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Democracy Headlines from Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin & Michigan
- Added: Mar 30, 2023
- Length: 01:30
Arkansas Governor Signs More Absentee Ballot Restrictions, Including the Banning of Drop Boxes
- Added: Mar 29, 2023
- Length: 01:30
Shedding Light on Dark Money: How the Rich Use the LLC Loophole to Circumvent Personal Donation Limits
- Added: Mar 27, 2023
- Length: 01:30
Shedding Light on Dark Money: How 501c Nonprofits are Exploited to Hide Political Donors
- Added: Mar 23, 2023
- Length: 01:30
It's Worse Than You Think: Banks Spent Millions on Contributions & Lobbying to Both Parties, Just in the Last 2 Years
- Added: Mar 22, 2023
- Length: 01:30
March 14 & 15, North Carolina Supreme Court Re-Hears Cases with National Implications
- Added: Mar 14, 2023
- Length: 01:30
Two Bills Introduced in Congress Would Expand Mail-In Voting in States, Fund Election Administration
From: Brian BeihlSeries: American Democracy Minute
Two Bills Introduced in Congress Would Expand Mail-In Voting in States, Fund Election Administration
- Added: Mar 13, 2023
- Length: 01:30
State legislatures have been in a pro-voter/anti-voter tug-of-war this week with some embracing election safety and voter access, and others conspi...
- Added: Mar 02, 2023
- Length: 01:30
February 21st, the U.S. Supreme Court took another chop at the 1965 Voting Rights Act by refusing to hear a 2001 Mississippi gerrymandering case ca...
- Added: Feb 26, 2023
- Length: 01:30
The coastal city of Boston is looking ahead to combat possible flooding issues due to rising sea levels. In a pre-emptive move, the city is working...
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 02:31
More than 1,800 newspapers nationwide shut down or drastically downsized in the last 15 years. Many cities or towns now exist in “news deserts” – p...
- Added: May 28, 2020
- Length: 03:12
From early calypso and New Orleans Mardi Gras music to New Orleans neighborhoods to my demise - what Mardi Gras means to me.
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Feb 10, 2013
- Length: 02:47:46
- Purchases: 1
Ann Niedringhaus is a Duluth poet who has been widely published in journals and anthologies. She belongs to a Duluth writers group that is currentl...
- Added: Oct 18, 2012
- Length: 02:03
On Tuesday, Senate Republicans successfully blocked passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act to a full vote. WFHB correspondent Jennifer Whitaker spoke...
- Added: Jun 14, 2012
- Length: 08:42
Among the leading causes of homelessness in single adults is mental illness. Study after study reiterates that up to a quarter of all those sufferi...
Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY
- Added: May 24, 2012
- Length: 07:50
- Purchases: 1
The development of Interstate 69 through Indiana is divided into six sections from the Indiana/Kentucky boarder up to Indianapolis. This week, the ...
- Added: Apr 30, 2012
- Length: 12:13
Washington D.C.'s Petworth neighborhood has been a historically black, working-class community. Now, as property values in D.C. are climbing, a wa...
Bought by WCSU-FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 20, 2011
- Length: 04:11
- Purchases: 3
The threat of Chinese predatory pricing on the agricultural industry--specifically how it has hurt California-grown garlic sales--as a precursor to...
- Added: Apr 15, 2011
- Length: 04:07
Joe Carraro describes how even from the start, the Department of Homeland Security was created with the intention of grabbing more power for the go...
- Added: Apr 15, 2011
- Length: 04:08
Joe Carraro asks: If the Republicans are so sure of their ideas, why are they so afraid to debate them with President Obama and the Democrats?
- Added: Apr 14, 2011
- Length: 01:50
Joe Carraro proposes that if Congress is really representative of the people, then its members will give up its overpaid salaries and benefits and ...
- Added: Apr 14, 2011
- Length: 07:46
Joe Carraro discusses how the rich and powerful got richer and more powerful under Bush and now Obama as they have colluded to enrich the elites in...
- Added: Apr 13, 2011
- Length: 04:48
Joe Carraro discusses the fall of Merrill Lynch, the Wall Street firm he worked for as a stockbroker. He compares the greed and ineptitude of Thain...
- Added: Apr 13, 2011
- Length: 06:09
NEPOTISM HAPPENS EVERYWHERE AT ALL LEVELS SO THAT EVENTUALLY EVERYONE BECOMES INVOLVED EITHER IN ITS PERPETUATION OR ITS COVER-UP. IT'S PREVALENT I...
- Added: Apr 13, 2011
- Length: 09:16
State Senator Joe Carraro meets State Senator Barack Obama. His impression back then plays true to today.
- Added: Apr 13, 2011
- Length: 06:32