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Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Michigan Case Which Used the ‘Independent State Legislature Theory’ to Challenge Voting Rights Ballot Questions is Thrown Out

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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We revisit a major race debate within the Romance Writers of America that began in 2019 and talk about why questions of race in art and in institut...

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


  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Coronavirus concerns forced many universities to close their campuses this fall. The mix of fewer students on campus, canceled athletics, and onlin...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2021
  • Length: 04:12
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The pandemic has upended caregiving and what it means to be a working mom. More than 2 million women have left the workforce because of the cost an...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 04:27
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Three years after Hurricane Maria hit, Puerto Ricans are still reeling from its effects and aftereffects. We bring you a Haymarket Books talk by Ma...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 06, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Anthony Flaccavento is running for the US House seat in Virginia's 9th district, a large, sparsely populated region in the southwestern corner of t...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
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Elections and political messaging are changing in the new media landscape. Campaigns are using big data to target voters with better precision, and...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 32:12
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Ed Kashi is a photo journalist whose sensitive lens has captured the racial profiling in Europe, the turmoil in Syria and Iraq, the West Bank, the ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Former Sunnyvale Mayor Tony Spitaleri leading a City Council meeting last January when the new gun ordinance went into effect., Credit: Liz Pfeffer
Sunnyvale, California doesn't have a history of violence, so why does the mayor want to make a safe city safer?

  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 06:15
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Like everywhere in the Bay Area, home prices in Oakland have recently gone through the roof. The price of a house there is up almost 70 percent in ...

  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 07:00
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You’re driving your car down a street and as you pass, a camera takes a photo of your license plate. Who is taking the photo and what are they doin...

Bought by KMUZ and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 29, 2014
  • Length: 17:42
  • Purchases: 2
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Similar to prison guards, police unions advocacy for their members has helped perpetuate cycles of criminalization and incarceration that plague Am...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 09:17
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Support, or opposition from a prison guard union can make or break a campaign for office. The most powerful of them all is the California Correcti...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 11:30
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Police officers and prison guards hold tremendous political sway. Their advocacy for better pay, more power, and more jobs has been a major factor ...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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The Cutting Edge looks at the War On Women and at Florida Rep. Allen West

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 59:49
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TTT’s ANDY DRISCOLL and MICHELLE ALIMORADI explore the raging ethical dilemma and Constitutional questions around post-incarceration civil commitme...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 59:15
  • Purchases: 1
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TTT'S ANDY DRISCOLL and CO-HOST MICHELLE ALIMORADI query these legislative luminaries about their reasons for this historic move: Former SPEAKER OF...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 58:51
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When it comes to US policy toward Israel, there has been one major voice shaping the debate. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee-generally...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 07:12
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
State Senator Joe Carraro meets State Senator Barack Obama. His impression back then plays true to today.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:32
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
Obamacare was a program put together by and for special interests, without eliminating any of the inefficiencies and corruption that are already pr...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 08:58
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
The Supreme Court's recent decision in the Citizens United case, in which activist "conservative" judges took it upon themselves to grant corporati...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:59
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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
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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
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The series takesa a look at the first 100 days of the Obama administration.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2009
  • Length: 06:27