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Over 450,000 workers have gone on strike in 2023. Many are celebrating this revival of labor power, but what does it mean for workers of color — of...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, WNYE and more
- Added: Nov 21, 2023
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 7
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews:
‘Best States to Work’ Report Highlights Government Policies Helping and Hu...
- Added: Sep 06, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: GOP Extremists are Burning Down the House; Republican House Vote to Repeal...
- Added: Jan 19, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
In Part 2 of our special series on 988, we explore the scramble to staff the country’s new mental health crisis line and the workforce lessons 988 ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jun 02, 2022
- Length: 26:45
- Purchases: 1
In Part 2 of our special series on 988, we explore the scramble to staff the country’s new mental health crisis line and the workforce lessons 988 ...
- Added: Jun 02, 2022
- Length: 04:00
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews:
Passage of H.R. 1, ‘For The People Act,’ Urgently Needed to Repair America...
Bought by WKPW
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews:
Inadequate COVID Relief Bill Pressure on Biden to Target Aid to Most Vul...
Bought by WKPW
- Added: Dec 30, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Activists in the Latinx immigrant community of Los Angeles share what they do to take care of their mental health. Self-care becomes a “selfless ac...
Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 31, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
While some organizations and individuals believe there is multidimensional inequality in the U.S., this PEACE TALKS RADIO program
is only about eco...
Bought by KCSB-FM
- Added: Sep 26, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
The media layoffs are here. It's new media’s sky-is-falling moment. Instead of the promised golden age, we're seeing rolling cutbacks and massive l...
Bought by KDNK
- Added: Mar 21, 2019
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Former Israeli & Palestinian Combatants Tour U.S. Promoting Peaceful Settl...
- Added: Oct 22, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Union-Backed 'Fight For $15' Campaign Marginalizes Larger Struggle for Wor...
Bought by WMUU-LP
- Added: Sep 09, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
When the NUMMI auto factory in Fremont closed five years ago, close to 5,000 people lost their jobs. An estimated 20,000 others were also out of w...
- Added: Jul 16, 2015
- Length: 28:37
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Low-Wage Workers Organize Largest Nationwide Protest to Push for $15 Minim...
- Added: Apr 23, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Ilan Stavans is a Mexican-American essayist, lexicographer, cultural commentator, translator, short-story author, TV personality, and teacher known...
- Added: Mar 03, 2015
- Length: 23:33
The former New York Times reporter talks about his research and experience with America's struggling working class.
Bought by KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Jul 02, 2014
- Length: 03:18
- Purchases: 3
Reactions to the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership
- Added: Dec 11, 2013
- Length: 02:59
Commentary: Student athletes get very little of the millions generated by college football's bowl games.
- Added: Dec 06, 2012
- Length: 04:01
- Added: Nov 15, 2012
- Length: 02:45
Raising the minimum wage should be a key post-election priority.
- Added: Nov 08, 2012
- Length: 04:33
Commentary: Labor faces its greatest election challenge in California.
- Added: Oct 25, 2012
- Length: 02:41
Commentary: Although we're recovering from the Great Recession, most of the new jobs are low-paying, non-union jobs.
- Added: Oct 05, 2012
- Length: 03:01
In some parts of the United States, there are virtually no co-ops. So many of those co-ops that do exist feel a special responsibility to support ...
- Added: Sep 05, 2012
- Length: 08:02
Anti-labor forces have launched a major drive to stifle the political voice of workers and unions.
- Added: Aug 16, 2012
- Length: 05:51
The Internet has had a profound impact on media labor coverage.
- Added: Jul 12, 2012
- Length: 07:03
