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Port Arthur Texas is home base for the largest oil refinery in North America and a dizzying toxic array of fossil fuel and chemical facilities. But...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
Caption: Kimberlé Crenshaw, Credit: Annabel Clark
Law Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw defined the concept of intersectionality 30 years ago. She developed that framework to understand how identities s...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Pushout
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Aug 25, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, many people agree reparations are due, but what would they look like? How about a...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The fight to legalize marijuana has never been easy, as evidenced by the recent collapse of months-long efforts in New Jersey and New York. A key i...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Apr 04, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Stacey Patton
We speak with author Dr. Stacey Patton about her book, Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Won't Save Black America. The book examines the unique cultural...

Bought by WVAS and WFHB


  • Added: Feb 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
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America’s unwillingness to assess the ugly truth about systemic inequality has created a perpetual sinkhole of denial. A reality that existed long ...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Dec 07, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Afrofuturism is a growing genre-movement that spans literature, art, music, and film. It provides radical alternatives to dominant Western narrativ...

Bought by WMMT, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KQED, KVNF, WRIR and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
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On today's episode of Bring It On, Dr. Amrita Myers and Jim Sims speak to Beth Applegate, president of Applegate Consulting Group, and resident anc...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:32
Caption: Dr Michael Eric Dyson, Tears We Cannot Stop
The Legacy of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and A Sermon to White America

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 2
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Bring It On's William Hosea and Dr. Amrita Myers speak with Dr. Kali Gross, Professor of African American Studies at Wesleyan University about "Vio...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
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William Hosea and Cornelius Wright invite Ms. Oyibo Afoaku, a higher education professional, to Bring It On to discuss the Harambe concept, her de...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 58:49
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William Hosea and special guest host Beverly Calendar-Anderson are joined by Michael Duerson, brother of the former NFL standout Dave Duerson – who...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2016
  • Length: 41:31
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The 2016 Features Editor of THE NATION, Kai Wright, discusses his 2009 anthology, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE THROUG...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Louis Farrakhan, Black Lives Matter, and the future of black political leadership in the United States. I speak with Freddie deBoer about his Harpe...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2016
  • Length: 56:35
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Last Friday, June 19th, was Juneteenth--do you know what that is?

  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:01:56
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50 Years After Selma March, New Report Finds Party Politics Increasingly Polarized by Race; Chicago's Progressive Movement Rallies to Defeat Mayor ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Host Doug Storm is joined by Rasul Mowatt and Jacinda Townsend to discuss why Martin Luther King, Jr. has been remembered and elevated to represent...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 56:50
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: After 55 Years, Obama Acknowledges U.S. Cuba Policy Was a Failure; New Yor...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Coast to Coast Explosion of Protest Confronts Police Violence in Communiti...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Injustice Seen in Ferguson is Rallying Cry for Movement Confronting Police...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Pamela Spoto
Unspun examines the Ferguson, MO, murder of teenager Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson and the lack of justice in America today.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 57:45
  • Purchases: 1
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Ferguson Streets Explode in Anger After Grand Jury Opts Not to Indict Darr...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
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'Ferguson October' Civil Disobedience Protests Target Police Violence in Communities of Color Nationwide; Report on Abuse of Adolescent Inmates in...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 29:00