Admin

Generation Justice celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day! We read some impactful words from Dr. Bernice King, his daughter, regarding the trage...

Building Back Black Wall Street

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press, All Souls' book publishing imprint, 2021 , Credit: Jenkin Lloyd Jones Press, All Souls' book publishing imprint, 2021

Tulsa Tri-City Collective leaders Carlos Moreno and Bracken Klar talk about the history of Greenwood, a Tulsa neighborhood founded by and for Black...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and KALW

Mixed News for North Carolina Voters, as Federal Courts Temporarily Block Voter Suppression Bill but Uphold Racially Gerrymandered Maps

From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute

Mixed News for North Carolina Voters, as Federal Courts Temporarily Block Voter Suppression Bill but Uphold Racially Gerrymandered Maps

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City, and WUTC

Uncovering the History of the Massacre of Black Wall Street (Encore)

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: B.C. Franklin (right), I.H. Spears (left) and Effie Thompson (center) filing insurance claims for survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre in a Red Cross tent. , Credit: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Tulsa Friends and John W. and Karen R. Franklin

In the first of our 3 part series leading up to Black History Month, we focus in on how journalists and historians today are covering the Tulsa Rac...

Bought by KALW, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN

How protest art aims to "comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable"

From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf

On this episode of Audacious: Protest art including abortion pills as jewelry, word art amplifying messages of racial justice, and Disney character...

Bought by WABE

Plymouth Freeman and The Unfinished Revolution

From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: A New York Minute In History

On this episode, we explore the story of Plymouth Freeman, a black Patriot who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and d...

KMOJ Public Policy Forum at Lucille's - Feb 24, 1988 (part 2)

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: Al McFarlane Archive

KMOJ's Public Policy Forum, hosted by Al McFarlane. Recorded live from Lucille's Kitchen in North Minneapolis. February 24, 1998. The discussion on...

KMOJ Public Policy Forum at Lucille's - August 6, 2002

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: Al McFarlane Archive

KMOJ's Public Policy Forum, hosted by Al McFarlane. Recorded live from Lucille's Kitchen in North Minneapolis. This episode featured a conversation...

KMOJ Public Policy Forum at Lucille's - Feb 24, 1998 (part 1)

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: Al McFarlane Archive

KMOJ's Public Policy Forum, hosted by Al McFarlane. Recorded live from Lucille's Kitchen in North Minneapolis. February 24, 1998. The discussion on...