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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
"Say It Loud" traces the last 50 years of black history through stirring, historically important speeches by African Americans from across the poli...
Bought by WDDE, WAMU, New Hampshire Public Radio, WGTE Public Media, Nevada Public Radio and more
- Added: Feb 16, 2011
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 81
Talking politics at the Waldo Flea Market in Waldo, FL
Nov 2, 2008
- Added: Jan 13, 2011
- Length: 05:56
State Representative Larry Haws from St. Cloud has worked in public service for over 40 years. His list of accomplishments and awards include an A...
- Added: Dec 28, 2010
- Length: 29:58
From courtroom battles to government regulation, we take a look at how citizen groups around the world are holding oil companies accountable for en...
- Added: Dec 07, 2010
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
A former makeup artists to presidents and network anchors, Lillian Brown describes her career in getting public figures ready for their closeups.
- Added: Oct 12, 2010
- Length: 54:00
We hear about hip-hop and change in Cuban society, and what people on the ground are saying about new phases in the Cuban revolution.
- Added: Sep 21, 2010
- Length: 30:00
We go to Michigan, where from the city of Detroit, to the farmlands and countryside, citizens are battling to gain greater control over the bounty ...
- Added: Sep 16, 2010
- Length: 28:56
Six monster banks control 60% of the US Gross National Product
- Added: Sep 15, 2010
- Length: 03:59
From: National Press Club
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks about health care reform at the National Press Club.
- Added: Apr 16, 2010
- Length: 54:02
Dick Armey, the former House Majority Leader, speaks about conservatism at the National Press Club.
- Added: Mar 26, 2010
- Length: 54:01
The libraries of Los Angeles might shut down in a few years, unless the people of the city rally and write letters, demanding they stay open. Plans...
- Added: Mar 22, 2010
- Length: 59:40
This week’s episode focuses on Lorain County’s recent cuts to LCT bus service, its repercussions on the disabled community, as well as poems, conf...
- Added: Dec 24, 2009
- Length: 22:34
Jim Leach, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, speaks at the National Press Club
- Added: Dec 18, 2009
- Length: 54:01
In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. But Marshall had already earned a place in histor...
Bought by Nevada Public Radio, WGTE Public Media, WMUU-LP, WFAE, KALW and more
- Added: Nov 19, 2009
- Length: 01:00:00
- Purchases: 22
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -1: How the South (or White Supremacy?) Won the War (1865 - 1877)
From: Alan LipkeSeries: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
From the founding of the Ku Klux Klan by ex-Confederate officers, through the defeat of Reconstruction: How history is made and remade, with histor...
- Added: May 05, 2009
- Length: 58:19
- Purchases: 3
An exploration of American racism as cultural and commercial mass-phenomenon, covering the "reincarnation" of the Klan as a fraternal movement whic...
Bought by WCPN
- Added: May 05, 2009
- Length: 57:56
- Purchases: 1
Equality under the law became viable for African Americans only after hard, dangerous work turned public opinion and federal policy against the whi...
- Added: May 05, 2009
- Length: 58:51
- Purchases: 2
In Venezuela, slogans are supposed to influence how the people feel about their president.
Bought by CKMO
- Added: Jan 13, 2009
- Length: 09:43
- Purchases: 1
Migrant stories from the Tijuana - San Ysidro border region
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Oct 09, 2008
- Length: 28:55
- Purchases: 3
UC Berkeley graduate student, Jacob Fenston, talks with three T-shirt designers who use the garments as a way to fight racism, communicate cultural...
Bought by KGOU, KUT-HD, KGOU, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm
- Added: May 23, 2008
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
We go to the streets of Richmond, California. and meet Jairo, a 17- year old boy who dreams of playing professional soccer--those plans are put on ...
Bought by KUNM and KXOT Public Radio
- Added: Apr 11, 2008
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Fast-forward to January 2009. A new President is in the Oval Office. How will he ? or she ? grease the wheels of official Washington to get an age...
- Added: Feb 28, 2008
- Length: 32:03
Capitol News Connection offers the first of its Campaign 2008 interactive series, ?Ask Your Lawmaker?. What issues matter most to your listeners? T...
Bought by KZYX
- Added: Feb 28, 2008
- Length: 52:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Nov 19, 2007
- Length: 30:00
