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On Dec. 11, 2021, the UCLA Labor Center’s historic MacArthur Park building was officially named the UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center, in...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Feb 23, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
It's been a year since the call to "Defund the Police" rang out through the George Floyd Protests. The idea isn't new - redistributing police funds...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Jun 01, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In the second episode of our series on the mass escape from the Woomera refugee detention center in Australia, Aren Aizura parses out the stakes of...
- Added: Mar 11, 2017
- Length: 28:32
If you have the money, getting out of jail can be straightforward. If you don't, you're going to need some help.
Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Oct 25, 2016
- Length: 07:25
- Purchases: 3
Dr. Michael Crane directs the World Trade Center Health program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai that treats the devastating medical ...
- Added: Dec 27, 2015
- Length: 29:01
Financing a business plan or personal project usually means taking out a bank loan, but for many immigrants, there's another alternative. KFAI's Al...
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 04:39
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
Right now, there are 17,000 inmates in California prisons serving life with the possibility of parole. For years, no one has really known how many ...
- Added: Jun 23, 2011
- Length: 04:50
The American Dream is that each generation will do better than the last. But the families of auto workers no longer have that expectation. As Detro...
- Added: Jun 07, 2011
- Length: 06:15
Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey was gunned down on the morning of August 2, 2007 as he was walking to work. This past Monday, the jury was sele...
- Added: Mar 28, 2011
- Length: 05:02
Recently, Oakland’s Housing Authority opened the waitlist for a special type of Section 8 vouchers for the first time in five years. These coveted ...
- Added: Mar 06, 2011
- Length: 05:59
The economic crisis has made it difficult for everyone to find employment, but ex-convicts have been hit harder than the rest.
- Added: Aug 11, 2009
- Length: 05:48
Georgia's Press Secretary Bert Brantley Talks with Stephen Lloyd about the Tri-State Water Rights Issues
- Added: Aug 05, 2009
- Length: 41:58
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
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
